This book offers a critical appreciation of the nature and impact of coercive control in
interpersonal relationships. It examines what this concept means, who is impacted by the …

A renowned group of pediatricians and an attorney with expertise in child abuse matters
proposed a medical definition of intrafamilial child torture perpetrated by a caretaker in a …

This study examines how gender interacts with polyvictimization patterns in survivors' health
problems using 8,587 survivors of intimate partner violence from the National Intimate …

In December 2020, musician FKA twigs filed a tort lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend, actor
Shia LaBeouf, accusing him of sexual battery, battery, assault, intentional infliction of …

Courtrooms operate as unique microcosms—inhabited by courtroom personnel, legal
actors, defendants, witnesses, family members, and community residents who necessarily …

Coercing someone is sometimes wrong and sometimes a crime. People subject to coercion
are sometimes eligible for criminal defenses, such as duress. How, exactly, does coercion …

Legal theory has failed to acknowledge how central a concept selfdefense is for the
construction of American identities. Across demographic and ideological divides and …

Although the issue has been discussed for decades, the field of intimate partner violence
struggles with the lack of a consensus definition for emotional abuse. In this article, it is …

This Note advocates for amending civil codes addressing domestic abuse to incorporate
coercive control as a recognized form of violence. Coercive control is an emotional domestic …

The carceral state is entangled with the ostensibly non-criminal social and legal response to
intimate partner violence (IPV). While feminists and anti-IPV advocates increasingly …