The Quicksand Model®: Why Abuse and Violence Need a New Framework

Coercive control is the fire. Physical violence is the alarm. We have built entire systems around detecting the alarm while the fire burns across intimate partner abuse, child abuse, human trafficking, gang violence, spiritual abuse, and sexual abuse. It is time we learned to respond to both.
Coercive Control Is the Fire. Physical Violence Is the Fire Alarm.

Coercive control is the fire. Physical violence is the alarm. We have built entire systems around detecting the alarm while the fire burns across intimate partner abuse, child abuse, human trafficking, gang violence, spiritual abuse, and sexual abuse. It is time we learned to respond to both.
The Devil Inside – Coercive Control & Predators
Predators use many of the tactics of coercive control to ensnare their targets, and pedophiles are some of the most adept predatory coercive controllers on the planet. They are masters of abuse in plain sight. They have to be in order to fool the people around their targets into seeing them as harmless and loving. Jimmy Hinton, pastor, […]