Writing for HuffPost UK, solicitor general Ellie Reeves MP says the law has transformed the way violence against women and ...

When Colleen DeLeo of Worcester learned Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill that defined coercive control as a form of domestic abuse, she said she broke down in tears. DeLeo, 41, told MassLive she is a ...

WORCESTER — It can start with a critical comment about someone’s attire or their choice of friends, intense questions about work or social plans, behaviors that may be appear innocent but can escalate ...

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — It’s an insidious form of domestic violence that doesn’t leave bumps or bruises but is just as painful. “Coercive control is basically like a psychological warfare,” Conway ...

A bill in the state house would amend South Carolina law to create a new criminal offense, known as “coercive control,” while also broadening who qualifies as a household member under domestic ...

One of the first men to be charged and sentenced under Queensland’s coercive control laws has faced court for emotionally abusing his mother.

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

Just two people have been sentenced under landmark new coercive control laws in five months, with more than 150 victims still ...

CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — John-Paul Miller and the family of his estranged wife Mica on Monday agreed to end all legal disputes and called on protestors to drop demonstrations in front of his Market ...