Blood and Soil: Modern Genocide, 1500–2000 …the causes of mass slaughter (economic destabilization, poverty, and war, and more proximate causes, such as the seizure of power and decisions made by violent extremists); and, perhaps most important,…
Characteristics and Determinants of Global Homicide Crime Waves, 1946 to 1998 …since World War II. We defined crime booms as crime rates that increase rapidly and exhibit a positive sustained change in direction. Based on our definition, we found that twelve…
Nationalism and Violence in Two Post-Soviet Republics: Azerbaijan and Moldova …important than previously thought in accounting for violence; and that interventions by neighboring states (or rump groups within them) are often the culprits for civil war violence. The newly collected…
Operation Fly Trap: Police Suppression and Gang Violence …gang violence (as outlined above) The war on drugs (including sections on uses and expansion of mandatory minimum sentencing laws, evidence issues, appeals, family and target perceptions of governmental wrongdoing)…
The Chinese Must Go: The Violent Birth of American Border Control …power over U.S. politics in the nineteenth century should not come as a surprise. Transformative moments of state violence—including the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Indian Wars—clearly mediated…
Legacies of the Past and Support for Terrorism in the Basque Country …indicators include deserters of the Army, votes for Carlist candidates in elections immediately after the second civil war, and subscriptions to the main Carlist journal during the first civil war….
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars …of war and conflict. TOP FROM LEFT: MARGHERITA BELGIOIOSO, AREEJ SABBAGH-KHOURY, EDUARDO MONCADA, STEPHEN DAVIS, MOHAMMED IBRAHIM SHIRE, ORE KOREN, ABBY CORDOVA, ANDREW PAPACHRISTOS, LAURA BLUME, RAUL SANCHEZ DE LA…
“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz …associated psychological wellbeing outcomes. All armed actors in the Colombian conflict, government forces, guerrilla groups, and paramilitary armies, mainly used war strategies that intentionally targeted the civilian population. Between 1996…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2023 Distinguished Scholars …and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and human aggression. 2023 Scholars and Research Topics Christopher Davey (Clark University) and Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod (American University). Erasing Refugees:…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2023-2024 African Fellows …Frank Guggenheim Foundation is a leader in creating and disseminating knowledge on the nature, consequences, and reduction of violence in its many forms, including war, crime, and human aggression. 2023-2024…
