Resources
The research that institutions cite but do not follow.
What the literature actually says
The gap between what psychology and sociology know about coercive control and institutional betrayal and what courts and institutions do about it is staggering. These references are the foundation of that knowledge. They are cited in clinical training, legal scholarship, and policy documents — and routinely ignored in practice.
Psychopathology
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Public Health
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Trauma & Recovery
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Coercive Control
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Narcissistic Abuse
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Institutional Betrayal
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A Note on This List
This is a working bibliography — selective, not exhaustive. It reflects the literature I return to most often in my research and advocacy work, and the sources I recommend most frequently to clients, collaborators, and people trying to understand what happened to them.
Entries are linked to their DOI or original source where available. If you encounter a reference that is paywalled and cannot access it, feel free to reach out — I can often point you to an open-access version or author-posted preprint.