‘He stopped me from talking to male colleagues’: new research shows how domestic violence so often starts with isolation and control

By Elizabeth McLindon, Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Kelsey Hegarty, Professor of Family Violence Prevention, The University of Melbourne

When it comes to domestic violence, cases involving catastrophic physical violence are the ones that most often make it into the media.

But our new research shows there are often signs of trouble long before such tragic outcomes – before couples move in together or get married.

We asked a large group of women about how domestic violence (also known as intimate…

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