Article 1 challenges the question, “Why didn’t they leave?” and examines how focusing on a victim’s decisions can cause professionals to miss the larger pattern of coercion, control, isolation, and escalating risk. It explores how better questions, stronger pattern recognition, and consideration of both physical and digital safety can help organizations intervene earlier and build systems that better protect people.
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