Saskatchewan government introduces Cyberstalking and Coercive Control Act
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The Saskatchewan government has introduced legislation to protect more victims of domestic violence and abuse.
The Cyberstalking and Coercive Control Act is aimed at helping victims escape dangerous situations sooner and more often, providing more options to report interpersonal violence.
“This will clearly identify that cyberstalking and coercive control are forms of abuse,” says Saskatchewan Justice Minister Tim Mcleod.
Coercive control includes behaviours like depriving someone of their basic needs, closely monitoring someone’s activities, and isolating someone from their family and friends.
“The research has, for the past couple of decades, really been focusing on coercive control as a precursor to physical violence, because by the time something gets to physical violence, and it’s highly dramatic like that, a great deal of damage has already been done,” said University of Saskatchewan social justice studies professor Marie Lovrod.
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