…a significant role in women’s experiences of domestic abuse and set the scene for male abusive partners’ coercive and controlling behaviours. The research involved the analysis of 37 in-depth interviews…
…which focus on controlling and coercive behaviour, the impact it has on the victims (including children), identification and evidencing that all relate to Section 76 of the Serious Crime Act…
…health, and often form part of a pattern of controlling and coercive behaviour. Domestic abuse does not end when a woman has left the relationship. Abusive, offensive and threatening messages…
…‘physical violence’ hides the range of a perpetrator’s behaviour, which includes emotional abuse, coercive control and financial and economic abuse. The lack of awareness of how ‘coercive control’ is a…
…and controlling behaviour is at the heart; c. includes both patterns and incidents of abuse, making clear that patterns are much more common; d. clarifies the differences between intimate partner…
Women’s Aid respond to the guidance on allegations of alienating behaviours, or ‘parental alienation’, published by The Family Justice Council. Sophie Francis-Cansfield, Head of Policy at Women’s Aid, said: “Allegations…
…all aspects of harm caused by the perpetrator’s abusive behaviour. The more information you can give the better. It means the court will be able to provide a more informed…
…Survivors supported by the project are experiencing worsening abuse and more controlling behaviour – including economic abuse, stalking and harassment – they are feeling more isolated than they were before…
…networks. Important and disturbing new data on the devastating cases of women who take their own lives as a result of coercive and controlling behaviour reinforces the need for the…
…securing an arrest, charge and conviction for coercive control after a six year relationship with a controlling and coercive partner. She credits the conviction and restraining order with allowing her…
