Jeffrey L. Edleson

Hague Domestic Violence Project

Child Exposure to Domestic Violence (CEDV) Scale

FiLiA Hague Mothers Project (Advisor)

Narkis Golan Initiative at Sanctuary for Families, NYC (National Advisory Board)

Story in Social Welfare at Berkeley on Edleson's seven years as dean.

Edleson's forward in new Singapore book on domestic violence. 

Edleson interviewed by Fatherly.com on Can violent men really be reformed?

Edleson interviewed on KPFA Radio's Letters and Politics about men and violence (11/09/17).

Plenary talk delivered at the International Consortium for Social Development symposium in Singapore (07.08.15)

How Domestic Violence Affects Parenting and Children (Radio New Zealand 06.06.13)

Home Is Where the Harm Is (cited) (New York Times 03.05.13)

Examining the impact of domestic abuse (Minnesota Public Radio 03.02.11)

Youth radio: A Child's view of domestic violence (Minnesota Public Radio 02.28.11)

Protecting Kids: Rethinking the Hague Convention (Time 12.10.10)

2022 | Distinguished Alumni Award from the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

2016 | Named one of the dozen highest impact scholars in the field of social work in a new study by Hodge, Kremer & Vaughn (2016) in Research on Social Work Practice. Named top 31 in another study in the Journal of Social Service Research.

2016 | Appointed to the Harry & Riva Specht Chair in Publicly Supported Social Services at Berkeley Social Welfare

2016 | Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and IVAT.

2016 | Journal of Public Child Welfare Best Article of 2016 for Kiesel, Piescher & Edleson, The Relationship Between Child Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence Exposure, and Academic Performance.

2015 | Society for Social Work and Research Book Award for Best Scholarly Book for Lindhorst & Edleson Battered Women, Their Children and International Law.

2011 | Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

2007 | Excellence in Research Award, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota (inaugural year).

2000 | Pioneer Award for collaboration between child protection, domestic violence and juvenile justice. National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Reno, NV.

2000 | Gold WATCH Award for outstanding community advocacy on behalf of woman and child victims of violence. WATCH, a court monitoring program, MN.

1999 | Man Doing The Work Award, Next Millennium Conference on Violence Against Women, Chicago, IL.

1991 | Winner for the best outcome study submitted to Research on Social Work Practice.

1977-1978 | National Institute of Mental Health Traineeship in Child Welfare.

1974 | Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley

Books

Renzetti, C.M., Edleson, J.L. & Bergen, R.K. (2018)(Eds.). Sourcebook on violence against women, 3rd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (1st edition in 2001, 2nd in 2011)

Lindhorst, T. & Edleson, J.L. (2012). Battered mothers, their children and international law: The unintended consequences of the Hague Child Abduction Convention. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press. (Winner of the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research National Book Award for Best Scholarly Book.)

Renzetti, C.M., Edleson, J.L. & Bergen, R.K. (2011)(Eds.). Companion reader on violence against women. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Renzetti, C.M. & Edleson, J.L. (2008)(Eds.). Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence (Vols. 1-2). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference.

Edleson, J.L. & Williams, O.J. (2007)(Eds.). Parenting by men who batter women: New directions for assessment and intervention. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Bergen, R.K., Edleson, J.L. & Renzetti, C.M. (2005)(Eds.). Violence against women: Classic papers. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Graham-Bermann, S.A. & Edleson, J.L. (2001)(Eds.). Domestic violence in the lives of children: The future of research, intervention and social policy. Washington, DC: APA Books.

Edleson, J.L. and Eisikovits, Z.C. (1996) (Eds.) Future interventions with battered women and their families: Visions for policy, practice and research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. (Also published in Spanish.)

Peled, E., Jaffe P.G. and Edleson, J.L. (1995) (Eds.). Ending the cycle of violence: Community responses to children of battered women. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.

Edleson, J.L. and Tolman, R.M. (1992). Intervention for men who batter: An ecological approach. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.

Rose, S.D. and Edleson, J.L. (1987). Working with children and adolescents in groups. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (Also published in Chinese.)

Manuals, Monographs, and Special Issues

Schechter, S. & Edleson, J.L. (1999). Effective intervention in domestic violence and child maltreatment: Guidelines for policy and practice. Reno, NV: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Edleson, J.L. (1999). Interventions and issues in the co-occurrence of child abuse and domestic violence (Special issue). Child Maltreatment, 4(2).

Edleson, J.L. with Frick, C. (1997). Evaluating domestic violence programs. Minneapolis, MN: Domestic Abuse Project.

Edleson, J.L. & Syers, M. (1988). Minneapolis Intervention Project 1986-87. Ann Arbor, MI: ICPSR.

Edleson, J.L., Miller, D. and Stone, G.W. (1983). Counseling men who batter: A group leader's handbook. Albany, NY: Men's Coalition Against Battering.

