An AI model used to analyse more than half a million domestic violence reports found 57% included coercive control
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Domestic violence assaults have risen 13.5% over the past five years, according to the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (Bocsar), which also found coercive control behaviours were present in more than half of police domestic violence reports.
Using an artificial intelligence model to analyse more than half a million domestic violence police reports made from Janurary 2009 until March 2020, Bocsar researchers found 57% of domestic violence events included at least one coercive control behaviour.
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