In Harm’s Way: Violence at the Urban Margins in Contemporary Argentina …collective trauma created by the constant and implacable interpersonal violence in a marginalized neighborhood in the outskirts of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We subject the experience of violence…
‘We’re Ignoring Our Common Values and Interests’: A Conversation with Monica Harris …author of The Illusion of Division, agrees that “Americans are profoundly divided by partisan politics, race, gender identity, vaccination status, and an assortment of labels that keep us fixated on…
Klan Violence/Local Violence in Reconstruction-Era Union County: A Social Network Analysis …into and relabeled existing local patterns of violence and conflict. The level and amount of violence increased dramatically with the Klan, but the perpetrators and victims of violence largely remained…
Collective Crimes in Times of War: Explaining Local Violence Against Civilians in Croatia …violence against civilians. Thus, even before mass violence begins, certain communities are transformed into amoral communities, where the definition of crime becomes altered and violence is justified as a form…
In the Name of Christ: Religious Violence and Its Legitimacy in Mexico (1920–2020) …legitimacy or illegitimacy of violence. I analyze the complex and contentious relationship between religion and violence during the foundational decades between 1920 and 1960. My historical and sociological exploration of…
‘The Potential for Terrorism Is Pretty Frightening’: A Conversation with Gary LaFree …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…
Our Work …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…
Religion, Conscience, and Abusive Behaviour: Understanding the Role of Faith and Spirituality in the Deterrence of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Ethiopia …church’s teachings on gender relations, marriage and domestic abuse, the psychological states of victims and perpetrators in situations of domestic violence, how to respond with confidentiality and victim safety in…
Programs …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…
Social Violence and Religious Conflict in Late Medieval Valencia My HFG-supported project explores violence within the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities of the kingdom of Valencia (Spain) as well as violence between these communities in order to shed new…
