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Domestic Violence
Making psychological violence illegal? - "French lawmakers intend to pass a controversial bill that will ban “psychological violence” in marital (or cohabitation) relationships." [added 2/6/10]
In UK, schoolchildren taught domestic violence is unacceptable - [added 1/16/10]
"It's okay to slap spendthrift wives" - so says a judge in Saudi Arabia [added 7/11/09]
"Muslim American women confront domestic abuse" - [added 4/5/08]
More on honor killings - a story of a young Turkish woman living in Germany who claims to be escaping an abusive husband and the fear of an "honor killing" [added 7/14/07]
Art4empowerment - "The mission of art4empowerment is to empower women through art. We focus on women who have experienced abuse or domestic violence. We believe that everyone can benefit from art making for healing, self-knowledge and empowerment. Our initiatives include: organization and volunteer management of Art for Empowerment programs, exhibitions, presentations, publications, and scholarly research. Visit our gallery to see stunning works by survivors and artists." [added 7/06/07]
Measuring domestic violence - a report, "Measuring domestic violence and sexual assault: A review of the literature and statistics," from the Parliament of Australia [added 12/29/06]
Domestic violence in Belarus - report from Amnesty International [added 12/29/06]
Partner violence across nations - A paper entitled, "Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and female university students in 32 nations," found that "almost a third of the female as well as male students physically assaulted a dating partner in the 12 month study period, and that the most frequent pattern was mutuality in violence, i.e. both were violent, followed by 'female-only' violence. Violence by only the male partner was the least frequent pattern according to both male and female participants." [added 7/5/06]
Marital rape - new research and directions on marital rape from the National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women [added 7/5/06]
Domestic violence - "Assessing the offending activity of criminal domestic violence suspects: Offense specialization, escalation, de-escalation evidence from the Spouse Assault Replication Program" is a report from the U.S. Department of Justice. [added 2/22/06]
Domestic violence against women - report from the World Health Organization [added 1/13/06]
Domestic violence resources - from the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic Violence [added 3/1/05]
Domestic violence - The National Coalition of Anti-violence Programs recently released a supplement to its 2003 report on domestic violence. [added 12/1/04]
Domestic Violence - site "devoted to a professional and scholarly examination of the connections between domestic violence (woman abuse) and child maltreatment (child abuse and neglect)"
Violence Against Women and Girls
"Plague" of sexual violence in U.S. military? - "Seventeen veterans and active-duty service members today took the first step to determining that, suing the Pentagon on charges of violating their constitutional rights to serve their country. They accused two secretaries of defense of condoning, ignoring and implicitly encouraging sexual abuse in the ranks in a 42-page complaint filed in federal district court in Alexandria, Va., which contains phrases like 'f---ing whore,' 'bitch' and 'troublemaker.'" [added 4/27/11]
"Rescuing girls from sex slavery" - a very compelling story from India [added 7/13/10]
"Turkish girl, 16, buried alive for talking to boys" - [added 3/7/10]
"Teen girls abused by boyfriends" - survey in the UK [added 1/16/10]
Database on violence against women - from the U.N. Secretary General's office [added 4/17/09]
Violence against indigenous women - A report from the National Institute of Justice -- "Violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women and the criminal justice response: What is known" [added 4/11/09]
Tween and teen dating violence and abuse - The first link is to the study conducted by TRU. Here is a blog entry about it. [added 10/11/08]
"Women and violence at work" - A background paper (2007) from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions reports on the incidence, determinants, and impact of bullying and sexual harassment on women at work. [12/31/07]
Violence against girls - A report from the 51st U.N. Commission on the Status of Women -- it includes separate reports on violence against schoolgirls, violence against child domestic workers, and violence against girls in conflict with the law. [added 7/7/07]
Female genital mutilation - The World Health Organization provides information and resources on this topic. [added 12/29/06]
People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) - a site from South Africa -- The mission of POWA: "To be a powerful, specialised and multi-skilled service provider that contributes towards the complete eradication of violence against women in society, in order to enhance women's quality of life." A variety of resources here [added 7/5/06]
"When men murder women..." - a recent (2005) report from the Violence Policy Center [added 1/10/06]
Violence against women - From the National Institute of Justice, this report entitled "Violence and Victimization Research Division's compendium of research on violence against women" contains a large number of summaries of research on the topic. [added 6/17/05]
Violence against women in Australia - a review of the literature and statistics by the Parliament of Australia [added 3/1/05]
