Mapping Coercive Relationship Dynamics: A Criminological Approach

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a research lab and social impact organization dedicated to preventing psychological exploitation, coercive control, and relationship-based fraud. Our work sits at the intersection of technology, behavioral science, and public safety, with a focus on helping women recognize manipulation early and build the cognitive tools to resist it. FIA develops cutting-edge tools such as interactive chatbots, trait-based profiling systems, and peer-to-peer wellness platforms that teach emotional resilience, pattern recognition, and social discernment. Our frameworks are informed by neuroscience, criminology, and trauma theory—designed not just to identify harm after the fact, but to predict and prevent dangerous relational dynamics before they escalate. This project explores how psychological manipulation escalates into coercive control and, in severe cases, into criminal outcomes like domestic violence, fraud, or homicide. Using real-world case analysis, criminological theory, and publicly available datasets, students will build a knowledge model that identifies early warning signs (red flags) and how they interact with victim vulnerabilities to form dangerous relationship dynamics — what FIA terms a “lockmatch.” Key Research Objectives: Analyze 30 real-world cases of manipulative or coercive individuals. Identify patterns of abuse, brain bias exploitation, and victim vulnerabilities. Assess publicly available datasets to validate and expand early detection models. Prototype a "lockmatch quotient" to predict high-risk relationship patterns.

Data Privacy Enhancement for FIA

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is committed to empowering women by providing tools and resources to recognize and respond to coercive and manipulative behaviors. As FIA plans to expand its services, ensuring the privacy and security of user data is paramount. This project aims to evaluate and enhance FIA's current data handling practices to align with stringent privacy standards such as PIPEDA and GDPR. The project will involve researching best practices in data privacy, assessing FIA's existing data collection and storage methods, and recommending improvements. The goal is to create a robust framework that safeguards user information while supporting FIA's mission of social impact. By focusing on privacy, the project will help FIA build trust with its users and stakeholders. We’re inviting your team to: ✅ Conduct a review of FIA’s current and planned data handling (minimal as it is—like names, session scheduling, or chat interactions). ✅ Develop a data privacy policy that establishes: What data FIA might collect in the future (e.g., scheduling, user profiles, chatbot interactions). The legal and ethical justifications for collecting this data. How this data will be stored, protected, and eventually deleted or anonymized. ✅ Create practical data breach prevention and response protocols —ensuring FIA is ready for any future incidents, even as a small nonprofit. ✅ Propose a set of general data principles that reflect FIA’s mission of radical safety, respect, and minimal data collection —aligned with user empowerment and psychological safety. ✅ Provide a privacy checklist that FIA can use for any new feature, tool, or program it develops (like the Listening Lab’s secure scheduling tool or the ChatBoy app).

Coercive Control Awareness Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a research and design lab focused on social discernment, covert aggression, and psychological safety. Our mission is to help individuals—especially women—recognize and respond to subtle patterns of manipulation and control that are often overlooked by mainstream institutions. We create tools, training programs, and public resources that translate complex psychological and legal dynamics into accessible, actionable guidance. Our work sits at the intersection of trauma-informed care, prevention, and systems change. Project Overview: Coercive control is a form of psychological abuse that restricts a person’s freedom through tactics like surveillance, isolation, gaslighting, and financial control. It can have severe physical and mental health consequences—but because it leaves no visible injuries, it often goes undetected in healthcare settings. Most clinicians are not trained to recognize or respond to it. This project invites nursing students to take the lead in a discovery and planning initiative. Through interviews with nurses, doctors, and clinic staff, students will explore how to make coercive control awareness materials (e.g., posters, handouts, reference guides) as impactful and practical as possible in real-world settings . The final goal is to design a roadmap for producing and distributing these resources across hundreds of clinics, based on frontline feedback.

Bridging Research to Healthcare: Coercive Control Awareness Poster

The project aims to address the often-overlooked issue of coercive control in healthcare settings. Coercive control is a subtle yet damaging form of psychological and social abuse that significantly impacts health and well-being. Despite its seriousness, it is frequently absent from clinical conversations. The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) has compiled extensive research on this topic, including survivor-informed language and best practices for support. The goal of this project is to translate this rich research base into an educational poster that can be displayed in healthcare environments. This poster will serve as a tool for both doctors and patients to recognize and understand the implications of coercive control. By doing so, the project seeks to enhance awareness and improve the quality of care provided to those affected by this form of abuse.