The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholars …Crime and Law Enforcement, Amsterdam), Fearing the Violence to Come: An Ethnographic Exploration of How Past Experiences of Violence and Flight Shape Anticipations of Danger in Burundi Anita Weiss (International…
Privacy Policy …Governing Law This Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York (United States), excluding any laws that might direct the application of the laws…
“Violence Is Contagious”: A Conversation with Andrew Papachristos …the law? What do you think of the police?” And what we found was that most of the individuals in our sample absolutely believed in the substance of the law….
HFG Staff Board of Directors Peter Lawson-Johnston II CHAIR, 1984 Peter Lawson-Johnston II is Chair of the Board of Directors of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. He was elected to that role in…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars …of Law, University of Cape Town), The Cinderella of the South African Courts? Delay, De-Prioritisation and Re-Purposing Process: The Operation of Discretion in Inquests Daniel Waqar (History, Tufts University), People…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes New Board Members …Baltimore, and law professor at the University of Maryland. Judge Davis serves on the advisory boards of the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Harvard Medical School and Roca…
An Exploration of the Marked Decline of Women’s Involvement in Crime: 1700–1900 …of young single women, many of whom got into trouble with the law. As the cities adapted to the new conditions, this problem appears to have declined. Second, in the…
Happy Marriages: Civilizing Domestic Life in Costa Rica, 1850–1950 …divorce, gender relationships, and domestic violence were modified. During the colonial period and while the General Law of 1841 was in force (until 1887), only Christian marriage and church-approved or…
“There is Still No Justice Here!”: Theorizing Women’s Movements’ Influence on Postwar African States Enforcement of Gender-Based Violence Laws …by the law. My book project is a comparative study of the implementation of this international norm in post-war states in Africa. I draw on over 300 interviews conducted in…
The Chinese Must Go: The Violent Birth of American Border Control …the matter into their own hands. Fearing the spread of mob violence, U.S. policymakers redoubled their efforts to keep the Chinese out, overhauling U.S. immigration law and transforming diplomatic relations…