Stop violence against women - a lot of resources from Amnesty International USA [added 12/1/04]
The Women of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - This site provides a bibliography and links to resources related to the murder and sexual abuse of approximately 400 women in and around this community. [added 4/06/04]
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): World Health Organization / NOCIRC - The first link from World Health Organization provides a lot of background info on FGM. The second link is to NOCIRC, an "educational non-profit organization committed to securing the birthright of male, female, and intersex children and babies to keep their sex organs intact." [added 3/30/04]
Violence against Women - publications and other resources from the Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice
Men with brown eyes perceived as more dominant - But it appears not to just be eye color. When blue-eyed men had their eyes photoshopped to appear brown, they were still not perceived as dominant as the brown-eyed men. No such effect for brown-eyed women. [added 7/13/10]
Is an angry face a male face? - Ask your students to imagine an angry face. Now a happy face. Did they envision a male or female? This study found both males and females pictured a male face when asked to think of an angry one. [added 4/17/09]
Backyard brawling - The guys just love to beat each other up. Others can watch video of it online. [added 4/18/08]
Sexual assault on campus - a report and other resources from The Center for Public Integrity [added 7/13/10]
"Rescuing girls from sex slavery" - a very compelling story from India [added 7/13/10]
Roman Polanski and rape - This is a commentary on Roman Polanski's arrest for raping a 13-year old girl many years ago and rape myths. Here is an interesting analysis of the changing attitudes about sex from the era when the rape was committed to now. Here is a discussion of how the media has treated Roman Polanski's arrest compared to the treatment of Elizabeth Smart. [added 1/16/10]
Tween and teen dating violence and abuse - The first link is to the study conducted by TRU. Here is a blog entry about it. [added 10/11/08]
Reforms to dispel rape myths and increase convictions - report from the UK government [12/31/07]
"Unaccountable rape in Iraq" - Story of Jamie Leigh Jones, former employee of Halliburton/KBR, who claims she was drugged and raped on her fourth day in Iraq. "After reporting her rape to KBR, Jones says 'the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she'd be out of a job.'" See video of the story. [added 12/23/07]
Saudi gang-rape victim punished - In Saudi Arabia, "the 19-year-old victim was sentenced last year to 90 lashes for meeting with an unrelated male, a former friend from whom she was retrieving photographs." Then "the judges more than doubled the punishment for the victim because of 'her attempt to aggravate and influence the judiciary through the media.'" Here is a story about the Muslim American Society condemning the Saudi court's actions. Here is a news video about the story and a response from the rape victim. [added 12/15/07]
Drug-facilitated, incapacitated, forcible rape - a national study from the National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center [added 11/17/07]
"The culture of prison sexual violence" - a report from the National Institute of Justice [added 12/29/06]
Rape cases and alcohol - a report, "Juries reluctant to convict in rape cases in which alcohol involved," from the Economic and Research Council (UK) -- even when a woman had become involuntarily drunk [added 12/29/06]Female genital mutilation - The World Health Organization provides information and resources on this topic. [added 12/29/06]
"Extent, nature and consequences of rape victimization" - report from the U.S. National Institute of Justice based on findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey [added 7/5/06]
"Sexual harassment and violence at the military service academies" - report from the U.S. Department of Defense [added 2/22/06]
Sexual violence in the U.S. Armed Forces - "A considerable sacrifice: The costs of sexual violence in the U.S. Armed Forces" is a paper from The Miles Foundation. [added 1/9/06]
Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program - [added 3/15/05]
Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic church - a report on the "The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States" [added 6/9/04]
National Sexual Violence Resource Center - lots of good resources on different types of sexual violence and strategies for responding to it [added 4/06/04]
When is rape "okay"? - News story of a study a few years back in the UK in which 14-21 year old males and females identify conditions (e.g., "if she'd slept with loads of men") under which it would be okay for a man to force a woman to have sex. Similar research (with similar results) has been conducted in the U.S. [added 3/30/04]
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): World Health Organization / NOCIRC - The first link from World Health Organization provides a lot of background info on FGM. The second link is to NOCIRC, an "educational non-profit organization committed to securing the birthright of male, female, and intersex children and babies to keep their sex organs intact." [added 3/30/04]
Tailhook '91 - PBS Frontline show on the Navy Tailhook Convention where "83 women and 7 men were assaulted during the three-day aviators' convention, according to a report by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD)."
