Coercive Control: What Is It?
Domestic abuse is not always physical. Some of the most damaging forms of abuse leave no bruises and never culminate in a single dramatic incident. They build slowly, over months or years, as one person tightens control over another's daily life. This pattern is known as coercive control, and since 2015 it has been a criminal offence in England and Wales.
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