CRIMINALISING COERCIVE CONTROL
Could making ‘coercive control’ a criminal offence minimise intimate partner homicide? In May 2022, the Queensland Government announced plans to introduce legislation making ‘coercive control’ a criminal offence. What do you need to know about coercive control, the new legislation, reforms, and criminal code amendments? Coercive control has been common talk amongst the general public recently. This collective consciousness of ‘coercive control’ formed after the harrowing inc