The bill looks to add "coercive control" to the definition of abuse, which is behavior which isolates or exploits a victim and often limits a victim's access to money and freedom. Also read ...

(KATU) — A bill crafted by the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and the state's System of Care Advisory Council (SOCAC) would loosen the definition of child abuse as it pertains to ...

It concerns sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, physical/emotional neglect and witnessing of partner violence (definition article 1 Child and Youth Act).

NEW Scottish legislation on domestic abuse must align with existing law or risk undermining its commonly understood definition, a Holyrood committee has warned. The cross-party criminal justice ...