Violence Archives

10.30.2024 Apryl Alexander headshot

Apryl Alexander

Apryl Alexander, director of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Violence Prevention Center, discusses her work and the intersection of violence and the 2024 election.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

07.16.2024 stressed health care worker sitting on the hospital floor

Mistreatment of Health Care Workers Is Our Problem

Health care workers in the United States are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than workers in any other profession.

Guest Author Katherine Meese

06.03.2024

Righting Wrongs with Rights

In the first five years following the Voting Rights Act of 1965, there was a 17.5% reduction in Black infant deaths in counties covered by the legislation.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

11.03.2023 bar graph depicting respondents' interaction between study vignette condition and prior unwanted sexual experience on intervening behavior

bar graph depicting respondents' interaction between study vignette condition and prior unwanted sexual experience on intervening behavior

Stand By Me

LGBTQ+ individuals are more likely to intervene when they witness violence between partners than non-LGBTQ+ individuals.

Fellow Sean Hagan

10.30.2023 dark hallway lined with jail cells, depicting incarceration and the prison system

Mortality After Youth Incarceration

Young people incarcerated in adult prisons and jails were 60% more likely to die before age 39 compared to those with placements in youth facilities.

Fellow Caroline Dignard

02.10.2022 person with fist in foreground, person cowering in background

Street Culture, Schools, and the Risk of Youth Violence

Students who reported stronger acceptance of street culture values were at significantly greater risk of violent behavior.

Guest Authors Lorine Hughes, Ekaterina Botchkovar, Olena Antonaccio, Anastasiia Timmer

01.20.2022 The Figure shows repairs to low-income homes were associated with a significant reduction in crime.

Rebuilding a Home

Repairs to low-income homes were associated with a significant reduction in neighborhood crime.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

09.04.2020 a group of black question marks

Gendering Parole

The IVVI demonstrated an ability to predict violence after release for parole or probation, but the questionnaire was tested only with men.

Fellow Pat Williams

05.13.2020 a silhouettes of a pregnant woman

Miscounting Murder of Mothers

By counting homicides as maternal deaths, we might see that maternal mortality in the US is even worse than the current disturbing statistics indicate.

Fellow Gray Babbs

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