Book Series

• Sipe, B. and Hall, E (1996). I am not your victim: Anatomy of domestic violence.
• Edleson, J.L. and Eisikovits, Z.C. (1996). Future interventions with battered women and their families.
• DeKeseredy, W.S. & Schwartz, M. (1997). Woman abuse on campus: Results from the Canadian National Survey.
• Cook, S. and Bessant, J. (1997). Women's encounters of violence: Australian Experiences. Davies, J., Monti-Contania, D. & Lyon, E. (1997). Safety planning with battered women. Websdale, N. (1997). For batter or for worse: Rural woman battering and the justice system Campbell, J. (Ed.) (1998). Empowering survivors of abuse.
• Benedict, J. (1998). Athletes and acquaintance rape.
• Dobash, R.E. & Dobash, R.P. (1998). Rethinking violence against women.
• Lundy, S. and Leventhal, B. (1999). Same-sex domestic violence: Strategies for change. Shepard, M. & Pence, E. (1999). Domestic violence: A coordinated community response. Dobash, R., Dobash, R.E., Cavanagh, K. and Lewis, R. (1999). Changing violent men.
• Brandwein, R.A. (1999). Battered women, children, and welfare reform: The ties that bind.
• Eisikovits, Z.C. & Buchbinder, E. (2000). Locked in a Violent Embrace: Couples in the shadow of intimate violence.
• Hatty, S.E. (2000). Masculinities, violence and culture.
• Gondolf, E.W. (2001). Batterer intervention systems: Issues, outcomes and recommendations.
• Bancroft, L., Silverman, J.G. & Ritchie, D. (2012) The batterer as parent (2^nd Ed.)
• Davies, J.M. & Lyons, E. (2014). Domestic violence advocacy (2^nd Ed.)
• Sipe, B. & Hall, E.J. (2014). I am not your victim (2^nd Ed.)

Edleson, J.L., Hutchison, E., Leiberman, A. & Strom-Gottfried, K. (Series Editors). Social Work for the 21st Century: Pine Forge Press Series on Social Work, Sage Publications:

• Gibbs, L.E. & Gambrill, E. (1998, rev. ed.). Critical thinking for social workers.
• Hutchison, E. (2011, 4^th ed.). Dimensions of human behavior: A life-course perspective and Person and environment (2 vol.)
• Lieberman, A. (2010, 2^nd ed.). The social workout book: Strength-building exercises for the pre- professional.
• Strom-Gottfried, K. (1999). Social work practice: Cases, activities and exercises.

Publications

Edleson, J.L. (2024). Jessica Peixotto and the founding of Berkeley Social Welfare.Affilia, 39

Edleson, J.L., Shetty, S. & Fata, M. (2023). Fleeing for safety: Helping battered mothers and their children using Article 13(1)(b). In M. Freeman & N. Taylor (Eds.). Research Handbook on International Child Abduction: The 1980 Hague Convention (pp. 96-114). Camberley, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Salcido Carter, L. & Edleson, J.L. (2019). Special issue on Twenty Years of the Greenbook. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 70.

Edleson, J.L. (2019). The role of expert witnesses in proving grave risk to children. Domestic Violence Report, 25, 5-6, 16-17.

Brignone, L. & Edleson, J.L. (2019). The dating and domestic violence app rubric: Synthesizing clinical best practices and digital health app standards for relationship violence prevention smartphone apps. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 35, 1859-1869.

Claire M. Renzetti,  Jeffrey L. Edleson, and Raquel Kennedy Bergen. Sourcebook on Violence Against Women (3rd edition). Sage Publications, 2018. (1st edition published in 2001, 2nd in 2011)

Edleson, J.L., Lindhorst, T. & Kanuha, V.K. (2016). Ending Gender-Based Violence: A Grand Challenge for Social Work. Baltimore, MD: American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare.

Wilmerding, E., Knuth-Bouracee, M. & Edleson, J.L. (2018). Reflections on Jackson Katz and the MVP Program. Violence Against Women, 24, 1794-1801.

Walsh, T.N., Edleson, J.L. & Tolman, R.M. (2017). Children exposed to domestic violence: Prevention approaches with mothers and fathers. In Alexander, R. (Ed.). Prevention of child maltreatment: Contemporary models in child protection. Florissant, MO: STM Learning.

Kiesel, L., Piescher, K., Edleson, J. (2016). The relationship between child maltreatment, intimate partner violence exposure, and academic performance. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 10, 434-546. 

Storer, H.L., Casey, E.A., Carlson, J., Edleson, J.L. & Tolman, R.M. (2016). Primary prevention is? A global perspective on how organizations engaging men in preventing gender-based violence conceptualize and operationalize their work. Violence Against Women, 22, 249-268.

Carlson, J., Kendall, A. & Edleson, J.L. (2015/16). Becoming a good father: The developmental engine of first-time fatherhood. Fathering, 13 , 182-202.

Carlson, J., Casey, E., Edleson, J.L., Tolman, R.M., Walsh, T.B. & Kimball, E. (2015). Strategies to engage men and boys in violence prevention: A global organizational perspective.Violence Against Women, 21, 1406-1425.

Carlson, J., Edleson, J.L. & Kimball, E. (2014). First-time fathers’ experiences of and desires for formal support: A multiple lens perspective. Fathering 12(3).

Kimball, E., Edleson, J.L., Tolman, R.M., Neugut, T. & Carlson, J. (2013). Global efforts to engage men in preventing violence against women: An international survey. Violence Against Women,19, 924-939.

Edleson, J.L. (2012). Groupwork with men who batter: What the research literature indicates. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

Kimball, E., Nguyen, H.T. & Edleson, J.L. (2012). Using the Honor Our Voices Curriculum in Social Work Education. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota (manuscript submitted for publication).

Nguyen, H.T., Edleson, J.L. & Kimball, E. (2012). Honor our voices: A strength-based approach to supporting children exposed to domestic violence. Relational Child & Youth Care Practice, 25, 49-57.

