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Linda C. Fentiman

Linda C. Fentiman is a professor at the Elisabeth Haub Law School at Pace University, where she specializes in health law and criminal law. She is the author of Blaming Mothers: American Law and the Risks to Children’s Health (NYU Press, March 2017, hardcover).

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Dec 10, 2017
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Child Abuse by Omission: How American Law Holds Mothers Responsible for Their Partners’ Crimes

Criminalizing a woman for her male partner’s abusive behavior toward her children is another type of victim blaming.
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April 1, 2017
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