The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological ...

Celebrating Bill H.4744's passage, which classifies coercive control and digital exploitation as domestic violence, enhancing survivor protections statewide ...

WORCESTER — It can start with a critical comment about someone’s attire or their choice of friends, intense questions about work or social plans, behaviors that may be appear innocent but can escalate ...

When Colleen DeLeo of Worcester learned Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill that defined coercive control as a form of domestic abuse, she said she broke down in tears. DeLeo, 41, told MassLive she is a ...

Massachusetts has finally banned revenge pornography. Gov. Maura Healey signed the bill into law Thursday, saying it would crack down on a method of coercive control used by domestic abusers. The new ...

It is long-standing law in Massachusetts that the best interests of a child govern custody disputes. Said another way, when parents cannot agree and the court has to make custody and parenting time ...

Mica Miller could have been helped by "coercive control" legislation stalled in the South Carolina legislature, says the attorney for her grieving family. Miller killed herself after being abused by ...

Labour MP Ruth Jones will put forward a Bill on Tuesday calling for pets to be recognised in domestic molestation orders as ...

Jane* was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances. Every week, he made her present a ledger of their income and expenses. If something was not to his liking ...

The ACT is set to criminalise coercive control by the middle of 2026, making it a standalone offence. Warning: This story references domestic and family violence and coercive control. Family Violence ...