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Mr. Goldstein is the Executive Director of the Child Abuse Forensic Institute, which he founded in 1992. As private counsel, he represents parents in Family Law, Juvenile, and Personal Injury matters wherein child abuse allegations have arisen.
Prior to founding the Child Abuse Forensic Institute he was the investigator and Project Director for the Child Abuse Vertical Prosecution Unit of the Napa County District Attorney, Napa , California . He also worked as an investigator with the Santa Clara County District Attorney, San Jose , California , and was a special prosecutor for the San Benito County District Attorney, Hollister , California .
Prior to obtaining his law degree from the Oakland College of Law, Mr. Goldstein was a police officer. He worked for the Berkeley, California, Police Department for thirteen years. He served in the Patrol, Service, and Detective Divisions of the police department, including two years as a Juvenile Officer. During this time he served as the Chairman of the Northern California Juvenile Officers Association Committee on Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation of Children and also has served as the Association's President and editor of its newsletter.
Mr. Goldstein has presented at seminars and workshops throughout the country and in Europe, including the FBI Academy at Quantico, Va. He is certified as a Criminal Investigation Instructor by the Robert Presley Institute for Criminal Investigation, and has testified as an expert witness in court, including a branch of the Florida Supreme Court, as well as numerous California and Federal legislative commissions and committees.
Mr. Goldstein is a former consultant to National Resource Center on Sexual Abuse of Children and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). He sat on the California Attorney General's Violent Crime Information Systems Advisory Group and was a founding Member of the Board of Directors of the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children. He also sat on the California and United States Department of Justice Committees that created investigative and academy curriculum for investigations of sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
Mr. Goldstein has written several articles on the subject of sexual abuse and exploitation of children which have been published nationally. He is the author of the textbook The Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Investigation, and Intervention, 2nd Edition, published by CRC Press (www.crcpress.com).
Mr. Goldstein has received numerous awards for his work, including the American Bar Association's Gavel Award in 1980, the California State Juvenile Officer's Dan Pursuit Award (Officer of the Year) in 1990, and the American Bar Association Child Advocacy Division's National Certificate of Recognition for Significant Legal Contributions Advancing the Welfare of Our Nation's Children in 1997.