A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced legislation that would expand the state’s definition of domestic violence to include “coercive control”— a pattern of behavior used to isolate, control and ...

Regina Rooney, communications director for the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, in 2021. (Fred J. Field/The Maine Monitor) She was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Since state domestic violence laws were written, the understanding of what constitutes domestic abuse has evolved, and laws must keep up. Advocates make a strong case that the abuse many people, often ...