…are exploring important problems of violence in the world. The Distinguished Scholars are investigating a myriad of issues, including violence against women, policing and crime, radicalization, and the environmental parameters…

…enforcement and others rooted in community-based crime prevention — have shown encouraging results over the years. At the same time criminal justice research has come a long way from the…

…rise in homicides since 2015. Many theories that have been put forth have merit, but most take a short-term view of why the rate of violent crime has changed in…

…advance knowledge on the nature of and responses to violence around the world.  The scholars are completing dissertations on a range of vital topics including organized crime in Latin America…

…creating a foundation to support scholarly research on violence. As our grantees always do, the 2024 Distinguished Scholars are investigating violence in its varied forms—crime, terrorism, domestic violence, political ideology…

…in digital spaces, organized crime in Colombia’s informal land markets, and racial disparities in fatal police encounters in the United States. FIRST ROW: CHRISTOPHER BAIDOO, JONATHAN BURKE, MATTHEW COETZEE, KEÏSHA…

…prevents or reduces it. The Foundation is interested in violence related to many subjects, including, but not limited to, the following: War Crime Terrorism Family and intimate-partner relationships Climate instability…

…limited to, the following: War Crime Terrorism Family and intimate-partner relationships Climate instability and natural resource competition Racial, ethnic, and religious conflict Political extremism and nationalism The Foundation supports research…

This research applies the social disorganization perspective on the neighborhood-level determinants of crime to partner violence. The social disorganization approach focuses on the role of neighborhood characteristics such as poverty,…