Casey, E., Carlson, J., Fraguela-Rios, C., Kimball, E., Neugut, T.B., Tolman, R.M. & Edleson, J.L. (2012). Context, challenges, and tensions in global efforts to engage men in the prevention of violence against women: An ecological approach. Men and Masculinities, 16, 228-251.

Mbilinyi, L.F., Neighbors, C., Walker, D., Roffman, R. A., Zegree, J., Edleson, J. L., & O'Rourke, A. (2011). A Telephone Intervention for Substance-Using Adult Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence. Research on Social Work Practice, 21, 43-56.

Kiesel, L.R., Piescher, K.N. & Edleson, J.L. (2011). Direct and Indirect Child Exposure to Violence: Effects on Academic Performance and Disability. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota (manuscript submitted for publication).

Veneski, W.M., Lindhorst, T. & Edleson, J.L. (2011). U.S. judicial implementation of the Hague Convention in cases alleging domestic violence. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 62, 1- 21.

Witt, J.L. & Edleson, J.L. (2011). The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA): Providing research, education and access to information on violence against women and children. Violence Against Women, 17, 1207-1219.

Renzetti, C.M., Edleson, J.L. & Bergen, R.K. (2011)(Eds.). Companion reader on violence against women. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Tolman, R.M. & Edleson, J.L. (2010). Intervening with men for violence prevention. In Renzetti, C., Edleson, J.L. & Bergen, R.K. (Eds.). Sourcebook on Violence Against Women, 2nd Edition (pp. 351-367). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Neugut, T.B., Edleson, J.L. & Tolman, R.M. (2010). Children exposed to domestic violence: Prevention approaches with mothers and fathers. In Alexander, S., Alexander, R. & Guterman, N. (Eds.). Prevention of child maltreatment. St. Louis, MO: G.W. Medical Publishing.

Renzetti, C.M. & Edleson, J.L. (2008)(Eds.). Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence (Vols. 1-2). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference.

LaLiberte, T., Bills, J., Shin, N. & Edleson, J.L. (2010). Child welfare professionals' responses to domestic violence exposure among children. Children and Youth Services Review, 32, 1640- 1647.

Edleson, J.L. & Williams, O.J. (2007)(Eds.). Parenting by men who batter women: New directions for assessment and intervention. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Walker, D., Neighbors, C., Mbilinyi, L.F., O’Rourke, A., Zegree, J., Roffman, R.A. & Edleson, J.L. (2010). Evaluating the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on the Perpetrator: The Perceived Consequences of Domestic Violence Questionnaire (PCDVQ). Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25, 1684-1698.

Bergen, R.K., Edleson, J.L. & Renzetti, C.M. (2005)(Eds.). Violence against women: Classic papers. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Neighbors, C., Walker, D., Mbilinyi, L.F., O'Rourke, A., Edleson, J. L., Zegree, J., & Roffman, R. A. (2010). Normative misperceptions of abuse among perpetrators of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 16, 370-386.

Lindhorst, T. & Edleson, J.L. (2012). Battered mothers, their children and international law: The unintended consequences of the Hague Child Abduction Convention. Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press.

Mbilinyi, L., Walker, D., Neighbors, C., Roffman, R., Zegree, J., & Edleson, J. (2009). Motivating Substance-Involved Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence to Seek Treatment: A Focus on Fathers. In R. Maiuro & C. Murphy (Eds). Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change in Intimate Partner Violence (pp. 181-198). New York: Springer Publishing.

Lee, H.Y., Lightfoot, E. & Edleson, J.L. (2008). Child protection services and adult domestic violence: The role of the child’s biological relationship to the perpetrator. Children and Youth Services Review, 30, 1189-1197.

Edleson, J.L., Shin, N. & Johnson Armendariz, K.K. (2008). Measuring children’s exposure to domestic violence: The development and testing of the Child Exposure to Domestic Violence (CEDV) Scale. Children and Youth Services Review, 30, 502-521.

Parker, T., Collins, M., Rogers, K. & Edleson, J.L. (2008). Danger Zone: Battered mothers and their children in supervised visitation. Violence Against Women, 14, 1313-1325.

Mbilinyi, L.F., Zegree, J., Roffman, R.A., Walker, D.D, Neighbors, C. & Edleson, J.L. (2008). Development of a marketing campaign to recruit non-adjudicated and untreated abusive men for a brief telephone intervention. Journal of Family Violence, 23(5), 342-351.

Roffman, R.A., Edleson, J.L., Neighbors, C., Mbilinyi, L. & Walker, D.D (2008). The Men’s Domestic Abuse Check-up: A Protocol for Reaching the Non-adjudicated and Untreated Man Who Batters and Abuses Substances. Violence Against Women, 14, 589-605.

Neighbors, C., Walker, D., Edleson, J.L., Roffman, R.A. & Mbilinyi, L. (2008). Self-determination theory and motivational enhancement treatment: Complementary models to elicit voluntary engagement by partner-abusive men. American Journal of Family Therapy, 36, 126-136.

Edleson, J.L., Silverman, J., Griffiths, J., Banks, D. & Malik, N.M. (2008). Collaborating for familiy safety: The Greenbook national demonstration initiative and its results. American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence e-Newsletter, 12.

Shin, N. & Edleson, J.L. (2008). A new scale for assessing child exposure to domestic violence. Protecting Children, 22, 6-9.

