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How Can the Law Help Protect Victims of Abuse and Coercive Control?

How Can the Law Help Protect Victims of Abuse and Coercive Control?

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Join Jackie as she interviews special guest, NYU Professor Christine Cocchiola, who shares her own abuse journey and her fight to pass Jennifer’s Law (coercive control legislation) in the US state of Connecticut.

If you are, or think you may be, experiencing abuse, click here in the US for help


If you are, or think you may be, experiencing abuse, click here in the UK for help


Guest Bio and Cool Quotes in the Episode:


Christine Cocchiola, LCSW

NYU, DSW-c, 2022

Coercive Control Advocate, Researcher, Educator & Survivor

www.christinecocchiola.com

coercivecontrolisipv on Instagram & FB and coercivecontrol on Twitter


“Victims are highly agreeable and conscientious. They are off the charts in those two areas.” - Christine Cocchiola on study of shared victim traits by Sandra Brown


“One of the key characteristics [of abusers] is charming.” - Christine Cocchiola


“700 children have died since 2008 at the hands of an abuser, because a judge allowed the abuser to share custody.” - Christine Cocchiola


“Not all narcissists are pedophiles, but all pedophiles are narcissists” - Christine Cocchiola


“Coercive control is the foundation of domestic abuse.” - Christine Cocchiola


“At the moment we start to disengage [from the abuser], they actually intensify.” Christine Cocchiola


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Recommendations in the Episode:


YouTube Vids:


Dr. Grande on psychopathy (paying attention to Psychopath Factor 1 and Factor 2)


Dr. Ramani on manipulation tactics of narcissists


Dr. Ramani on scapegoating


Sandra L. Brown on specific temperament traits of those who get trapped in relationships with and by psychopaths

 

Studies and Articles:


Christine Cocchiola’s study: COVID-19 and Sheltering in Place: The Experiences of Coercive Control for College Students Returning Home


Baker and Ben-Ami study on Parental Alienation


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