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LESSON 3 · Boundaries That Protect Love

PAUSE TO THINK

Can controlling a partner be a crime, even without physical violence?

Yes

In 2015, England and Wales made coercive control a criminal offense, recognizing that a pattern of isolation, monitoring, and intimidation can be abuse on its own — no bruises required. The law treats the controlling pattern itself as the harm.

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