Iraqi gay men face "lives of hell" - [added 7/11/09]
Police abuse against LGBT people in U.S. - report from Amnesty International USA [added 7/5/06]
"Assault on Gay America" - PBS Frontline show (2000) on the life and death of Billy Jack Gaither
Preventing genocide - The U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum has put together a good set of resources on genocide including a description of countries that are at risk today. [added 7/13/10]
"Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crime" - a case study in London [added 7/13/10]
Ethnic cleansing in America? - "From the 1860s to the 1920s, towns across the U.S. violently expelled African American residents. Today, these communities remain virtually all white." [added 2/6/10]
"The code of the street and African-American adolescent violence" - a report from the U.S. Department of Justice [added 4/17/09]
Defining the crime of genocide - This essay attempts to carefully define the term, ending with the conclusion that "using the definitions of both Lemkin and the Convention, and placing them within the context of the larger category of crime against humanity in general, there have really only been three genuine examples of genocide during the course of the twentieth century: that of the Armenians by the Young Turks in 1915, that of the Jews and Gypsies by the Nazis and, in 1994, that of the Tutsis by the Hutu racists." [12/31/07]
"Hate crimes rose 8% in 2006" - Here is an article from Hatewatch which claims the number is seriously undercounted. [added 12/15/07]
"America and the Holocaust" - a website accompanying the film "America and the Holocaust" which contains a lot of resources including a complete transcript and links to many of the primary resources [added 9/30/07]
Violent neo-Nazi group - A report from the Anti-Defamation League: "Volksfront, a virulently racist and anti-Semitic group comprised mostly of neo-Nazi skinheads, is growing in prominence in the United States and internationally, with chapters in Canada, Spain, Australia Germany and Portugal." [added 7/16/07]
Killing fields of Cambodia - another story looking back at this murder of 1-2 million during the 1970s [added 7/14/07]
Hate groups grow in U.S. - report from the Southern Poverty Law Center [added 7/14/07]
A story of Jewish refugees fleeing war-torn Europe - An exhibit, "Flight and rescue," from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that tells the story of 2100 Jewish refugees who escaped with the help of a Dutch businessman and a Japanese diplomat. [added 7/06/07]
Kristallnacht exhibition - From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this online exhibition "Kristallnacht: The November 1938 pogroms" describes the destruction and intimidation from that "night of broken glass." [added 12/29/06]
Sydney (Australia) riots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Cronulla_race_riots
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3491299.stm
two examples of prejudice-related violence from Australia [added 7/5/06]Riots in France (2005) - info and photos about the recent riots in France - more info can be found here [added 1/13/06]
Holocaust and genocide - good set of resources/links put together by Linda Woolf [added 6/17/05]
The Holocaust Martyrs'... [added 6/9/04]
The Holocaust - lots of resources and links related to the Holocaust [added 11/7/02]
"Voices of the Holocaust" - a new project from The British Library that includes audio and written recordings from survivors who live in Great Britain [added 3/6/02]
Holocaust teaching guide - hundreds of images, videos and other resources
Holocaust links - extensive set of links to Holocaust memorials, museums and other resources
Schindler's List Teaching Guide - from the Southern Institute for Education and Research at Tulane University
"Deathly Silence: Everyday People in the Holocaust" - instructional materials from the Southern Institute for Education and Research at Tulane University
India's "Untouchables" - report (1999) from the Human Rights Watch - "Broken People: Caste Violence Against India’s “Untouchables”"
Bullying
Fight bullying with babies - Interesting article about a program in which babies visit a classroom (usually accompanied by an adult) to teach empathy as a means of reducing aggression [added 12/24/10]
Young girls particularly prone to ongoing bullying - "Among the girls, the 44 who were victims of so-called 'direct bullying' (physical and verbal abuse) at baseline, were two and a half times more likely than their classmates to also be a victim of direct bullying at follow up. By contrast, boys who were victims of direct bullying at baseline were no more likely than their classmates to be a victim at follow up." [added 1/16/10]
