Series 2: Coercive Control, Ep. 2 If you ever tried to leave me...

05/11/22 • 42 min

How systems are used to further perpetuate coercive control

Karma, a First Nations woman, provides insight into how the police, legal and child protection systems further perpetuated the coercive control during and following the end of her relationship.

Yolandi Beer, a Family Law Solicitor at Northside Connect, examines some of the difficulties survivors of coercively controlling relationships face in their interactions with the legal system.

How systems are used to further perpetuate coercive control

Karma, a First Nations woman, provides insight into how the police, legal and child protection systems further perpetuated the coercive control during and following the end of her relationship.

Yolandi Beer, a Family Law Solicitor at Northside Connect, examines some of the difficulties survivors of coercively controlling relationships face in their interactions with the legal system.

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