Edleson, J.L. (2007). Coordinated community responses in the United States: Promoting safety for battered women and their children. Libro de actas I Congreso Internacional sobre Violencia de Genero (pp. 128-139). Valencia, Spain: Toerlanciacero.

Edleson, J.L., Ellerton, A.L., Seagren, E.A., Schmidt, S.O., Kirchberg, S.L. & Ambrose, A.T. (2007). Assessing child exposure to adult domestic violence. Children and Youth Services Review, 29, 961-971.

Hazen, A.L., Connelly, C.D., Edleson, J.L., Kelleher, K.J., Landsverk, J.A., Coben, J.H., Barth, R.P., McGeehan, J., Rolls, J.A. & Nuszkowski, M.A. (2007). Assessment of intimate partner violence by child welfare services. Child and Youth Services Review, 29, 490-500.

Gewirtz, A. & Edleson, J.L. (2007). Young children’s exposure to adult domestic violence: Towards a risk and resilience framework for research and intervention. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 151-163.

Mbilinyi, L.F., Edleson, J.L., Beeman, S.K. & Hagemeister, A.K. (2007). What happens to children when their mothers are battered? Results from a four-city anonymous telephone survey. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 309-317.

Edleson, J.L. (2006). Emerging responses to children exposed to domestic violence. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Edleson, J.L., Gassman-Pines, J. Y& Hill, M.B. (2006). Defining child exposure to domestic violence as neglect: Minnesota’s difficult experience. Social Work, 51, 167-174.

Edleson, J.L. (2006). A response system for children exposed to domestic violence: Public policy in support of best practices. In Feerick, M. & Silverman, G.B. (Eds.). Children Exposed to Violence (pp. 191-211). Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

English, D.J., Edleson, J.L. & Herrick, M.E. (2005). Domestic violence in one state's child protective caseload: A study of differential case dispositions and outcomes. Children and Youth Services Review, 27, 1183-1201.

Kohl, P.L., Edleson, J.L., English, D.J. & Barth, R.P. (2005). Domestic violence and pathways into child welfare services: Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Children and Youth Services Review, 27, 1167-1182.

Shetty, S. & Edleson, J.L. (2005). Adult domestic violence in cases of international parental child abduction. Violence Against Women, 11, 115-138.

Hagemeister, A. & Edleson, J.L. (2004). Children exposed to domestic violence in the child protection system: Policy issues. In Danis, F.S. & Lockhart, L.L. (Eds.). Breaking the silence in social work education: Domestic violence modules for foundation courses (pp. 34-39). Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education.

Daro, D., Edleson, J.L. & Pinderhughes, H. (2004). Finding common ground in the study of child maltreatment, youth violence, and adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 282-298.

Edleson, J.L. (2004). Should childhood exposure to adult domestic violence be defined as child maltreatment under the law? In Jaffe, P.G., Baker, L.L. & Cunningham, A. (Eds.) Protecting children from domestic violence: Strategies for community intervention (pp. 8-29). New York, NY: Guilford.

Edleson, J.L., Mbilinyi, L.F., Beeman, S.K. & Hagemeister, A.K. (2003). How children are involved in adult domestic violence: Results from a four-city telephone survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(1), 18-32.

Edleson, J.L. & Bible, A.L. (2001). Collaborating for women’s safety: Partnerships between research and practice. In Renzetti, C., Edleson, J.L. & Bergen, R.K. (Eds.). Sourcebook on violence against women (pp. 73-95). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Edleson, J.L. (2001). Studying the co-occurrence of child maltreatment and woman battering in families. In Graham-Bermann, S.A. & Edleson, J.L. (Eds.). Domestic violence in the lives of children: The future of research, intervention and social policy (pp. 91-110). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Beeman, S., Hagemeister, A. & Edleson, J.L. (2001). Case assessment and service receipt in families experiencing both child maltreatment and woman battering. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16, 437-458.

Mbilinyi, L., Hagemeister, A.K., Edleson, J.L. & Beeman, S.K. (2000). Social work response to the co-occurrence of child maltreatment and woman abuse in families. In N.T. Tan & E. Envall (Eds.). Social work around the world (pp. 152-164). Switzerland: International Federation of Social Workers.

Beeman, S., Hagemeister, A. & Edleson, J.L. (1999). Child protection and domestic violence services: From conflict to collaboration. Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 116-126.

Edleson, J.L. (1999). The overlap between child maltreatment and woman battering. Violence Against Women, 5(2), 134-154.

Edleson, J.L. (1999). Children's witnessing of adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14(8), 839-870.

Edleson, J.L. (1999). Problems associated with children's witnessing of domestic violence. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

Edleson, J.L. (1999). The overlap between child maltreatment and woman abuse. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

Peled, E. & Edleson, J.L. (1998). Predicting children's domestic violence service participation and completion. Research in Social Work Practice, 8(6), 698-712.

Edleson, J.L (1996). "Let's get out. I can't stand it here anymore." In B. Sipe & E.J. Hall (Eds.). I am not your victim (pp. 273-279). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Tolman, R.M., Edleson, J.L. & Fendrich, M. (1996). The applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior to abusive men's cessation of violent behavior. Violence & Victims, 11, 341-354.

Edleson, J.L. (1996). Controversy and change in batterers' programs. In J.L. Edleson & Z.C. Eisikovits (Eds.) Future interventions with battered women and their families (pp. 154-169). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Choi, A. & Edleson, J.L. (1996). Social disapproval of wife assaults: A national survey of Singapore.Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 27, 73-88.

