"After acquittal, allegations against ex-Severna Park teacher remain"
Capital Gazette quoted Joan Meier, noting that child sex abuse cases are hard to win as kids are easily confused and a defense can raise doubt.
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"Texas lawmakers limit use of parent-child reunification therapy in custody battles"
The Texas Tribune quoted Joan Meier on the little regulation of family court evaluators in court that leads to parental alienation.
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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.