Why Some Coercive Control Cases Stall

Two years after New South Wales criminalized coercive control, police have recorded 682 reports but only 42 charges. This post looks at what ABC News reporting suggests is behind that gap, including the law's intent requirement, police training, and the push to add recklessness. It then reads those findings against Erin Sheley's 2021 Duke Law Journal analysis of why an offense like the one in England and Wales would face due process problems in the United States, and the fraud-based alternative she proposed. It closes with the kind of documentation that gives a fact-finder something to weigh in these cases.