Schechter, S. & Edleson, J.L. (1995). In the best interest of women and children: A call for collaboration between child welfare and domestic violence constituencies. Protecting Children, 11(3), 6-11.

Tolman, R.M. & Edleson, J.L. (1995). Intervention for men who batter: A review of research. In S. Stith and M.A. Straus (eds.). Partner violence: Prevalence, causes, consequences and solutions (pp. 262-273). Minneapolis, MN: National Council on Family Relations.

Choi, A. & Edleson, J.L. (1995). Advocating legal intervention in wife assaults: Results from a national survey of Singapore. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 10, 243-258.

Peled, E. & Edleson, J.L. (1995). Process and outcome in small groups for children of battered women. In E. Peled, P.G. Jaffe, and J.L. Edleson (Eds.). Ending the cycle of violence: Community responses to children of battered women. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.

Edleson, J.L. & Choi, A. (1994). Social work intervention with wife assaults in Singapore. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 4, 93-103.

Peled, E. & Edleson, J.L. (1994). Advocacy for battered women: A national survey. Journal of Family Violence, 9, 285-296.

Haj-Yahia, M.M. & Edleson, J.L. (1994). The use of conflict resolution tactics among engaged Arab-Palestinian men in Israel. Journal of Family Violence, 9, 47-62.

Eisikovits, Z.C., Guttmann, E., Sela-Amit, M. and Edleson, J.L. (1993). Woman battering in Israel: The relative contributions of relationship adjustment, conflict, and social support. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 63, 313-317.

Edleson, J.L. & Tan, N.T. (1993). Conflict and family violence: The tale of two families. In P. Boss, W.J. Doherty, R. LaRossa, W.R. Schumm, and S.K. Steinmetz (Eds.) Sourcebook of family theories and methodology: A contextual approach (pp. 382-384). New York: Plenum.

Peled, E. & Edleson, J.L. (1992). Multiple perspectives on groupwork with children of battered women. Violence & Victims, 7, 327-346.

Syers, M. & Edleson, J.L. (1992). The combined effects of coordinated intervention in woman abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 7, 490-502.

Edleson, J.L., Eisikovits, Z.C. & Peled, E. (1992). A model for analyzing societal responses to woman battering: Israel as a case in point. International Social Work, 35, 19-33.

Edleson, J.L. & Syers, M. (1991). The effects of group treatment for men who batter: An 18-month follow-up study. Research in Social Work Practice, 1, 227-243.

Edleson, J.L. & Frank, M. (1991). Rural interventions in woman battering: One state's strategies. Families in Society, 72, 543-551.

Edleson, J.L., Eisikovits, Z.C., Guttmann, E. & Sela-Amit, M. (1991). Cognitive and interpersonal factors in woman abuse. Journal of Family Violence, 6, 167-180.

Edleson, J.L. (1991). Social Workers' intervention in woman abuse: 1907-1945. Social Service Review, 65, 304-313.

Tolman, R.M. & Edleson J.L. (1991). Using electronic mail networks to enhance human service research collaboration. Computers in Human Services, 8, 81-97.

Edleson, J.L. (1991). Coordinated community responses to woman battering. In M. Steinman (ed.) Woman battering: Policy responses (pp. 203-219). Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Press.

Eisikovits, Z.C., Edleson, J.L., Guttmann, E. & Sela-Amit, M. (1991). Cognitive styles and socialized attitudes of men who batter: Where should we intervene? Family Relations, 40, 72-77.

Edleson, J.L. & Syers, M. (1990). The relative effectiveness of group treatments for men who batter. Social Work Research & Abstracts, 26, 10-17.

Edleson, J.L. (1990). Judging success intervention with men who batter. In D.J. Besharov (ed.) Family violence: Research and public policy issues (pp. 130-145). Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute Press.

Eisikovits, Z.C. & Edleson, J.L. (1989). Intervening with men who batter: A critical review of the literature. Social Service Review, 63, 384-414.

Tolman, R. & Edleson, J.L. (1989). Behavioral group treatment for men who batter. In B.A. Thyer (Ed.) Behavioral family therapy (pp. 169-190). Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas.

Edleson, J.L. & Grusznski, R. (1989). Treating men who batter: Four years of outcome data from the Domestic Abuse Project. Journal of Social Service Research, 12, 3-22.

Grusznski, R.J., Brink, J.C. & Edleson, J.L. (1988). Education and support groups for children of battered women. Child Welfare, 67, 431-444.

Gamache, D.J., Edleson, J.L. & Schock, M.D. (1988). Coordinated police, judicial and social service response to woman battering: A multiple-baseline evaluation across three communities. In G.T. Hotaling et al (Eds.) Coping with Family Violence: Research and Policy Perspectives (pp. 193-209). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Brygger, M.P. & Edleson, J.L. (1987). The Domestic Abuse Project: A multi-systems intervention in woman battering. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2, 324-336.

Edleson, J.L. & Brygger, M.P. (1986). Gender differences in self-reporting of battering incidents: The impact of treatment upon report reliability one year later. Family Relations, 35, 377-382.

Edleson, J.L. (1985). Rapid assessment instruments for evaluating practice with children and youth. Journal of Social Service Research, 8, 17-31.

