Coercive control is a relatively new area to policy, practice and research, and the research evidence is still emerging. However, consultations with key stakeholders in the child and family sector identifed coercive control as a key topic of interest for policy-makers and practitioners, and that there is a desire for a synthesis of current evidence. 

This paper synthesises the findings of a rapid literature review to describe what we know about how common coercive control victimisation is, as well as risk factors and impacts of coercive control victimisation.

The literature review covers:

• quality of coercive control victimisation research
• how common coercive control victimisation is
• risk factors associated with coercive control victimisation
• impacts associated with coercive control victimisation.