PatternShield™

Your evidence tells a story. Most systems are only built to read one page of it.

Coercive and controlling behaviour became a criminal offence in England and Wales in 2015. More than a decade later, 76% of cases still result in No Further Action, not because the evidence doesn't exist, but because the systems investigating these cases are built to look at incidents, not patterns.

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What it does

A working tool that identifies coercive control patterns in evidence

A single message, a single incident, a single allegation can look minor in isolation. Seen together, over time, they tell a completely different story. PatternShield™ maps behaviour chronologically, flags escalation risks, and generates clear, structured outputs that show what a pattern of abuse actually looks like, built on the same principle behind everything Safe Haven Education does: institutions investigate moments, abusers operate across time.

Who this solves problems for

Built for the professionals who see fragmented evidence, not one clean file

Police forces

Seeing escalation, not just the last incident

Investigations are built to examine single incidents. PatternShield™ maps a chronology of behaviour so investigating officers can see the escalation and control across time that determines whether a case meets the threshold for charge.

Solicitors & barristers

Turning scattered evidence into a coherent account

Family and criminal cases involving coercive control often turn on evidence scattered across messages, timelines and incident reports. PatternShield™ structures that evidence into a coherent, chronological account that supports the case being built.

MARAC

One consolidated risk picture, not several partial ones

Risk assessment meetings rely on each agency bringing a partial picture. PatternShield™ gives MARAC representatives a consolidated pattern view, so risk is assessed on the full picture rather than whichever incidents happened to be reported to that particular agency.

Children's services

Seeing impact that a single incident doesn't show

Coercive control is central to assessing risk to children, but its impact is rarely visible in a single incident. PatternShield™ helps caseworkers see how control has developed over time, and what that means for a child's welfare assessment.

CAFCASS

Establishing a pattern, not isolated allegations

Private law proceedings often need to establish a pattern of behaviour, not just isolated allegations, to inform child arrangements safely. PatternShield™ supports that analysis with a structured, chronological account of the evidence.

Why this exists

Institutions investigate moments. Abusers operate across time.

That gap between how coercive control actually unfolds and how systems are built to investigate it is the reason PatternShield™ exists: to give the evidence itself the structure it needs to be seen properly.

Help build PatternShield™

I need real evidence to test it accurately

I'm looking for anonymised documentation from survivors whose cases were investigated by police and closed with No Further Action, specifically people who experienced pattern-based, non-physical coercive and controlling behaviour, reported to police, still have their own documentation (messages, timelines, emails, correspondence), and have kept any communications from or about the police response.

You don't need a complete file, and you don't need to have done everything right. You just need evidence that a pattern existed. Participation is completely voluntary, everything is anonymised before any analysis takes place, it will not be used in legal proceedings or shared with police or any other agency, and you can withdraw at any time.

Email hello@safehaveneducation.org with the subject line PatternShield™ Evidence: [Your Name], and I'll respond within a few days with more information and a simple consent form before anything else happens.