Yes, but how do students define bullying? - In surveying students about what is and is not bullying, this research found that students often interpret bullying as something done by a bully. You are a bully or you aren't one. If you can convince yourself that you are not a bully, then you don't engage in bullying. As a result, efforts to reduce bullying in schools may not reach those who bully because they do not believe it applies to them. Instead of thinking that anyone can engage in bullying, many students associate it only with "bullies." [added 1/16/10]
Responding to bullying through virtual experiences - describes two virtual world programs that are being used to helped the bullied and increase empathy among the bullies [added 7/11/09]
A successful anti-bullying program in schools - Study tested an approach to reduce bullying by also focusing on the bystanders, including other students and staff [added 4/17/09]
"In defense of teasing" - Is teasing a good thing or a bad thing? Interesting essay in the New York Times [4/17/09]
Cyber-bullying - a good blog entry summarizing some recent research [added 6/4/08]
"Effects" of bullying in twins - Interesting study looked at twins where one was bullied and the other was not. The study found more mental health difficulties for bullied twin. [added 4/13/08]
Bullying in schools - article in The Washington Post [added 8/05/07]
Bullying - article in Psychology Today about research on bullying [added 1/13/06]
Bullying - "From teasing to torment: New national report on school bullying" is a recent report from the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. [added 1/13/06]Violence in UK schools - a report from the British Educational Research Association [added 4/27/11]
"Neighborhood effects on crime and youth violence" - a report from the Rand Corporation which looks at how Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles have helped control violence [added 4/17/09]
Do toy guns lead to crime? - Mexico's parliament is considering banning toy guns for children because they think it might encourage criminality. [added 4/17/09]
Tween and teen dating violence and abuse - The first link is to the study conducted by TRU. Here is a blog entry about it. [added 10/11/08]
The Campus Sexual Assault Study (2007) - "Data were collected using a Web-based survey from over 6,800 undergraduate students (5,466 women and 1,375 men). Data indicate that 13.7% of undergraduate women had been victims of at least one completed sexual assault since entering college: 4.7% were victims of physically forced sexual assault; 7.8% of women were sexually assaulted when they were incapacitated after voluntarily consuming drugs and/or alcohol (i.e., they were victims of alcohol and/or other drug- [AOD] enabled sexual assault); 0.6% were sexually assaulted when they were incapacitated after having been given a drug without their knowledge (i.e., they were certain they had been victims of drug-facilitated sexual assault [DFSA])." From the National Institute of Justice. [added 4/13/08]
"College football games and crime" - "Our results suggest that the host community registers sharp increases in assaults, vandalism, arrests for disorderly conduct, and arrests for alcohol-related offenses on game days. Upsets are associated with the largest increases in the number of expected offenses. These estimates are discussed in the context of psychological theories of fan aggression." [added 4/5/08]
"Child witches" in Nigeria - scary story of children being attacked, abandoned, and killed because they were identified as witches [12/31/07]
Report on violence against children - Read here the newly released U.N. World Report on Violence Against Children. [added 12/29/06]
School associated violent deaths - a brief report from the Center for Disease Control also describes a few preventative measures -- other violence related resources can be found here as well. [added 12/28/06]
Violence against children widely accepted - News article reporting that "violence against children is widely accepted as normal around the world, and at least 106 countries still allow physical punishment in schools, a U.N. report on the issue showed." Here is the U.N. report. [added 12/28/06]Physical dating violence among U.S. high school students - report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based on a 2003 survey [added 7/5/06]
StopHazing.org - Resources related to "educating to eliminate hazing" [added 8/30/05]
Campus violence - The American College Health Association just released (2005) this report entitled "Campus violence white paper." [added 6/17/05]
"Violent victimization of college students, 1995-2002" - "Examines the incidence of college student victimization and compares the findings to persons of similar ages in the general population." From the Bureau of Justice Statistics [added 3/15/05]
"The influence of media violence on youth" - a new report published in the Psychological Science in the Public Interest [added 4/06/04]
"The making of a criminal: Lee Malvo" - a brief article on the background of the 17-year old sniper in the Washington, D.C. attacks [added 3/23/04]
"Diet of fish 'can prevent' teen violence" - interesting example of how media can distort research findings [added 11/20/03]
