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…
Kidnapping in Colombia …was practiced in rural areas by some late “bandoleros” of the political violence period in the 1950s. On the other hand, urban kidnapping of foreigners—diplomats and CEOs—was imported from groups…
Hitler’s Prisons: Prisons and Penal Policies in Germany, 1900–1945 …institutions played an indispensable part in the terror of the Third Reich, incarcerating many hundreds of thousands of men and women: common criminals, political opponents, “racial aliens,” and other social…
Violence Against Women and Social Changes in Postcommunist Societies …survey findings showed that global economic and political changes and war produce micro level changes, i.e., changes in everyday life and gender, generational, and ethnic structures/identities. Privatization and a market…