When Teenage Love Becomes Ownership
Teenage relationships can be intense, emotional and sometimes chaotic. That does not mean every harmful pattern should be dismissed as immaturity or teenage drama.
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Domestic abuse
16 articles on this theme.
When Silence Becomes Somebody Else’s Evidence
There is a particular kind of situation that is extraordinarily difficult to deal with. A disagreement, complaint or breakdown occurs between people.
We Finally Joined the Dots on Domestic Abuse. So Why Are We Pulling Them Apart Again?
Something said on Good Morning Britain this morning stopped me in my tracks.
The Gift Isn’t Always Kindness. Sometimes It’s About Control.
If it were, many victims would leave far sooner. Instead, coercive control often follows a repeating pattern.
The Smear Campaign: Part 1 – the Abuse Nobody Sees
When people think about coercive control, they often imagine one person controlling another. What they don’t see is something much bigger.
The Most Dangerous Person in the Room May Not Be the Decision-Maker
Society places enormous faith in decision-makers. We trust judges to weigh evidence fairly. We trust Coroners to establish the facts.
The Predatory Pathway
When people hear the phrase predatory marriage, they often picture an elderly widow being persuaded to marry a much younger person shortly before her death.
The Facade of the Perfect Parent
The Facade of the Perfect Parent
Social Media, AI and Vulnerability Harvesting: The New Hunting Ground for Predators
For years, many people understood online fraud through the language of romance scams. A stranger would build trust, create emotional dependence, then ask for money.
The Abuse You Can’t See – But the Law Says Exists
From Pattern to Crisis – The Cost of Getting It Wrong This article is part of a series exploring what domestic abuse really looks like, how coercive control operates and why so many cases are still being missed.
The Abuse You Can’t See – But the Law Says Exists: Part 1 What Is Domestic Abuse?
The Abuse You Can’t See – But the Law Says Exists This article is part of a series exploring what domestic abuse really looks like, how coercive control operates and why so many cases are still being missed.
The Abuse You Can’t See – But the Law Says Exists
This article is part of a series exploring what domestic abuse really looks like, how coercive control operates and why so many cases are still being missed.
When Justice Cannot See the Crime
Across the UK and the Isle of Man, the law recognises offences such as domestic abuse, coercive control, fraud and financial exploitation of vulnerable people.
When you zoom out: coercive control at scale
When people think of human trafficking, they often picture one trafficker and one victim.
How coercive control patterns show up in real cases
And why lived experience spots what systems miss People often ask: “How can you tell it’s coercive control?” The answer is simple: Because the same patterns keep turning up, again and again.
Romance Scams and Domestic Abuse
Same abuse patterns. Two very different realities. When people talk about romance scams, they are usually talking about online abuse.