Violence - Topics

Sectarian violence: how ordinary neighbours turn on each other Embedded reporting in war zones: access for the journalist or a filter for the military Third-party mediation fails when one side needs the conflict to stay in power Why repression sometimes grows a movement and sometimes kills it outright Why street marches work in some states and invite crackdowns in others Anonymity online protects the vulnerable and shelters abusers High-control groups: where religious devotion ends and coercion begins Can political violence ever be justified? Silenced leaders rarely get a second chance to speak What makes one neighborhood prone to street violence and another calm? Do anger management programs stop repeat violent offenders? What pushes a police officer or soldier past the line into excessive force? Is "kill all men" a joke or a threat? The anatomy of a stampede: crowd density and the loss of individual control Why do peaceful protests sometimes turn violent? Why does domestic violence often escalate after a victim tries to leave? Is aggression learned from the environment or wired in from birth? How do school shootings change ordinary school days for everyone else? What riot footage tells us about the breakdown of order Why is violence against healthcare workers rising? Does watching violent media make people more violent? How do communities rebuild trust after ethnic violence? Is violence better explained by structural inequality than by individual pathology? Why hate crime data on anti-LGBTQ violence is patchy Gender-based violence as a public policy problem