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The Sacramento News & Review published an article about the complexities of child custody cases in California’s family courts and cited a 2015 study by Geraldine Stahly, a Cal State San Bernardino professor emeritus of psychology. The article said Stahly’s research “reviewed 163 California custody disputes. In 82 percent, mothers initially had primary custody. Even though 88 percent of the mothers reported being abused by their exes, only 12 percent of the time did the mothers end up with primary custody.”
The article also cited the absence of court reporters in child custody proceedings, and quoted the study, which found that more than half of family court hearings Stahly analyzed “were held without a court reporter present, thus precluding an appeal.”
The article, published Jan. 26, 2017, may be read at “California’s family court system places kids back in the hands of alleged abusers.”
Allen Menton, a Cal State San Bernardino associate professor of music, is among the composers whose work will be featured in a concert series that begins Saturday, Jan. 28, at San Bernardino’s Feldheym Central Library, and includes a performance at CSUSB on April 26, The Press-Enterprise reported.
Saturday’s performance is the launch of the free, five-performance Inland Empire Composers Concert Series. Each concert is presented at a different location and designed to connect composers with Inland audiences and musicians. Concerts are family friendly, free and open to the public, says Robert Winokur, bassist, composer at Crafton Hills College and Inland Empire Composers Concert Series director.
The article was published Jan. 25, 2017, and may be read at “Who are the composers behind free classical concerts in San Bernardino, Riverside?”
And, in a column for Psychology Today on the influence of negative communication, Rita Watson, former director of Policy and Education at Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry, cited a recent panel discussion that involved Brian Levin, criminal justice professor and director of CSUSB’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.
“Levin talked about the rise in the number of under-reported hate crimes. A former New York City police officer, Levin reminded us that (President Donald) Trump’s campaign speeches targeting Latinos and other minority groups were followed by a sharp increase in reported hate crimes,” Watson wrote. The panel was hosted by New America Media.
The article, published Jan. 26, 2017, may be read at “Women unite as Trump seems to squash rights and fuel hate.”