HFG Launches Speaker Series on Gender-Based Violence This fall, the Foundation will host three Knowledge Against Violence conversations titled, “Global Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence.” Gender-based violence, defined by the United Nations as “harmful acts directed at people…
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…
“Social Disruptions Reveal Who We Are”: A Conversation with Jeffrey Butts …the Cure Violence model. Programs like Save Our Streets—that’s where I would put all my investments. I wanted to ask you about the state of Cure Violence research. It is…
The Peaceful Century: War in Twentieth-Century Latin America …on the continent? I demonstrate how the absence of both institutional authority and politically organized violence were bound in a circular, causal relationship. The origins of this unique pattern of…
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…
Contested Narratives: A Genesis of State Violence in Post-Revolutionary Iran (1979-1988) 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…
“Rising Violent Crime in Mexico” Panel …the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Guillermo Trejo is a co-author of the book Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico, a Professor of Political Science…
HFG Distinguished Scholars …Transitional Justice Processes towards Taming Political Violence in Conflicting Democracies in Africa Roudabeh Kishi (Political Science, University of Denver). Improving Early Warning Models Outside of Conflict Zones: A Case Study…
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…
“Tensions Are Very High”: Ahead of Côte d’Ivoire’s Controversial Presidential Election, Peace and Reconciliation Remain Unfinished …from amnesty. In his field research and interviews, Abugbilla found that this contributed to the sense that the trials were being used as political tools to punish political foes rather…