Edleson, J.L., Miller, D., Stone, G.W. & Chapman, D.G. (1985). Group treatment for men who batter. Social Work Research & Abstracts, 21, 18-21.

Edleson, J.L., Eisikovits, Z. & Guttmann, E. (1985). Men who batter: A critical review of the empirical evidence.  Journal of Family Issues, 6, 229-247.

Edleson, J.L. & Roskin, M. (1985). Preventive groupwork for improving immigrant adjustment. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 10, 217-224.

Dolfi, M.A. & Edleson, J.L. (1985). Increasing student self-referral for social work services: A program evaluation. Social Work in Education, 7, 160-170.

Roskin, M. & Edleson, J.L. (1985). The immigration of English-speakers to Israel: 1981 & 1983. International Social Work, 28(2), 1-6.

Roskin, M. & Edleson, J.L. (1984). A research note on the emotional health of English-speaking Immigrants in Israel. Jewish Journal of Sociology, 26, 139-144.

Edleson, J.L. (1984). Violence is the issue: A critique of Neidig's assumptions. Victimology, 9, 483-489.

Edleson, J.L. (1984). Working with men who batter. Social Work, 29, 237-242.

Roskin, M. & Edleson, J.L. (1983). The emotional health of English-speaking immigrants to Israel. Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 60, 155-161.

Witkin, S.L., Edleson, J.L., Rose, S.D. & Hall, J.H. (1983). Group training in marital communications: A comparative study. J. of Marriage and the Family, 45, 661-669.

Edleson, J.L., Ordman, A. & Rose, S.D. (1982). Assessing children's social skills: The development of and failure to validate a behavioral roleplay test. Journal of Social Service Research, 6, 47-61.

Edleson, J.L. & Rose, S.D. (1981). Investigations into the efficacy of short-term group social skills training for socially isolated children. Child Behavior Therapy, 3, 1-16.

Edleson, J.L. (1981). Teaching children to resolve conflict: A group approach. Social Work, 26, 488-493.

Edleson, J.L. & Rose, S.D. (1981). Developing skills for the interview. In S.P. Schinke (Ed.). Behavioral Methods in Social Welfare: Helping Children, Adults, and Families in Community Settings (pp. 257-268). New York: Aldine.

Edleson, J.L. (1980). The effect of sex differences on sociometric data generated by a roster rating scale instrument. Journal of Social Service Research, 2, 249-254.

Witkin, S.L., Edleson, J.L. & Lindsey, D. (1980). Social workers and statistics: Preparation, attitudes, and knowledge. Journal of Social Service Research, 3, 313-322.

Edleson, J.L., Witkin, S.L. & Rose, S.D. (1979). The recruitment process: An initial investigation. Journal of Social Service Research, 3, 313-322.

Rose, S.D. & Edleson, J.L. (1979). Interpersonal skills training for social workers in small groups. Social Work with Groups, 2, 77- 86.

Edleson, J.L. (1978). A Piagetian approach to social work with children and adolescents. Clinical Social Work Journal, 6, 3-12.

Brockway, B.S., Kleinmann, G., Edleson, J.L. & Gruenewald, K. (1977). Non-aversive procedures and their effect on cigarette smoking. Addictive Behaviors, 2, 121-128.

Rose, S.D., Cayner, J.J. & Edleson, J.L. (1977). Measuring interpersonal competence. Social Work, 22, 125-129.

Brief Notes and Book Reviews

Edleson, J.L. & Williams, O.J. (2003). In memory of Paul and Sheila Wellstone and Mary McEvoy.

Violence Against Women, 9, 142-144.

Edleson, J.L. (1998). Do no harm. Synergy: Newsletter of the Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody, 3(1), 4-5.

Edleson, J.L. (1998). Responsible mothers and invisible men: Child protection in the case of adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 13, 294-298.

Edleson, J.L. (1997). Charging battered mothers with failure to protect is often wrong. APSAC Advisor, 10, 2.

Edleson, J.L. & Peled, E. (1994). Small group intervention with children of battered women. Violence UpDate, 4(9), 1-2, 4, 8.

Edleson, J.L. & Peled, E. (1994). Community responses to children of battered women. Child, Youth, and Family Services Quarterly, 17(1), 4-6.

Edleson, J.L. (1992). Review: Domestic violence: The criminal justice response. By E.S. Buzawa and

C.G. Buzawa. Violence UpDate, 3, 10.

Edleson, J.L. (1992). Singaporeans intervene in woman abuse. Violence UpDate, 2(10),3-5. Edleson, J.L. (1993). Advocacy services for battered women. Violence UpDate, 4, 1-10.

Edleson, J.L. & Tolman, R.M. (1993). Couples counseling as an intervention for men who batter: An ecological approach. Newsletter of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (Spring, 1993), 1,3,6.

Edleson, J.L., Peled, E., & Eisikovits, Z.C. (1991). Special report: Israel's response to battered women.

Violence UpDate, 1(11), 4-5 and 11.

Edleson, J.L. (1991). Review: Violence hits home. By S.M. Stith, M.B. Williams & K. Rosen. Research on Social Work Practice, 1, 440-441.

Edleson, J.L. (1987). Review: Spouse Abuse: An annotated bibliography of violence between mates by

E.A. Engeldinger. Contemporary Sociology, 16, 578.

Edleson, J.L. (1986). Review: The Male Batterer by D. Sonkin et al. Social Casework, 67, 627.

