[DV_listserv] Expert Witness Webinar -- Dr. Evan Stark to discuss Coercive Control and Expert Testimony & Case Presentation (10/25/16)

Fri Oct 7 10:22:25 PDT 2016

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Webinar
Re-framing Woman Battering as Coercive Control: Expert Testimony and Case Presentation

Presenter:                 Evan Stark, Ph.D., MSW
                                                Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University
(New Brunswick, NJ)

Date:              October 25, 2016
Time:              3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
This webinar is part of a series about
Expert Witnesses
hosted by the
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women.

Please watch for announcements about future webinars.
It is fine to sign up for as many or few webinars in the series as you wish.
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WEBINAR DESCRIPTION
A majority of battered women facing criminal charges have experienced physical and emotional abuse as part of an ongoing pattern of coercive control.  Expert testimony about coercive control can help judges and juries better understand the context of defendants’ behavior by helping them to look beyond physical violence.  Using case examples from his forensic practice, Dr. Evan Stark will explain why it is essential to 'look beyond violence' in explaining partner abuse to the court, give an overview of coercive control and describe how the elements of coercive control can be incorporated into expert testimony.

PRESENTER’S BIO
Evan Stark is a sociologist, forensic social worker, widely published author and award-winning researcher with an international reputation for his innovative work on the legal, policy and health dimensions of interpersonal violence, including its effects on children.  Dr. Stark’s book, Coercive Control: The Entrapment of Women in Personal Life has played a major role in redefining domestic violence and reforming domestic violence policies and laws, particularly in Europe.  A co-founder of an early shelter for battered women in New Haven and co-director of the path-breaking Yale Trauma Studies, he has held numerous state and federal appointments related to domestic violence and children.  Dr. Stark has served as an expert in more than 100 criminal, family, civil and child welfare cases throughout the U.S. and in Canada and was the lead expert in Nicholson v. Williams, a successful federal class action against New York City that ended the removal of children from non-offending victims of domestic violence.  He has lectured and trained professionals on the dynamics of coercive control throughout the world and held appointments at Yale, SUNY-Stony Brook, the University of Essex, Bristol University, the University of Edinburgh and at Rutgers University where he is Professor Emeritus in Public Affairs and Public Health.

SUGGESTED PARTICIPANTS
This webinar will be helpful for both new and experienced domestic violence expert witnesses, as well as people who are considering working as an expert in the future.  This may include social workers, academics, and other professionals who might provide general testimony about battering and its effects.  Additionally, we encourage people interested in learning more about coercive control to participate, including advocates, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other attorneys who represent victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.

REGISTRATION DETAILS:  This webinar is open OVW Grants to Encourage Arrest (GTEA) Grantees, LAV grantees, other OVW grantees, and to the general public.

It is free of charge (but you will have to pay for the phone call if you dial in).

Click Here to Register<https://bwjp.ilinc.com/register/shvscsk>

If you do not get a confirmation note almost immediately after registering,

please check your JUNK or SPAM email box.

Questions? For questions about this webinar, please contact the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women at ncdbw at ncdbw.org<mailto:ncdbw at ncdbw.org>. Please put “Expert #15 Webinar Question” in the subject line.

Can’t attend? We plan to post recordings of the webinar on our website 7 – 10 days after the “live” presentation is complete.  Please checkhttp://ncdbw.org/if you are unable to attend the live presentation; go to the “resource” tab.

You will also find recordings of past webinars there.

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This project is supported by Grant No. 2011-TA-AX-K061 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
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