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Barbara J. Hart, J. D. has finally retired, maybe. Related to this podcast, Barbara wrote the first book Safety for Women: Monitoring Batterers Programs on standards for batterer intervention services, published in1988 and the guidelines for services for untold #s of BIPs in the 40 years hence. This occurred when she was Legal Director of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. David has made that volume available to those subscribing to this podcast. Barbara also wrote the 2004 edition of Safety for Women, which is available online. That edition contains a summary of the Visions Forum, an event that shaped the men’s movement to end violence against women over the course of the next several decades. The third edition of Safety for Women is now being drafted by a consultant of PCADV and a member of the initial BIS Network and should be available online soon.
Turning to a more traditional format for a biographical statement…Barbara’s last regular gig was as a consultant to the National Bulletin on Domestic Violence Prevention, of West publication which unfortunately closed it in the fall of 2023. Barbara collaborated with Andy Klein, the editor. She co-authored with Eve and Carl Buzawa the 6th edition of Responding to Domestic Violence, a college textbook originally dating back to the first years of the movement.
Ms. Hart is a co-founder of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Safe Berks, the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, the Battered Women’s Justice Project, the National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith and Credit, International Justice Connections, the Domestic Violence Resource Network, and the Coalition Advocate and Attorney Network.
Her work has included public policy development, training, and technical assistance on a broad range of issues including: analysis and critique of social science research on violence against women; advocacy for victims; risk assessment and safety planning; civil legal representation of victims; firearm retrieval from abusers; economic justice and security for survivors; systems to monitor batterer intervention programs; implementation of coordinated community intervention systems; development and critique of legislation; construction of court procedures and standards; consultation on impact litigation; development of fatality review processes; and design of training curricula. She has served as a leader in the national efforts to implement the Violence Against Women Act.
She has hosted national/international webinars designed to create discourse between prominent researchers and expert practitioners.
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1988 Manual Safety for Women
A Collection of Writings By Barbara J. Hart
2004 Manual Safety for Women