violence

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A man drawing a conceal carry pistol from an inside the waistband holster

A third of people from Chicago carry concealed handguns in public before they reach middle age

05 Dec 2024

Major 25-year study reveals a ‘dual pathway’ for when people start carrying.

Medieval Murder Maps: homicidal Oxford students in the 14th century

28 Sep 2023

A project mapping medieval England’s known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London’s 14th century slayings.

Extreme weather and climate events likely to drive increase in gender-based violence

13 Jun 2022

As the climate crisis leads to more intense and more frequent extreme weather and climate-related events, this in turn risks increasing the amount of...

Arrest warrant executed in West Bromwich, UK

Co-offenders likely to violently turn on one another, UK crime gang study shows

12 Apr 2022

Researchers use over a decade of data from Thames Valley Police to reveal 'mechanisms' that generate and sustain violence within networks of...

Young people who experience bullying are more likely to fantasise about committing acts of violence – study

28 Apr 2021

Experiencing bullying and forms of aggression in late adolescence and early adulthood is linked to a marked increase in the likelihood of having...

Scriptures rarely a significant motivating factor behind violence, say researchers

01 Sep 2020

Many people misunderstand the relationship between religion, scripture and violence, a new book argues. Some people worry that scriptures such as the...

Have we misunderstood post-traumatic stress disorder?

19 Aug 2016

In understanding war-related post-traumatic stress disorder, a person’s cultural and professional context is just as important as how they cope with...

Left: Skull of a man found lying prone in the lagoons sediments. The skull has multiple lesions consistent with wounds from a blunt implement. Right: The skull in situ.

Evidence of a prehistoric massacre extends the history of warfare

20 Jan 2016

Skeletal remains of a group of foragers massacred around 10,000 years ago on the shores of a lagoon is unique evidence of a violent encounter between...

Skull of a man with multiple lesions on the side, probably caused by a club.

Opinion: Finding a hunter-gatherer massacre scene that may change history of human warfare

19 Jan 2016

Marta Mirazon Lahr (Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies) discusses the discovery, made by her and her team, of the oldest known case of...

Screen capture from a Rialto PD officer's body-worn-camera

First scientific report shows police body-worn-cameras can prevent unacceptable use-of-force

23 Dec 2014

As Obama pledges investment in body-worn-camera technology for police officers, researchers say cameras induce ‘self-awareness’ that can prevent...

Householders who use violence against burglars

30 Oct 2012

At the 2012 Conservative Party conference, new Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced plans to amend the criminal law to ensure that even...

Letter from directors of the East India Company ordering an inquiry into the allegations of torture raised in a recent parliamentary debate.

Hidden narratives of torture

05 Jul 2012

Allegations of torture by government officials are emerging daily from countries caught up in the struggle for democracy. Derek Elliott, a researcher...