Understanding Coercive Control and Domestic Abuse in Mediation
On 1st April 2019, the Scottish Government introduced groundbreaking legislation which recognised the devastating effect of non-physical abuse on victims. The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 criminalised "abusive behaviour towards a partner or ex-partner", behaviour commonly referred to as Coercive Control. Coercive control is a purposeful and sustained pattern of behaviour whereby a partner or […]