There are many ways coercive control can present itself in intimate partner relationships. Now, some states and territories are moving to criminalise it as young people take part in education ...

Support service Kids Helpline has received more than 1,000 reports from young people of abusive and controlling behaviour ...

The judge in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial said a psychologist can't talk about "coercive control." Here's why that matters.

Many of those methods have surfaced in the Combs trial. That gives us a major opportunity to understand what coercive control is — and the ways in which it’s being tried and tested in court.

Coercive control protective laws take seriously psychological abuse. It is detrimental to well-being and a precursor to possible future physical violence.

Coercive control often creeps up gradually in relationships which can make it tricky for victims to initially spot what is happening – with them wrongly assuming individual incidents are one ...

Coercive control is the evidence that explains why Cassie and many who worked for Diddy, who testified against him, spent years in relationships with him.

Jennifer’s Law now provides specific examples of what that abuse can look like, whether it’s isolating the victim from family and friends, depriving them of their basic necessities, controlling their ...

At court her ex-husband admitted coercive control and assault causing harm. He received a 12-month sentence for coercive control and six months for assault to run concurrently. The sentences were ...

A campaign to educate people about the dangers of coercive control and cults begins in southern Queensland following the ...

There's no shortage of discussion over the impending New York trial of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. One phrase you won't hear during the legal process? "Coercive control." Combs was arrested in ...