Gang Research - "Gang research.net is a website dedicated to providing quality research on gangs to students, academics, public officials, the media, and the general public. While most "gang" websites either present the views of law enforcement or give unverified or questionable information, Gang research.net seeks to dispel stereotypes and present research, original documents, and helpful links." [added 11/7/02]
"Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence" - (2002) - an online, book-length report built around case studies from the National Research Council [added 8/28/02]
"The school shooter: A threat assessment perspective" - report (2000) from the FBI - in PDF
"Youth violence: A report of the Surgeon General" - (2001)
"The Killer at Thurston High" - PBS Frontline show (2000) on 15-year old Kip Kinkel who killed his parents and classmates
"Little Criminals" - PBS Frontline show (1998) on violent young children
Incentives for violence in NHL hockey - [added 6/4/08]
Survey of workplace violence prevention, 2005 - [added 12/28/06]
Workplace violence reports - a variety of reports on workplace violence from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration [added 7/23/03]
Violence and Video Games
"Violent video game play makes more aggressive kids" - [added 7/13/10]
Manipulating violence in a video game - Here's a blog summary of an interesting study in which they manipulated the amount of violence within Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance by using different levels of bloodiness to test its effect on aggression and hostility. [added 4/11/09]
Violent video games lead to desensitization - Oh, by the way, Grand Theft Auto 4 just came out. They are expecting sales of $400,000,000. [added 5/09/08]
Effects of playing violent video games - story about research looking at the neurological effects of playing violent video games [added 8/05/07]
Violent video games increase hostility in aggressive individuals - interesting article summarizing research on playing violent versus non-violent video games [added 12/28/06]
Punishing video game violence? - This excellent website presents new cognitive research on a daily basis. This particular article describes research about whether punishing video game violence could reduce aggressive behavior. [added 1/15/06]
Marketing Violence to Children - this is a statement made by Lee Peeler, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, to a subcommittee of the House of Representatives (October, 2002) on "Marketing Violent Entertainment to Children: Self-Regulation and Industry Practices in the Motion Picture, Music Recording, and Electronic Game Industries." Also includes links to related resources. [added 12/06/02]
Entertainment Software Rating Board - home of organization that developed ratings for games [added 12/06/02]Crackdown on sexual images of minors in Japanese comic books - [added 4/27/11]
Pro-social songs can lessen aggression - "Participants who listened to pro-social songs subsequently showed reduced aggressive cognitions - for example they were less likely to complete ambiguous word stems (e.g. 'schla_' in German) with violent endings (e.g. 'schlagen', to hit), choosing instead more peaceful endings (e.g. 'schlafen' to sleep). They also exhibited reduced aggressive mood, being less likely to say they felt angry or irritated." [added 4/27/11]
Dominance/disadvantage in movies Avatar/Blind Sides - [added 3/7/10]
Policy statement on media violence - from the American Academy of Pediatrics [added 1/16/10]
Social media (e.g., Facebook) and digital terrorism and hate - [added 7/11/09]
Violent media desensitizes - This study finds that participants who played violent video games (for 20 minutes) responded more slowly to a victim in need than those who were not exposed to the violent media. [added 4/17/09]
"Does movie crime increase violent crime?" - This is an interesting correlational study that finds "that violent crime decreases on days with larger theater audiences for violent movies." A couple plausible explanations they consider: Theater attendees can't be out committing crimes and they probably aren't drinking alcohol. [added 4/5/08]
Study of violence by former mental health patients - interesting study conducted by the MacArthur Research Network asking "How does the rate of violence by former mental patients compare with the rate of violence by other members of the community?" [added 7/23/03]
FTC Report - released 9/11/2000 - "Marketing Violent Entertainment To Children: A Review Of Self-Regulation And Industry Practices In The Motion Picture, Music Recording & Electronic Game Industries" - report from Federal Trade Commission that received a lot of media and political attention
"Alcohol and Violence" - publication from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (2001)
"Alcohol, Violence and Aggression" - report from National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (No. 38 October 1997)
Empathy and violence have similar circuits in the brain - Gives new meaning to a love/hate relationship. [added 10/16/10]
