Junko was told to shock her father to the point of death, Rieko and her husband were told to kill Junko’s mother, and a few weeks later, Rieko was strangled to death by her own husband as their ten-year-old daughter…[Continue Reading...]
Parents are being urged to look out for signs that their children may be facing coercion and control. The Let's Talk project offers online practical advice to help adults speak to their children about difficult issues without fear or judgement.…[Continue Reading...]
Three victim-survivors of coercive control have shared their stories to help others spot the signs and act. The Northamptonshire Serious Violence Prevention Partnership (NSVPP) said the "It's Not Love, It's Abuse" campaign - using the words of Anne, Paul and…[Continue Reading...]
There were 49,557 offences of coercive control recorded by the police in England and Wales in the year ending March 2025, according to domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid. This is an increase from 45,310 in the year ending March 2024.…[Continue Reading...]
The abuse Samantha endured started slowly. Her then-partner Callum Fairleigh would monitor her location, questioning her movements. He would snap, becoming verbally abusive and hurling vile insults. He hid her keys, disputed her credit card charges and attempted to isolate…[Continue Reading...]
When Emma Davey looks back, she can see that her abuser was “molding” her very quickly. “It went from 0 to 100, he told me he loved me within the first week [and] wanted to marry me within the first…[Continue Reading...]
Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse that involves controlling, isolating, and intimidating a partner or family member to maintain power over them. This can include isolating them from family and friends, depriving victims of basic needs such as…[Continue Reading...]
In recent years, the term ‘gaslighting’ has entered the public consciousness, but when a word is in such common use, the true meaning can sometimes get lost. With that in mind, before we get into discussing sex with a gaslighter,…[Continue Reading...]
I’ve heard women describe years of psychological torture. Partners who controlled what they wore, who they spoke to, how they spent every penny. Men who monitored phones, isolated them from family and friends, made them feel worthless, crazy, like they…[Continue Reading...]
Background Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour that occurs in relationships and families that is enabled by broader coercive control systems in the community. General practitioners, skilled at pattern recognition, can contribute to systems-wide identification of coercive control across…[Continue Reading...]
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