New UK domestic violence definition includes coercive control
The UK Home Office has announced it will expand the definition of domestic violence to include ‘coercive control’ and to cover people 16 years of age and older.
The change is to the official definition of domestic violence used across government not the legal definition.
The expansion of the definition to cover 16 and 17 year-olds came after the British Crime Survey 2009/10 found that 16-19 year-olds were the group most likely to suffer abuse from a partner.
Link to further info on the NZFV Clearinghouse website: http://www.nzfvc.org.nz/node/793
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