Feb 8, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Trauma: Prevention
Testimony of Barry Goldstein. DV Author, Speaker and Advocate My name is Barry Goldstein and I am the author of 5 of the leading books about domestic violence and child custody. The publisher of my books requires cites to good scientific research for anything we want...
Jan 31, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Trauma: Prevention
“What have John Bobbitt’s penis and too many children of divorce got in common?” I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s not. Both stories involve domestic violence, sexual abuse, and a bad narrative. In an insightful story by Amy Chozic in the...
Jan 30, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Trauma: Prevention
Judges and sheriffs in Scotland are to receive special training ahead of a new bill to criminalise psychological domestic abuse. The online training will focus on knowledge and understanding of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which comes into force on 1 April....
Jan 3, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature
Courts Must Learn Basics about Domestic Violence Four decades after domestic violence first became a public issue our courts still don’t understand the causes and effective responses to domestic violence. Attempting to resolve DV cases without fundamental DV knowledge...
Oct 27, 2018 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Trauma: Prevention
Flawed Child Custody Practices Also Hurt Communities The original Quincy Model was a group of best practices that dramatically reduced domestic violence crime, especially murders in Quincy, Massachusetts. The county averaged 5-6 homicides, but enjoyed several years...
