Dr. Stark's is a leading authority on woman battering and child abuse. A founder of one of the nation's first battered women's shelters, Dr. Stark and Anne Flitcraft M.D. did a series of research projects at Yale that identified domestic violence as the leading cause of female injury, child abuse and a range of women's health problems. Continuing this work, Dr. Stark directs a training institute in New Haven, provides expert testimony in civil and criminal cases, and plays a key role in setting state and national policy with respect to the violence against women. His new book, The Liberty Crime , focuses on the criminal justice dimensions of the problem.
Current research involves child abuse and violence in the black community.