"Can family abuse be halted by psychological intimidation laws? These states are trying”
USA Today quoted Joan Meier on coercive control.
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"Who are the victims and perpetrators of most U.S. murder-suicides? Here's the data”
WRC-NBC4 quoted Joan Meier on the uptick in domestic violence when a victim tries to leave.
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Professor Meier appears in "Allen v. Farrow," a new four-part HBO series documenting the accusation of sexual abuse against actor Woody Allen and the aftermath that followed. In episodes 3 and 4, Professor Meier sheds light on the strategies used by abusers, the "alienation" label often used to deny women's and children's abuse claims, and what is going on in family courts today. Her research, based at GW's National Family Violence Law Center, also provides much of the background for the film.