Men with brown eyes perceived as more dominant - But it appears not to just be eye color. When blue-eyed men had their eyes photoshopped to appear brown, they were still not perceived as dominant as the brown-eyed men. No such effect for brown-eyed women. [added 7/13/10]
"Testosterone leads to fairness, not aggression" - [added 1/16/10]
Facial structure in men and aggression - [added 1/16/10]
"Aggression written in the shape of a man's face" - interesting studies finding that the shape of a man's face can predict his aggressiveness [added 10/11/08]
Asymmetry and aggression - "The researchers subjected college students to frustrating and belligerent phone calls. And they found that people with less symmetrical body features–for example, an arm, eye, or ear that's bigger than the other–tended to react more aggressively than their more symmetrical counterparts." [added 11/29/07]
Preventing genocide - The U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum has put together a good set of resources on genocide including a description of countries that are at risk today. [added 7/13/10]
In UK, schoolchildren taught domestic violence is unacceptable - [added 1/16/10]
Violence is declining - Here is an interesting essay by Steven Pinker in which he argues that despite the constant barrage of violent images and stories the historical record suggests we have become less violent than our ancestors. [added 1/16/10]
Responding to bullying through virtual experiences - describes two virtual world programs that are being used to helped the bullied and increase empathy among the bullies [added 7/11/09]
Violence in Kenya - The first link is to a recent news story about the current violence in Kenya. Here is a link to an analysis, "Breaking the stalemate in Kenya," which explores how the crisis evolved and how it might be resolved. [added 4/5/08]
2007 report on global campaign to reduce violence - A WHO report, "Third Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Report 2007," on the progress made towards reducing violence [added 9/30/07]
Do school-based violence prevention programs work? - "The effectiveness of universal school-based programs for the prevention of violent and aggressive behavior" is a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in which the authors "conducted a systematic review of published scientific evidence concerning the effectiveness of these programs." [added 9/30/07]
Reducing teen dating violence - "This research brief summarizes a survey about the effectiveness of programs from Break the Cycle, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and fielding dating-violence prevention programs." [added 12/28/06]
Reducing gun violence - a report from the National Institute of Justice entitled, "Reducing gun violence: Community problem-solving in Atlanta" [added 12/22/06]
People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) - a site from South Africa -- The mission of POWA: "To be a powerful, specialised and multi-skilled service provider that contributes towards the complete eradication of violence against women in society, in order to enhance women's quality of life." A variety of resources here [added 7/5/06]
Punishing video game violence? - This excellent website presents new cognitive research on a daily basis. This particular article describes research about whether punishing video game violence could reduce aggressive behavior. [added 1/15/06]
Rethinking Crime and Punishment [added 3/1/05]
Preventing violence - a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality entitled "Preventing violence and related health-risking social behaviors in adolescents" [added 12/1/04]
Stop violence against women - a lot of resources from Amnesty International USA [added 12/1/04]"What makes kids care?: Teaching gentleness in a violent world" - a public affairs essay from the APA [added 3/30/04]
Gang Prevention and Intervention - a research report entitled "Targeted outreach: Boys and Girls Clubs of America's approach to gang prevention and intervention" from Public/Private Ventures [added 8/30/02]
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - Wealth of resources related to violence prevention including Blueprints project, launched to "to identify and replicate violence prevention programs that are effective." So far, Blueprints has "has identified 11 prevention and intervention programs that meet a strict scientific standard of program effectiveness." See the model programs including video. Site also contains violence and prevention related bibiliographic databases and links (connections) to many other related resources. [added 3/21/02]
Violence Prevention Resources from the AMA - American Medical Association provides data on "violence between intimates," policy documents and other reports
Toolkit to end Violence Against Women - includes an extensive set of recommendations "for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims," from the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women
