Coercive control was written into U.K. law as a crime in 2015, referring to a form of abuse that occurs within a family or intimate partnerships. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of ...

Untangling Gaslighting Allegations in Family and Child Welfare Litigation Courts do not generally recognize gaslighting as a standalone claim. Rather, the behavior may fall under categories like ...

It is long-standing law in Massachusetts that the best interests of a child govern custody disputes. Said another way, when parents cannot agree and the court has to make custody and parenting time ...

Some states are banking on the idea that you can stop domestic violence even before it leads to blows. The controversial, fledgling approach to domestic violence prosecution wants to make family ...

A recently introduced Colorado bill seeks to require judges to consider "misgendering" as a form of "coercive control" during child custody disputes. If passed, the bill would pose a major threat to ...

The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological and financial abuse that leaves no scars but is equally harmful. New York ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. On April 27, 2024, ...

Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms controlling individuals use to keep their partners silent and disempowered. When we think of an unhealthy relationship, we often ...

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women ...

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW and Queensland ...