Determinants of Infant Abuse and Neglect In Group-Living Macaques Infant abuse and neglect is not a phenomenon unique to the human species. In monkeys and apes, some mothers occasionally display violent behavior towards their infants and a few others…
Latino Violence in the United States: A Five-City Study The HFG grant supported the first book-length attempt to answer questions on Latino homicide with hard evidence and empirical research that helps us better understand the impact of the latest…
Identifying Genes Responsible for a Highly Heritable Aspect of Antisocial Behavior in 7-Year-Old Children Our recent work on the genetic basis of antisocial behavior has concentrated on defining the most heritable antisocial behavior phenotype for molecular genetic analyses. We have now repeatedly demonstrated that…
Social Order and the Genesis of Rebellion: A Study of Mutiny in the Royal Navy, 1740–1820 Mutinies are part of broader class of rebellion and insurgencies and understanding them sheds light on contentious politics generally. Although there have been many studies of mutiny, for those seeking…
Serotonin and Impulsive Aggression: Not So Fast …B. A. van Oost. 1993. Abnormal behavior associated with a point mutation in the structural gene for monoamine oxidase A. Science 262: 578-80. Castellanos, F. X., J. Elia, M. J….
In Memoriam: Richard Rosenfeld …Justice and National Science Foundation advisory and research groups—will already be known to most associates of the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy. And those who had the good fortune to…
Sophia Goodfriend Named 2025 Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Fellow at Pembroke College Cambridge …knowledge and the breadth of our understanding of the world around us and its geopolitical fault lines.” “I am delighted to join Pembroke College as the Harry Frank Guggenheim Research…
Programs …contribution to the study of violence. Candidates are drawn from the disciplines of human, political, and social sciences, international relations, and aligned fields. The fellow is resident at, and admitted…
Translations of Antisemitism: The History of Jews and Violence in Indonesia …occupation. In post-Soeharto Indonesia, there has been a curious revival of antisemitism, an effort to equate political “reformasi” and Zionism. Indonesian colonial Jewry cut across official colonial categories, with Dutch,…
The World Crisis: 1635–1665 In the mid-seventeenth century, a series of violent economic, social, intellectual and political upheavals afflicted most regions of this planet. Although not the only known global catastrophe, it was the…