Coercive control

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Gabby Petito – Officers Missed Signs of Domestic Abuse

Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie were arriving at a parking lot on August 27, 2021. These are the last images of Gabby Petito. Gabby Petito probably died several hours later. They walking together. Roberta stated that she did not remember the exact date that she wrote the letter, but it was written before Brian and […]

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Battered Woman Syndrome and Coercive Control

Battered woman syndrome is considered a type of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychologist Lenore Walker, EdD, coined the term in her groundbreaking 1979 book, The Battered Woman. Battered woman’s syndrome is the psychological effects of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse inflicted by intimate partner. Men are also abused by their partners, and the term “battered

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Cases

Belinda Van Krevel and Mark Valera 

Belinda Van Krevel has been jailed for stabbing a second partner in 10 years, reopening the wounds of one of Wollongong’s darkest chapters. In 2003, Belinda Van Krevel was sentenced to six years’ jail after she was convicted of soliciting a man, her boyfriend, to murder her abusive father, Jack Van Krevel. In a 2001

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