James Saxon, from Stockport, is jailed after admitting controlling and coercive behaviour.

Are we still blaming victims for not leaving their abusers in 2025? The recent verdict in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial indicates we are. Didn't we all see the same 2016 video footage of Diddy brutally ...

Michael Bradbury has been jailed ...

A key witness at the heart of the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial will be allowed to testify in court about why victims stay in relationships amid domestic violence, a judge determined Friday, April 25. But ...

There's no shortage of discussion over the impending New York trial of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. One phrase you won't hear during the legal process? "Coercive control." Combs was arrested in ...

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 domestic violence field lost an important advocate with the passing of Andrew Cicchetti, Ph.D., in November 2024. Below are some of his ideas, with quotes taken from our personal correspondence, ...

Distinguishing femicide from homicide is essential for the law to reflect this reality and ensure institutional responses compatible with the gravity and complexity of this crime. The formal ...

Defendant had pleaded guilty to coercive control and assault causing harm ...

A special report by Cosmopolitan and The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Not long after Sophie*, now 28, moved into her boyfriend Sam’s new house in suburban Illinois, he brought ...