Coercive control : impacts on children and young people in the family environment

Abstract

"<br/ >* Considers definitions, prevalence and the nature of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling<br/ >behaviour .<br/ >* Draws out messages from research on coercive control in the context of parental separation,<br/ >including consideration of the impact on parenting capacity.<br/ >* Discusses coercive and controlling behaviour in relation to planning child contact through public<br/ >or private law proceedings."