Responding to Domestic Violence

Eve Buzawa, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita in the School of Criminology & Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She served as Chair of the School from 1995 – 2013, and Director of the School from September, 2013-June, 2016 when she retired. Dr. Buzawa received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester and her Master′s and Doctoral degrees from the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University. Dr. Buzawa has authored and edited numerous books, journal articles, and monographs in the field of domestic violence.  She has also served as a Principal Investigator on several federally funded research projects as well as directing numerous state funded research and training projects. Dr. Buzawa’s expertise encompasses the issue of domestic violence in the United States and globally. She has served as a consultant, trainer, and speaker to numerous agencies and organizations throughout the world and was the recipient of a Fulbright Award in 2016. Dr. Buzawa is Past President of the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology, Past President of the Northeast Association of Criminal Justice Sciences, and past Board Member for the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Carl G. Buzawa is an attorney in private practice. Currently, he is Senior Vice President—Contracts, Legal, and Compliance at Textron Systems. He received his BA from the University of Rochester, his MA from the University of Michigan, and his JD from Harvard Law School. With Eve S. Buzawa, he is the coauthor of numerous books and articles on the topic of domestic violence. Barbara J. Hart is an attorney, advocate, scholar, organizer, and public policy analyst.   She is among the multitude of women activists who co-founded the battered women’s movement in the mid-70’s. Commencing in 1978, she shepherded efforts to draft and implement civil protection order statutes across the country. For 30 years thereafter she fostered an informal national network of advocates, attorneys, and judges who collaborated in the development of state and federal law (i.e., criminal, civil, family, and administrative), public policy, litigation strategies, and ‘best practice’ professional guidelines designed to protect, restore, and liberate domestic violence survivors.  For upwards of 25 years, she directed several national technical assistance initiatives on ‘violence against women’ and has consulted in numerous venues on research related to violence against women.  Ms. Hart is a co-founder of several groundbreaking organizations, including but not limited to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 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, and the Domestic Violence Resource Network. Ms. Hart has authored several hundred papers on domestic violence, some of which appear in a collection of her work on the BISCMI.org website. Ms. Hart established the Batterer Intervention Services Network of Pennsylvania, convening accountability and monitoring meetings among BIP providers and women’s advocates. Her efforts served as a national model for collaborative work between survivor advocates and BIP providers.  She organized the first national meeting addressing both the role of men in the domestic violence movement and standards for BIP services. She co-authored several sections of the federal Violence Against Women Act(s).  She was on the team that developed the Model Code on Family Violence for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. She convened the panel of representatives from a dozen or so Indian nations to produce Violence Against Native Women: A Guide for Practitioner Action.  She also participated in the design and analysis of the first multi-state study on batterer intervention programs (BIPs) for the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). She served as a consultant and speaker for numerous federal, state, and local agencies.  She has received numerous awards and honors, among them are several from Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama. In retirement, she continues to write monthly columns for the National Bulletin on Domestic Violence Prevention. She was battered.  Her partner’s violence propelled her into organizing for justice for battered women. 

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Role and Context of Agency Responses to Domestic Violence
PART I. What Is Domestic Violence?
Chapter 2 Matters of History, Faith, and Society
Chapter 3 The Extent and Impact of Domestic Violence
Chapter 4 Theoretical Explanations for Domestic Violence
PART II. The Criminal Justice Response
Chapter 5 Coercive Control: Contributed by Evan Stark
Chapter 6. Special Populations at Risk
Chapter 7 Selective Screening: Barriers to Intervention
Chapter 8 Domestic Violence Legislation
Chapter 9 Policing Domestic Violence
Chapter 10 Prosecuting Domestic Violence: The Journey From a Roadblock to a Change Agent?
Chapter 11 The Judicial Response
Chapter 12 Civil and Criminal Protection Orders
PART III. The Societal Response
Chapter 13 Community-Based and Court-Sponsored Diversions
Chapter 14 Victim Services
Chapter 15 Intimate Partner Stalking: A Rapidly Evolving Problem
Chapter 16 The Coercive Control of Children, and the Institutional Response: Contributed by Evan Stark
Chapter 17 Conclusion: Toward the Prevention of Domestic Violence: Challenges and Opportunities