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 five scholars globally in the study of domestic violence.
News & Media
On Children
Edleson appeared in two recent national podcasts in January and April 2025: (1) Secure Steps: Steps Toward Safety and (2) Speaking Of from the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
On The Hague Convention
Shaknes and Edleson have published a 2024 Expert Paper titled Protective Measures and their inability to protect against domestic violence. Edleson, Shetty and Fata have published a new chapter on The Hague Convention.
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.