Sean Bradford's ex-partner disclosed five years of physical and psychological abuse, police say.

"I'm sat here as living proof you will be able to stand again," says one survivor.

Domestic abuse is insidious, with a few warning signs within a new relationship overlooked in that hazy, rose-tinted euphoric stage of falling in love.

Following the passing of landmark legislation in 2022 that criminalised coercive control in New South Wales, a 34-year-old man has now become the first person sentenced to prison under the law.

In public the Sydney man was the picture-perfect partner, but behind the scenes was manipulative and controlling.

A West Virginia lawmaker has introduced legislation that would expand the state’s definition of domestic violence to include ...

It often begins with controlling behaviour creating fear, intimidation and isolation. Australia's domestic violence scourge has already claimed the lives of 18 women and several children this year. At ...

Michael Harvey has been described as a 'master manipulator' ...

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...

Coercive control creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a survivor’s life. It works to limit their human rights by depriving them of their liberty and reducing ...

From Toowoomba to Roma’s oil and gas field sites, people travelling along the highway may soon see bright pink trucks carry a ...