Power & Control Wheels

The Power & Control Wheel was orginally developed by battered women in Minnesota to describe their abuse by their male partners. Over the years many adaptations of the wheel have been created to reflect different experiences of abuse and of equality. Check out some of the wheels below.

Power & Control Wheel

Equality Wheel

Abuse of Children Wheel

Nurturing Children Wheel

Power & Control Wheel for Teens

Equality Wheel for Teens

Power & Control Wheel for Elderly & Disabled Adults

Community Accountability Wheel

Coordinated Community Action Wheel

Medical Power & Control Wheel

Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cutting Issue for Social Workers Wheel

Judicial Responses that Empower Battered Women Wheel

LGBTQI Wheel

Violence Against Native Women Pyramid

Power & Control Wheel People with Disabilities and their Caregivers

Equality Wheel for People with Disabilities and their Caregivers