Control varies from mild to abusive to coercive control.

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 ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

-Nearly half of all women and men in the U.S. report psychological aggression by an intimate partner over their lives (according to the CDC). -Among people who experienced coercive control, close to ...