Coercive control

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

Coercive control creates a sense of fear.

Some common examples of coercive behaviour are:

· Isolating you from friends and family

· Depriving you of basic needs, such as food

· Monitoring your time

· Monitoring you via online communication tools or spyware

· Taking control over aspects of your everyday life, such as where you can go, who you can see, what you can wear and when you can sleep

· Depriving you access to support services, such as medical services

· Repeatedly putting you down, such as saying you’re worthless

· Humiliating, degrading or dehumanising you

· Controlling your finances

· Making threats or intimidating you

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Male domestic abuse

Anyone can experience domestic abuse - it can happen in all kinds of relationships regardless of age, race, gender identity, sexuality, disability, wealth, and lifestyle. Every case of domestic abuse should be taken seriously and each individual given access to the support they need. Any form of violence is unacceptable.
Physical abuse

Physical abuse is the most recognizable form of domestic violence. It involves the use of force against the victim, causing injury (e.g. a punch or a kick, stabbing, shooting, choking, slapping, forcing you to use drugs, etc.).
Effects on children

Domestic abuse at home can have an enormous impact on young people. The impacts can include: feeling powerless or guilty, suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder,social relationship's and development.
Emotional abuse

Emotional abuse involves the destruction of the victim's self-worth, and is brought about by persistent insult, humiliation, criticism, yelling, name calling or isolation.
Financial control

This involves a perpetrator using or misusing money which limits and controls their partner’s current and future actions and their freedom of choice. Even when a survivor has left the home, financial control can still be exerted by the abuser with regard to child maintenance.
Online / cyber abuse

In a study of 307 survivors of domestic violence, 45% reported that they had experienced abuse online during their relationship.
LGBT

It is estimated that domestic abuse is a factor in 1 in 4 LGBT relationships.
Stalking and harassment

1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men will experience staking in their adult life.
Elder abuse

37% of women, aged 60yrs + reported having experienced actual abuse.

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