Research suggests emotional attachment itself can become part of coercive control, making separation painful, confusing, and ...

Decision could make it easier for people who suffer wide-ranging abuse to win cash compensation in the civil courts ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — For years, Myrtle Beach resident Mica Miller’s family and friends have fought for a law against ...

MYRTLE BEACH — As Myrtle Beach-area pastor John-Paul “J.P.” Miller faces federal charges, a bill inspired by his late wife, Mica, aims to address a form of domestic abuse that often goes unseen. The ...

About a month ago, I blogged about the first reported Appellate Division decision since the Domestic Violence statute was amended, to include consideration of coercive control when considering the ...

Hawaii has criminalized the concept while other states have incorporated it into family or civil court definitions of domestic violence.

Seventy years ago, Albert Biderman developed the Chart of Coercion to show the mind-bending techniques used to control prisoners of war. See how it applies to coercive control.

An excerpt from a long Washington Court of Appeals decision approved yesterday for publication, Asbach v. Couto (Judge Bradley ...

When Stephanie* called the police to report coercive control, she says she was told it was "too hard too prove" and it was ...

The Supreme Court of Canada recognized intimate partner violence as a new civil wrong on Friday. The majority said it is a 'pernicious social ill' that the law must address. Six justices decided to ...

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 ...