Edleson, J.L. (1981). Reviews of Understanding Piaget by R. Droz and M. Rahmy, Piagetian Theory and The Helping Professions (Vol. I) edited by R. Weizmann, R. et al. and Pathway to Piaget by

H. Rosen. Clinical Social Work Journal, 9, 1222-224.

Edleson, J.L. (1980). Behavioral scientocracy: One last word. Behaviorists for Social Action Journal, 2, 9.

Edleson, J.L. (1980). Government by scientists: A rejection of behavioral scientocracy. Behaviorists for Social Action Journal, 2, 3-4.

Edleson, J.L. (1978). Communication: An inexpensive instrument for rapid recording of 'in vivo' observations. J. of Applied Behavior Analysis, 11, 502.

Academic Positions

2021-present | Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School and Harry & Riva Specht Chair Emeritus in Publicly Supported Social Services in the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.

2016-2021 | Distinguished Professor and Harry & Riva Specht Chair in Publicly Supported Social Services in the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.

2012-2019 | Professor and Dean, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, and Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota.

1990-2012 Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (tenured). Director of Research (2007-2012). Director, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (1995-2012). Doctoral Program Chair (1988-91; 1994-96).

1991-1992 | Senior Visiting Fellow, Department of Social Work and Psychology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore.

1985-1990 | Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

1981-1985 | Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis (1983-1985) and the School of Social Welfare, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, The State University of New York at Albany (1981-1983).

1980-1981 | Hebrew University Postdoctoral Fellow, Baerwald School of Social Work and the Student Counseling Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

1979-1980 | Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

National and International Service

2019-2020 | Member, Technical Expert Panel, Australian Child Maltreatment Study.

2017 | Participant, Expert Meeting on Issues of Domestic/Family Violence and the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention, University of Westminster Law School.

2012-2014  | Inaugural Member, Scientific Review Panel on Family Violence and Violence Against Women, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.

2010-2012 | U.S. National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women. Appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Washington, DC.

2010-2011 | Workshop Planning Committee, Forum on Global Violence Prevention, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.

2005-2010 | Advisory Board, Susan Schechter Fellowship Program, San Francisco, CA.

2001-2012 | Advisory Board, Advocates for Human Rights’ Women’s Program, Minnesota.

1995-2005 | National Advisory Council, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, Philadelphia, PA.

1995-2005 | Subcommittee on Intimate and Family Violence, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

1994-2005 | Consultant, National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges' National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Reno, NV.

1995 | Panel on Research on Violence Against Women, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Washington, DC.

1994-1995 | National Steering Committee, Group for the Advancement of

1988-1990 | Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE).

Editorial Boards

2016-2019 | International Editorial Council of International Journal of Social Welfare (Impact factor=1.957).

2009-Present | Editorial Board of Psychology of Violence (Impact factor=4.147).

2008-2019 | Editorial Board of Children and Youth Services Review (Impact factor=2.393).

1994-Present | Associate Editor of Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal (Impact factor=2.328)

2010-2014 & 1993-1994 | Consulting Editor of Social Work Research (Impact factor=1.383). 

2010-2013 | Editorial Board of Journal for the Society of Social Work and Research (CiteScore=2.3).

1995-2010 | Editorial Board of Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal (Impact factor= 4.3828).

1993-2010 | Editorial Board of Journal of Family Violence (Impact factor=2.183).

1987-1996 | Editorial Board of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence (Impact factor=6.144).

1990-1994 | Board of Governors (Charter Member) of Violence UpDate, a monthly newsletter devoted to the continuing education needs of mental health, social service, health and legal professionals. (Publisher: Sage).

1990-1994 | Editorial Board (Charter Member) of Research on Social Work Practice (Impact factor=1.929).

Practice Experience

2010-present  | Expert witness in (a) Hague Convention cases involving allegations of domestic violence, (b) child custody cases involving domestic violence, (c) deportation hearings involving VAWA exceptions and (d) domestic homicide cases.

1981-1991 | Group Counselor for men who batter. Men's Coalition Against Battering in Albany, NY, the Domestic Abuse Project, Minneapolis, MN, and the Singapore Society Against Family Violence, Republic of Singapore.

1981-1983 | Field Supervisor of graduate interns placed in elementary and secondary schools and in community centers in New York's Capital District.

1980-1981 | Senior Clinical Staff at the Student Counseling Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1975-1980 | Field Supervisor of both graduate and under-graduate interns in the School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

1974-1980 | Group Therapist Intern for both the University Family Health Service and the Interpersonal Skill Training and Research Project of the University of Wisconsin and for Family Service of Madison.

1973-1974 | Family Worker and Teacher at the Children's Learning Center, Alameda, California. Volunteer at the Research Project for Psychotic and Neurologically Impaired Children, Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison, Wisconsin.

2012-2019 | Principal Investigator. California Social Work Education Center. U.S. Department of Human Services Title IVe funding for consortium of 22 Schools of Social Work and 58 county child welfare programs in California and technical assistance to regional child welfare training centers as well as State of California funding for mental health training. Totals approximately $55 million per year. Most recent grants are Title IVe two-year grant from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018, for $101 million dollars and a mental health stipend program from July, 1, 2016, to June 30, 2021, for $7.3 million.

2013-present | Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Paul Sterzing). Familial Pathways to Polyvictimization for Sexual Minority Youth: Homonegative, Dangerous, and Adverse Family Typologies. USDOJ/National Institute of Justice, $456,606.

