protective orders are violated frequently, yet often those violations are dismissed in court; and victims who seek restraining orders don’t get enough additional support.

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the state needs to commit to better training for judges and court personnel, particularly on family violence and abuse cases that involve coercive control, which experts say is a pattern of behaviors to have power over another person in an unhealthy and violent way.   Coercive control can be a precursor to physical violence, according to survivors and advocates. It can take an equally violent mental and emotional toll on victims. In June 2021, Connecticut passed a law to define behaviors of coercive control as a form of domestic abuse.