Bias against Women Alleging Abuse in Family Courts

Bias against Women Alleging Abuse in Family Courts:Clinical Prof. Joan Meier bridges theory and practice in her work on domestic violence, which focuses on courts' responses to mothers who seek to protect their children from an abusive father, in the context of a custody battle. Courts' resistance to believing abuse allegations is fueled in large part by the theory of "parental alienation". 5MSF