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Episode 10: Barry Goldstein on Gender Bias in Family Courts and Suggested Policy Actions

June 29, 2018 Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Policy, Sexism and Misogyny

This episode of en(gender)ed in its family court series features guest, Barry Goldstein, an internationally recognized domestic violence author, speaker and advocate.  Barry has worked in the DV movement since 1983 and has served as an instructor in a NY Model Batterer Program since 1999.  He is co-editor of two volumes of Domestic Violence, Abuse…

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Episode 7: Nancy S. Erickson on Court-Appointed Evaluators and Mental Health Assessments

June 15, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts

On this episode, we kick off our series on family court with our guest is Nancy S. Erickson, (J.D. Brooklyn Law School, LL.M. Yale Law School, M.A. Forensic Psychology John Jay College of Criminal Justice), a consultant on issues relating to law and psychology, particularly child custody evaluations and domestic violence.    Nancy’s career spans over…

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