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CONTEXTUALIZING COERCIVE CONTROL FOR SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION

Coercive Control Research

RESEARCH & THEORY IN COERCIVE CONTROL & UNDUE INFLUENCE


Research in coercive control began in the fifties. The term brainwashing was coined by Edward Hunter. Brainwashing concepts spurred research, and Robert Lifton & Albert Biderman conducted thought reform & coercive control research on prisoners where the tactics of coercion were used to increase compliance. The term coercive control was coined by Susan Schechter in 1982, and Evan Stark popularized the term coercive control in his 2007 book entitled Coercive Control. This page includes research and theory relevant to coercive control within domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, cults, and extremism, including family courts and child custody.

Family Court & Custody

Adverse Childhood Experiences, False Allegations, & Custody Research


MEIER ET AL. (2019): Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations

SAUNDERS, FALLER & TOLMAN (2012): Child Custody Evaluators’ Beliefs About

Domestic Abuse Allegations: Their Relationship

to Evaluator Demographics, Background,

Domestic Violence Knowledge and CustodyVisitation Recommendations

ACE STUDY: Research on Adverse Childhood Experiences reveals long-term detrimental physical health impacts of abuse and neglect on children. This study provides proof that placing children into the custody of abusers and/or coercive controllers increases children's risk for mental and physical health problems, addictions and even reduced lifespan. 

ACE RESOURCES & TALKING POINTS

CDC: Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers

EMMA KATZ (2019): Coercive Control, Domestic Violence, and a Five-Factor Framework: Five Factors That Influence Closeness, Distance, and Strain in Mother–Child Relationships

LISA ARONSON-FONTES (2005): Child Abuse and Culture

BANCROFT, SILVERMAN & RITCHIE: The Batterer As Parent

CHAMPION (2022): Coercion in families and child resistance to contact with a parent after family separation


Thought Reform

Tactics of Thought Reform & Coercive Control


ROBERT LIFTON: Thought Reform & The Psychology of Totalism

ALBERT BIDERMAN: Biderman's Chart of Coercion

STEVE HASSAN: The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control:

Undue Influence, Thought Reform, Brainwashing, Mind Control, Trafficking and The Law

JANJA LALICH: Cults & Coercion

MARGARET SINGER & MARSHA ADDIS: Cults, Coercion & Cotumely

ROD DUBROW-MARSHALL: Cult Consequences

GERRETTE BUGLION: An Everyday Cult

RYAN & LUKE HART: Remembered Forever

NEIL VAN LEEUWEN: Sleights of mind: What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our brains.


Coercive Control

Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse


SUSAN SCHECHTER: Women and Male Violence: The Visions and Struggles of The Battered Women's Movement

EVAN STARK: Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life

LISA ARONSON-FONTES: Invisible Chains: Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship

EMMA KATZ: Coercive Control in Childrens' and Mothers' Lives

JANE MOCKTON-SMITH: In Control - Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder

SANDRA BROWN & JENNIFER YOUNG: Women Who Love Psychopaths

GEORGE SIMON: In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: International Responses to Economic Abuse



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