Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
January 2015 • Sharon Hayes, Samantha Jeffries
Coercive control includes, but goes beyond, an examination of physical violence by considering a plethora of on-going non-physical methods intentionally employed by perpetrators of romantic terrorism to maintain power and control over their victims. This chapter explores some of these power and control tactics under the following headings: (1) Threats and intimidation; (2) Humiliation, degradation and emotional unkindness; (3) Restricting personal territory and freedom; and (4) Crazy making. These categories were …