Violence in Society

A global discourse regarding gender and violence is emerging as feminists, media experts, and social scientists consider the place of gender in epi...

Arguably the most brutal crime committed by the Japanese military during the Asia-Pacific war was the forced mobilization of 50,000 to 200,000 Asia...

Disruptive Situations challenges representations of contemporary Beirut as an exceptional space for LGBTQ people by highlighting everyday life in a...

In 2015, the Old Fadama slum of Accra, Ghana was a government 'no-go zone' due to the generally lawless environment. Participatory action researche...

This study advances three interrelated claims for international human rights standards (IHRS). First, that post-colonial African societies are bure...

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the ...

A law professor and former prosecutor reveals how inconsistent ideas about violence, enshrined in law, are at the root of the problems that plague ...

Game Over tells the harrowing true story of teenager Breck Bednar, who was groomed over the internet and brutally murdered on 17 February 2014 by a...

Xenophobia is a salient issue in South Africa. Prominent episodes of violence targeting migrants and refugees have received enormous attention from...

Winner of the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books - Caregiving categoryESS Public Sociology AwardRecommended Book in Domestic Violence by DomesticShelters....

Gender violence has been at the forefront of womens human rights struggles for decades, shaping political movements and NGO and government programs...

Colombias headline story, about the peace process with guerrilla and its attendant controversies, does not consider the fundamental contradiction o...

One of today's most widely read philosophers considers the shift in violence from visible to invisible, from negativity to excess of positivity.Som...

Honorable Mention for Best Book Award from the Historia Reciente y Memoria Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)Memories before ...

The Iraqi Bath states Anfal operations (1987-1991) is one of the twentieth centurys ultimate acts of destruction of the possibility of being human....

Increasingly there is global attention on the prevalence of womens deaths resulting from intimate partner violence. Campaigns such as Counting Dead...