For the leader of the Canberra liberals the push to criminalise coercive control in the act has always been personal. Growing ...

In an article for The Bulwark published Thursday, policy analyst Patrick Eddington highlighted the introduction of the ...

Coercive control has been a crime since 2015, but it wasn’t until the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 that the definition was expanded to include coercive control through technology. The Online Safety ...

It defines coercive behavior as “an act or pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation, manipulation, intimidation, or other abuse, including emotional abuse, that is used to harm ...

The bill, the Kelly Loving Act, requires that "when making child ... individual's gender-affirming health-care services as types of coercive control." Since the bill defines coercive control ...

He then goes on to state that “the apparent financial coercive control in this case must be given strong consideration as it relates to an award of counsel fees. Thus, this court must act to ...

This added pressure forces victims to act out of fear of potential litigation ... Cybercriminals employ a variety of coercive tactics to manipulate and control victims into meeting their extortion ...

Coercive control is not a single act but a repeated pattern of behaviour, and it can often occur alongside other forms of abuse. Charities like Refuge are employing the help of celebrities to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Coercive activities committed against the Philippines ... push for upholding territorial integrity by crafting bills that turned into Republic Act No. 12064, the Philippine ...

as part of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, means controlling or coercive behaviour is seen in the same way as other domestic abuse offences including threats to kill, attempted strangulation ...

Coercive control is a psychological type of ... or coercive behaviour was introduced in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 by the previous government, and comes into force on Monday.

Offenders convicted of coercive or controlling behaviour now face tougher management from police and probation services in England and Wales, meaning the crime is "on a par" with other domestic ...