"How ‘Coercive Control’ Is Expanding Domestic Abuse Laws in Several States"
The Marshall Project quoted Joan Meier noting "that coercive control is often more dangerous and pervasive than physical violence.”
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"Decker sisters needed protection. But our court system failed them. | Opinion"
USA Today quoted Joan Meier for legal professionals and courts to recognize the need for change and protection in family court.
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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.