Criminalisation of coercive control reaches eight-year anniversary Today marks the eight-year anniversary of landmark legislation which established coercive and controlling behaviour as a criminal offence in the Serious Crime Act…
…of coercive and controlling behaviour. Since landmark legislation in 2015, which Women’s Aid played an invaluable role in establishing, made coercive and controlling behaviour a criminal offence, the number of…
Criminalisation of coercive control reaches six-year anniversary Women’s Aid campaigned for landmark legislation Today marks the six-year anniversary of landmark legislation which established coercive and controlling behaviour as a criminal…
Criminalisation of coercive control reaches seven-year anniversary As the criminalisation of coercive control reaches its seven-year anniversary, we are proud to have campaigned — alongside other organisations — for this…
Economic abuse and coercive control 2022 In addition to our report A Perfect Storm, Women’s Aid have produced a number of short reports based on our surveys of survivors and…
…often used by male perpetrators to instil fear and enact power and control over female victims (CWJ, May 2020; Thomas, et al, 2014). Coercive control Women are more likely…
Women’s Aid responds to changes to controlling or coercive behaviour offence Isabelle Younane, head of external affairs at Women’s Aid, said: “We welcome the post-separation controlling and coercive behaviour…
…may be part of a wider pattern of abuse or controlling or coercive behaviour” [27], which is relevant to the risk of future harm, is never just ‘in the past’,…
…old fashioned views about controlling and coercive behaviour are no longer acceptable in the family court and that judgments that fail expressly to consider the relevance of coercive control may…
…of the TUC on this research project. Recommendations Survivors and agencies identifying and responding to abuse • Statutory agencies such as local authorities to be trained in coercive control and…