2011-present | Co-Principal Investigator (PI: Sudha Shetty). Seeking Safety in America: Technical Assistance to Judges and Professionals Working With Battered Mothers and Their Children in Hague Convention Cases Before U.S. Courts. Cooperative agreement with the USDOJ/Office on Violence Against Women, $255,000.

1997-2013 | Principal Investigator. Cooperative agreement with the US Department of Justice to develop Internet-based content on violence against women. Contracts total $6,188,908.

1995-2012 | Principal Investigator. National Violence Against Women Electronic Network (http://www.vawnet.org). A national electronic network to disseminate information to state coalitions on domestic violence and national organizations. University of Minnesota subcontracts over 17 years total $1,043,096.

1987-2012 | Principal Investigator. Multiyear grant from the Minnesota Agriculture Experiment Station to study the link between child maltreatment and woman battering and prevention of domestic violence. total is $108,360 and approximately $1.4 million over life of grant.

2011-2012 | Principal Investigator.AnOnlineCampaigntoSupport the PresenceofCaring AdultsIn theLivesofChildren Exposed to Domestic Violence: An onlinehelpcenter. ChildrenofDomesticViolenceFoundation,$100,000.

2010-2011 | Principal Investigator. A Longitudinal Study of Children Exposed to Both Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence. PreVAiL (Centre for Research Development in Gender, Mental Health and Violence across the Lifespan). CAD$15,000.

2010-2011 | Principal Investigator. Hear Our Voices: Understanding the needs of children exposed to domestic violence. Avon Foundation for Women. $100,000.

2006-2010 | Co-Principal Investigator with Taryn Lindhorst. Grant from the National Institute of Justice to investigate the multiple perspectives of battered mothers and legal professionals regarding cross-national parental abductions in cases of domestic violence. Budget: $370,967.

2006-2008 | Co-Principal Investigator with Lynn Katz. Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop and study an emotion coaching intervention with battered mothers and their children. Budget: $556,131.

2005-2008 | Co-Principal Investigator with Roger Roffman. Grant from the National Institute Drug Abuse to investigate motivational enhancement strategies to encourage substance abusing men who batter to seek help. Budget: $1,394,000.

2003-2005 | Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Oliver Williams on a grant to study the development of new policies and programs focused on parenting by men who batter. Grant from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation for $199,268.

2001-2004 | Principal Investigator. To develop a National Network for Applied Research on Violence Prevention as part of the larger Next Generations initiative of the David & Lucile Packard Foundation. Two year grant of $403,054.

1999-2003 | Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Sandra Beeman on a grant to enhance collaboration between rural and tribal child welfare and domestic violence programs. Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice is $1,350,000, with a University of Minnesota subcontract for $135,562.

1997-2000 | Co-Principal Investigator. The Experience of Families Where Both Children present and Their Mothers are Abused. David & Lucile Packard Foundation. Investigating the link between child maltreatment and the abuse of their mothers (also supported by AES funding below), $206,000.

1994-1999 | Principal Investigator. Minnesota Higher Center Against Violence and Abuse serving all higher present education institutions in Minnesota. Provides guidance on pre- degree training, licensing, and continuing education on the issues of violence intervention and prevention. Manages an electronic clearinghouse of violence related materials (http://www.mincava.umn.edu). Grant totaled $632,000 through June 1999.

1983-2002 | Director of Evaluation & Research, as of April 1999, Consultant on Evaluation & Research. Domestic Abuse Project of Minneapolis. Supervise all program evaluation, research projects and publication efforts. Grants from various foundations totaled approximately $400,000.

1996-1997 | Project Content Consultant. Multimedia Training Materials on Family Violence. Video, print and CD based training materials on family violence for use by U.S. Air Force Family Advocacy staff. Grant was $1 million to the Minnesota Extension Service with a subcontract to MINCAVA for $53,000.

1996-1997 | Co-Investigator. Research project on the link between child maltreatment and woman battering. With Sandra K. Beeman. Initial funding from the Allina Foundation for $45,000. Project support supplemented by the Agriculture Experiment Station, Bush Foundation and Title IVE funds.

1991-1992 | Co-Investigator (with Coopers & Lybrand, Singapore). Grant from the Ministry of Community Development, Republic of Singapore, to investigate the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of government-funded Family Service Centres. One year grant totaling US$100,000.

1991-1993 | Co-Investigator (with Dr. Alfred Choi, NUS Sociology Department). Grant from the National University of Singapore Research Authority to conduct the first national opinion survey in Singapore on the topic of wife abuse. One year grant totaling US$13,000.

1985-1988 | Co-Investigator. Grant from the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation of New York. Project involved qualitative and quantitative study of Israeli men who batter women. Three year grant of $93,500.

1984 | Project Director. Grant from Apple Computer linked domestic violence programs via a "micro-network" for enhancing interventions in battering. Grant was for $15,000 in computer hardware and software.

1980 | Research Associate. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin. Worked on national survey of emergency assistance.

1977-1980 | Principal Investigator in projects evaluating the efficacy of skill training with socially isolated children.

1976-1979 | Project Director of NIMH funded evaluation of two marital enhancement programs. Grant was for two years and totaled $50,000.

PhD Received August, 1979. School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dissertation: Group social skills training for children: An evaluative study. Minor: Educational Psychology

MSSW Received August, 1975. School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB Received June, 1974. School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.