The academic study and practical treatment of domestic abuse are evolving. Historically, researchers and support workers have tended to adopt the view that domestic abuse is inherently gendered, with ...

In his Matrimonial Practice column, Timothy M. Tippins writes: Judicial opinions abundant in facts and rich in thoughtful analysis are as rare as a white peacock. Hon. Richard A. Dollinger has ...

In all cases, fathers had used a disputed concept in court known as "parental alienation". Separately, the same concept has been cited in the deaths of women after family courts allowed fathers ...

When people are rejected by peers, they often lash out. In children, that aggression occasionally takes horrifying directions, leading to school shootings or other deadly acts. Researchers in the ...

Key points Parental alienation can occur when hostility between feuding partners leads to a child becoming hostile and rejecting of one parent. There is controversy about whether this is a valid label ...

Dozens of children have been forced into contact with fathers accused of abuse, a study has found. In some cases in the research, revealed for the first time by the BBC, the fathers were convicted ...