The research investigates coercive control (CC)-based domestic abuse in children's lives. Unlike previous studies that have focused on CC mostly in adult relationships, this study focuses in depth on children and CC. Approaching CC from the perspective of children and young people themselves as well as from broader viewpoints, the study analyses how children are affected by the use of power by other people (especially perpetrators and professionals), and how children use their own power. Additionally, as coercive and controlling behaviors have the potential to escalate, involving stalking behaviors and ultimately homicides, the study will shed light on the presence of CC in court case files on stalking and existing studies of abusers killing their families. Findings will be used in developing knowledge about CC and in identifying and helping child victims-survivors.

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