Allegations of coercive and controlling behaviour increasingly arise across both family and criminal jurisdictions. While ...

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 ...

Coercive control is a pattern of abusive behaviours used to hurt, scare or isolate another person within an intimate partner relationship, in order to control them. It is recognised as a form of ...

Following a successful training event last February with Professor Jane Monckton Smith OBE, more than 200 professionals from ...

Indigenous women are insisting upon a broadening of policies that facilitate safety and justice for all women. James Ross/AAP The SBS documentary series See What You Made Me Do aimed to spark a ...

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 ...

Coauthored with Pamela J. Miller, JD., MSW. Coercive control and the severe abuse professionals refer to as “torture” can occur in intimate partner relationships and also in parent-child relationships ...