Technology-facilitated coercive control: practice guide

Technology-facilitated coercive control (TFCC) is the use of digital technologies to coercively control current or former intimate partners

This practice guide describes the research evidence on technology-facilitated coercive control (TFCC).

It covers:

  • what TFCC is

  • strategies used by perpetrators

  • the interaction between face-to-face and technology-facilitated strategies of coercive control

  • client groups who may be at an elevated risk of TFCC victimisation

  • the impacts of experiencing TFCC

  • risks of expecting victim survivors to stop using technology

  • tips for supporting clients who may be experiencing TFCC.

This practice guide includes information about intimate partner violence, including sexual, physical and psychological abuse.