"Evan Stark, who expanded definition of domestic violence, dies at 82"
The Washington Post quoted Joan Meier speaking on the legacy of Evan Stark and his incorporation of coercive control into criminal law.
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"Ending parental alienation accusations in court to protect children’s rights"
Joan Meier is quoted in Law360 about the campaign to end 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.