The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has marked significant strides in tackling domestic abuse with a noticeable rise in both ...

A key witness at the heart of the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial will be allowed to testify in court about why victims stay in relationships amid domestic violence, a judge determined Friday, April 25. But ...

That’s where she handed me a stack of cash outside her car. To a passerby, it probably looked like a drug deal. But the kind of “escape” Diane desperately wanted was different. She needed my help to ...

The domestic violence field lost an important advocate with the passing of Andrew Cicchetti, Ph.D., in November 2024. Below are some of his ideas, with quotes taken from our personal correspondence, ...

Distinguishing femicide from homicide is essential for the law to reflect this reality and ensure institutional responses compatible with the gravity and complexity of this crime. The formal ...

MYRTLE BEACH — Nearly a year after Mica Miller's death, a state senator has introduced a bill that aims to criminalize coercive control, a type of systematic abuse that Mica's supporters have long ...

A special report by Cosmopolitan and The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Not long after Sophie*, now 28, moved into her boyfriend Sam’s new house in suburban Illinois, he brought ...

Whether it’s spiking food or drinks, withholding essential medication, or administering substances to incapacitate and exploit, perpetrators use chemical control to strip victims of autonomy, health, ...

Andrew Tate tried to bully women accusing him of sexual violence into dropping their High Court claim with a near-£1million costs bill, their lawyer has claimed. The controversial online influencer is ...