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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Amanda Gearing

Countering ‘rape as routine’: world expert explains the key to getting coercive control laws right

woman sitting on bed in darkened room
Australian laws on coercive control must include rape, stalking and other forms of violence, says Prof Evan Stark. Photograph: Kittiphan Teerawattanakul/Getty Images/EyeEm

Australia’s first laws to make coercive control a crime must be expanded to include rape in relationships as well as stalking and other forms of violence, according to the international expert who coined the term.

Prof Evan Stark and his wife, Anne, began sheltering domestic violence victims in their home in the early 1970s.

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