Many young Mexican men that are working in precarious conditions are drawn into the fold of drug cartels.
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It can be easy to mistake feelings like fear and anger as hate. When biases are acted out in harmful ways, however, speaking up can help stop hate from getting worse.
Children’s rights are often violated in times of war.
Lebanon’s precarious sectarian balance is tipping as militias take hold again.
A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories and heart rates as they navigated daily life.
Witch-hunts have not been consigned to the history books. An alarming number of witchcraft-related deaths are still happening each year across nearly every continent.
Conservatively speaking, workplace violence costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Journalists regularly publish photos of victims after a tragedy, but this practice has the capacity to traumatise families for years.
Mexico is seeing a spate of public lynchings that show no sign of abating.
Social support is particularly important to help process these traumatic events and promote recovery.
Haiti is facing a wave of chaos as gang violence grips the country.
Nigeria is beset with security threats. Confronting them will take regional and international cooperation.
The deeply flawed but intriguing Tony Soprano opened up a whole new world of complicated relatable characters that drew audiences in their millions.
Widespread violence tied to Ecuadorian drug gangs has left the country looking at a draconian response.
Hot temperatures seem to lead to aggression, both in real life and online.
The terrorism discourse in Ghana shows how flawed views of the war on terror continue to shape thinking about security.
Key findings on victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence have been brought together in a new website that seeks to combine over 30 sources of data across Australia.
While the war in Gaza has riveted public attention, the simultaneous escalation of violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank is not disconnected from the violence in Gaza.
Algorithms have been blamed for dividing society. What if they could support social cohesion instead?
The answers lie in early human evolution.
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Violence Prevention and Addiction Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
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Lecturer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
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Co-Director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor Gender and Childhood Sexuality, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor, Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Professor of History, The Open University
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
