Violence in Society

Bullying is an age-old problem that has traditionally been seen as normal, as par-for-the-course of childhood and youth, at times even depicted as ...

Twenty years ago, the most common cause of death for medical humanitarians and other aid workers was traffic accidents; today, it is violent attack...

No nation is free from the charge that it has a less-than-complete view of the past. History is not simply about recording past eventsit is often c...

The fields of conflict analysis, management, resolution, prevention and transformation continue to expand beyond NGOs into university departments, ...

During the early 1890s, a series of shocking lynchings brought unprecedented international attention to American mob violence. This interest create...

In John Hume in America: From Derry to DC and its accompanying documentary, In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America, Maurice Fitzpatrick chronic...

In John Hume in America: From Derry to DC and its accompanying documentary, In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America, Maurice Fitzpatrick chronic...

Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy that her family endured, a horrific and sudden death that led her to ...

Why we need to think more like economists to successfully combat terrorism If we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successf...

A stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, shaken by a personal tragedy, realized the error...

Societal turbulence, state collapse, religious and ethnic conflict, poverty, hunger, and social exclusion all underlie children''s involvement in a...

Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In F...

'Lizzie has been able to embody the power of hope and compassion in everything she does. Stories like hers keep me inspired every day.' Michelle Ob...

Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel by the arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and they may leave be...