The 'Coercive Control Law'

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Enacted in December…

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2015

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The law fills the gap in the law - existing laws on stalking and harassment only applied after the…

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relationship has ended

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How will it be

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implemented?

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The ‘coercive control law’ is what act?

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SERIOUS CRIME ACT, 2015, S.76

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The Serious Crime Act 2015, s.76 states that CC is ‘controlling or coercive behaviour in an…

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intimate or family relationship’

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The Serious Crime Act 2015, s.76 states that CC behaviour consists of the perpetrator ‘repeatedly or continuously engages in behaviour towards another person that is…

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controlling or coercive’

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The Serious Crime Act 2015, s.76 states that CC is when the behaviour ‘causes fear of violence on at least 2 occasions OR causes serious alarm or distress which has substantial adverse effects on…

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[the victim’s] usual day-to-day activities’