Background

Morton Bard was born on March 7, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Education

Bard received a bachelor's degree in 1947 from St. John's University. He later obtained a master's degree in 1948 and a doctorate in 1953, both in psychology from New York University.

Career

After serving with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, Bard practised psychology at several hospitals on the East Coast. From 1954 to 1960 Bard was a member of the faculty at the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York City. In 1961 he accepted a professorship at New York Medical College, and in 1965 moved onto the City University of New York, where he taught until his retirement in 1986.

Bard also partnered with the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice and the Police Foundation to bring a better understanding of the impact that violent crimes, such as rape and murder, have on the victims and their families. In 1979 Bard, with Dawn Sangrey, wrote The Crime Victim’s Book, a “how to” book for victims—how to behave, how to vent anger, etc. Bard also served on the editorial boards of Community Mental Health Review and American Journal of Community Psychology. His other major works are Issues in Law Enforcement: Essays and Case Studies, and the film Death Notification, which received awards from the International Film and Television Festival of New York, Cine Golden Eagle, and the American Film Festival.

Achievements

• Morton Bard is noted for his work in the field of criminal psychology and the effects of violent crimes on victims. He published two volumes on domestic violence and crisis intervention. He is also recognized for having laid the foundation of victim-focused training into many law enforcement academies and the FBI National Academy.
  
  Bard is considered to have been a pivotal critical thinker in the development of the modern discipline of crisis intervention. He also wrote scholarly articles on the training of police officers in the application of different forms of crisis intervention out in the field.

Works

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  • The Crime Victim's Book

    (Concentrating on such personal crimes as mugging, robbery...)

    1986
  • The Crime Victim's Book: Second Edition (Brunner/Mazel Psychosocial Stress Series, No 6)

    (Concentrating on such personal crimes as mugging, robbery...)

Membership

• President

  American Cancer Society , United States

  1986 - 1991

Connections

Bard was married to Arlene Cohen since 1948. The couple had 2 daughters: Erica Riley and Pamela Richlin.

Mother:

Fannie Bard

Wife:

Arlene Cohen Bard

Daughter:

Erica Riley

Daughter:

Pamela Richlin

Sister:

Ruth Petkofsky

Sister:

Sharon Rulf