Deborah Doherty, Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick
Dr. Deborah Doherty earned her Ph.D. in the social sciences from McGill University and is currently executive director of Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick. She has been actively engaged in family violence research and programming for nearly 30 years. Dr. Doherty was co-principal researcher on a participatory action research team examining family violence on the farm and in rural communities, including firearms victimization and pet abuse. A member of NB’s Silent Witness Project, her research on female domestic homicide analyzes risks factors in a rural context and promotes solutions that challenge a predominantly urban-centric perspective.
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