Controlled by money: The brutal reality of financial abuse at home - IN FOCUS: ‘At the center of all domestic violence is ...

Domestic violence can take many forms—physical abuse, sexual abuse, rape, emotional abuse, intimidation, economic deprivation, threats of violence. Any situation in which one partner wields power over ...

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 ...

Spousal Drugging and Chemical Control: Domestic Violence, Marital Tort, or Both? Whether it’s spiking food or drinks, withholding essential medication, or administering substances to incapacitate and ...

Though the immediate disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic have passed, the six-year anniversary of the event's onset allows ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced legislation that would expand the state’s definition of domestic violence to include “coercive control”— a pattern of behavior used to ...

When it comes to domestic violence, cases involving catastrophic physical violence are the ones that most often make it into the media. But our new research shows there are often signs of trouble long ...

Why do we keep explaining away domestic violence? Families in two states have been shattered by an all-too-familiar pattern of domestic violence. It’s horrifying. Yet the way we talk about these ...

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