…also conducts, commissions, and publishes original research on contemporary problems of violence. It organizes conferences, seminars, briefings, and other convenings to explore particular issues of violence.  Priority is given to…

The study explores dynamics of violence in Iran in relation to state formation after the 1979 revolution. It focuses on episodes of large-scale collective violence against political opponents and mass…

…in the United States are relatively rare. Sadly, in many other nations, a similar incident of political violence—however awful and unwelcome—might feel far less exceptional. With support from The Harry…

…on one kind of violence. Why not just move over to a different type of violence?” This was around 2000. And then 9/11 happens. Pinkerton had allowed me to carry…

…be negatively correlated with violence—generally you find that the people who are the most politically engaged are also the ones who are least likely to support political violence. In America,…

…of Elgerbar Corporation, a family-owned entity in South Carolina.   Ms. McCleery has served in leadership roles at several nonprofit organizations, including the Princeton Family Center for Education, Planned Parenthood of…

…at Wesleyan University, has devoted his career to the study of violence and American history. In an award-winning trilogy of books (Regeneration Through Violence, The Fatal Environment, and Gunfighter Nation),…

…memory of local violence. Here, local-level analysis revealed how violence created new, under-researched dynamics of nationalism, in which daily incidents triggered traumatic memories of violence that led to momentary eruptions of…

…manifestation, and control of violence. We spread this knowledge to inform policy, practice, and public discourse and to advance scholarship.  A mission to create and disseminate knowledge against violence The…