Other Violence
“Why Doesn’t She Just Leave?” Barriers to Getting Out of Abusive Relationships
Domestic violence is a fact of life in the U.S. for approximately 35% of women and 28% of men. When we learn someone is in an abusive relationship, the first question many people ask is “Well, why doesn’t she just leave?” However, getting out of the situation is not as easy as people like to think. Read More
Do Background Checks on Firearms Really Work?
Do background checks really help to prevent deaths from firearms? Read More
Is There A Youth Violence Epidemic?
Berkeley professor Franklin Zimring concludes that youth crime is not increasing, and that punitive public policies are based on fears rather than facts. Read More
Back to School Lessons: The V (Violence) Joins the Three R’s
Countless studies have shown that violence is pervasive in American “entertainment” and that children are exposed to it every day. Thirty years of research has proven that children who watch violent programs are more likely to hurt others, and to become criminals as teenagers or adults. It will take a few years to study the long-term impact of the increasingly violent and realistic computer and video games, but it is likely that they are even more dangerous, because of the interactive nature of these games. Read More
When Silence Means Violence
Some kids seem like obvious troublemakers, but many youth workers have found out the hard way to also pay attention to quiet kids. Children who were victimized by peers were more likely to have violent fantasies, which in turn predicted aggressive behavior. Read More
Bullying and Violence
After news stories revealed that some of the school shootings in recent years were carried out by youths who’d been bullied and ostracized, bullying became a hot subject of research scrutiny. Read More