Violence prevention - hundreds of links to resources on violence, abuse and prevention from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
Violence prevention - tips and resources from ACT (Adults and Children Together against violence)
"Reducing Violence" - in PDF - APS Human Capital Initiative Report #5 (1997)
Hoodie or goodie? - A study, "Hoodie or goodie: The link between violent victimisation and offending in young people," investigates how victims of violence (goodies) become offenders (hoodies) and offenders become victims and how each might be prevented. [added 11/29/07]
Homicides in Oakland, CA - This is a website dedicated to exploring the rise in homicides in Oakland and its rippling effects -- a community journalism project by The Oakland Tribune and InsideBayArea.com. [added 7/14/07]
Criminal initiation caused my mandatory military service? - This interesting investigation attempts "to estimate the causal relationship between mandatory participation in military service and crime. The authors exploit the random assignment through a draft lottery of young men to conscription in Argentina to identify this causal effect." [added 12/28/06]
The warmer the weather the more hit batters in baseball - More significantly, "after a pitcher’s teammates have been hit at bat by the opposing team during a game, the pitcher is more likely to retaliate by hitting his opponents at higher temperatures." [added 4/27/11]
The Arizona shooting - This blog entry does a nice job of examining some of the analysis and solutions that followed the recent shootings in Arizona, and some of the myths surrounding events like this one. [added 4/27/11]
"Are shooting club members more aggressive than most?" - This study's answer? No, in fact, the study found they were less aggressive and impulsive than the control group. [added 7/11/09]
"Do you believe in free will?" - "New experiments show that disbelief in free will decreases helping behaviours and increases aggression." [added 4/17/09]
Number of bumper stickers predicts road rage - You may have heard about this study. It can also serve as a good example of how tempted we are to jump from correlational data to causal conclusions. [added 8/9/08]
"Vengeance and the recycle of violence" - Blog entry takes you to two recent, interesting articles looking at revenge in two different settings: "Tribal peoples from New Guinea, the other in street gangs from Chicago." [added 6/4/08]
Hate crimes against the homeless on the rise - a 2010 report from the National Coalition for the Homeless [added 7/7/07]
Guns, hot sauce and testosterone - a good description of some very interesting research -- here is the original research article [added 12/29/06]
Road rage - "An investigation into serious violence associated with motor vehicle use: Is 'road rage' a valid or useful construct?" is a recent report from the Criminology Research Council in Australia. [added 12/28/06]
Violence in sports fans - an article from the Cognitive Daily blog [added 12/22/06]
Violence Literature Database - From the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, this database contains abstracts and reference information from a large number of violence-related articles. For example, a search of "school" produced over 2600 records. [added 6/17/05]
Stalking Resource Center - lots of resources (e.g., laws, court cases, profiles, help for victims, publications) related to stalking from The National Center for Victims of Crime [added 3/15/05]
Article and video on mice aggression - Read full text of article and watch genetically variant mice become or not become aggressive when placed in a cage with another mouse. [added 7/1/04]
Fruit Fly Fight Club - I'm not making this up. Researcher Edward Kravitz at Harvard Medical School has created this entertaining and educational site describing his research "on future mutant fly fights to learn more about the biology of aggression, dominance, and defeat." Watch actual fly fight video! [added 6/15/04]
Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal [added 6/15/04]
"Terrorists and suicide attacks" - a report (2003) from the Congressional Research Service [added 11/20/03]
"Aggravating Circumstances: A Status Report on Rudeness in America" - reports and data from a recent, interesting survey conducted by Public Agenda [added 8/30/02]
Article - Anderson, C.A. & Bushman, B.J. (2002). Human Aggression. Annual Review of Psychology, 53: 27-51. [added 5/1/02]
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis - classic articles
Modeling of Aggression - classic Bobo doll study
"Valentina's Nightmare" - PBS Frontline show (1998) on the Rwanda genocide
Resources for the Teaching of Social Psychology is a part of the CROW Project, Course Resources on the Web. CROW was initially sponsored by the Associated Colleges of Illinois and generously supported by UPS. This site was created by Jon Mueller, Professor of Psychology at North Central College, Naperville, IL. Send comments to Jon.
