Actually, the reason we welcome the study you're conducting here today is that it's important to talk about this concept and to make it known. Many professionals and victims, although the latter know what they go through, think that domestic violence means physical violence. However, we know that victims experience all kinds of forms of control, and we know that coercive control is a very accurate indicator of lethality. A study conducted in England has shown that, in more than 90% of domestic homicide cases, the victim had previously experienced coercive control.
The public, and professionals especially, must be aware of the concept so they can help victims and urge perpetrators to change their behaviour. In my opinion, here's what it takes to succeed: We have to document situations, name them, take steps to counteract coercive conduct and stop trivializing actions that, in isolation, may indeed seem trivial. People must be more informed, oppose coercive control and recognize it as a form of violence.