Jeffrey L.
Edleson, Ph.D.
Scholar and Advocate for Ending Domestic Violence
ABOUT
Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School and former dean at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. He was for many years a Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Edleson is one of the world's leading authorities on children exposed to domestic violence and ranked as one of the top scholars globally in the study of domestic violence. His work has been cited over 14,000 times per Google Scholar. His publications are mostly available on Academia.edu.
News & Media
On Children
Edleson appeared in two national podcasts in 2025: (1) Secure Steps: Steps Toward Safety and (2) Speaking Of from the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
On The Hague Convention
Edleson and Katz have published a new article titled Protecting children from coercive control: a case for denying return under the Hague Abduction Convention. Shaknes and Edleson have published an Expert Paper titled Protective Measures and their inability to protect against domestic violence. Edleson, Shetty and Fata have published a chapter on The Hague Convention.
Edleson serves as an expert witness on grave risk in Hague Convention international child abduction cases. A federal judge denied the return of a child in a recent case where Edleson appeared as an expert witness.
Resources
CEDV Scale: A tool for measuring children's exposure to domestic violence.
Academia.edu: An online source for Edleson's publications and books.
Google Scholar: Edleson's scholar page describing publications that are highly cited.