Coercive Control and Coercive Behaviour is designed to make a person dependent by isolating them from support, exploiting them, depriving them of independence and regulating their everyday behaviour.

​Not all domestic violence and domestic abuse is physical violence such as verbal abuse and being emotionally abused. Some types of abuse can be hard to recognise. In fact, some people can live in an abusive relationship for years and not realise they’re experiencing abuse. Coercive control is a type of domestic abuse that can be harder to identify than some other types of abuse. It refers to a pattern of behaviours used by an abuser to control their partner and create an uneven power dynamic this generally involves manipulation and intimidation to make victims scared, isolated, and dependent on the abuser.
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