The Impact of Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks on Conflict in Africa …threats to public health and political stability. This research explores how these outbreaks influence different types of conflict, particularly focusing on state-initiated conflicts, rebel attacks, and social conflicts involving militias….
HFG Symposium on Crime in America …“Reporting on Gun Violence: Engaging the Public on the Issues.” The symposium will offer a series of discussions with experts, public officials, and journalists exploring gun violence, a critical public safety and public health issue…
“We Have a Lot of Damage to Undo”: A Conversation with Jeremy Travis …important. So help me think through what we should be doing about public urination, aggressive panhandling, public drinking, and the kinds of cases that we used to call quality-of-life offending….
What Do Historians Have to Say About Violence? …in slums, and deeply divided along ethnic, religious, and racial lines; the local housing stock could not keep pace with demand; public health institutions were inadequate; and municipal government was…
HFG Staff …spans more than four decades and includes building two successful public companies: Sunset Financial Resources, a mortgage REIT, and Dynex, where he restructured the company, expanding its market capitalization and…
Violence Against Public Figures Fuels Central American Immigration Photo: AFP via Getty Images The July assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, shocked the world—in large part because attacks on public figures…
‘When People Spend Time Together, They are Less Inclined to See Each Other as the Enemy’: A Conversation with Matt Grossmann …American politics. For decades, the composition of our principal political parties has been slowly shifting, without a great deal of public attention. And then the 2024 presidential election happened, and…
HFG Helps Launch Working Group on Violent Crime …Deputy Chief, Los Angeles Police Department Daniel Webster, Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is a leader in creating…
“Sex Work: Does Legitimization Mitigate Violence?” …of Peace, Security and Humanitarian Studies, University of Ibadan Michele Decker, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Claudia Torres-Patino, Harvard Law School, Harvard University The Harry Frank Guggenheim…
HFG Helps Launch CCJ Crime Trends Working Group …and help strengthen crime-control initiatives through improvements in the collection of reliable, timely crime data.“ (CCJ) Composed of leaders from academia, advocacy, law enforcement, government, and the public health sector,…
