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ABOUT KACEY BAKER, MSC
Kacey Baker is a specialist in the psychology of coercive control, with a particular focus on coercion outside domestic settings: such as cults, high-control groups, workplaces, sport and online communities.
She holds a BA (Hons) and an MSc in the Psychology of Coercive Control from the University of Salford. Her MSc research developed the Extent of Coercive Control Universal Scale, an instrument designed to measure coercive control outside domestic settings, addressing a gap left by Section. 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015, which criminalises coercive control in domestic settings only.
Kacey writes expert witness reports for live court cases, gives guest lectures to university students, and is a regular speaker at CrimeCon UK.
01 THE CULT VAULT
Kacey launched The Cult Vault in May 2020. What began as deep dives into groups such as Jonestown and the Manson Family has grown into more than 500 episodes, most of them interviews with survivors of high-control groups from around the world, alongside experts, scholars and authors. Interviews focus on each survivor's background and experience, with care taken to inform rather than sensationalise.
02 ADVOCACY
Kacey works with advocates and organisations calling for the law in England and Wales to protect people subjected to coercion with groups and other non-domestic settings. Kacey is on the Board of Trustees for the Family Survival Trust, A UK based charity that supports victims of cults and coercive control. For more information on campaign efforts to broaden current legislation, visit The Family Survival Trust.
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