Topic: Aggression
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new as of April 1, 2008
"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]
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.'" Here is a statement from her congressman. 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]
Follow-up - "Saudi king 'pardons' rape victim" [added 12/23/07]
Drug-facilitated, incapacitated, forcible rape - a national study from the National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center [added 11/17/07]
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]
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]
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]
Female genital mutilation - The World Health Organization provides information and resources on this topic. [added 12/29/06]Sexual violence against women and girls in Jamaica - a research report from Amnesty International USA [added 7/6/06]
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]
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]
"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]
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]
Aggression: "When men murder women..." - a recent (2005) report from the Violence Policy Center [added 1/10/06]
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]
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]
Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program - [added 3/15/05]
Domestic violence resources - from the American Bar Association's Commission on Domestic Violence [added 3/1/05]
Violence against women in Australia - a review of the literature and statistics by the Parliament of Australia [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]
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]
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]
Domestic violence - resources from the Welfare Information Network [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]
Links - to various gender violence sites - from the Gender and Diversities Institute [added 8/14/02]
Violence against Women - publications and other resources from the Violence Against Women Office, U.S. Department of Justice
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)"
"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]Police abuse against LGBT people in U.S. - report from Amnesty International USA [added 7/5/06]
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]
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)."
"Assault on Gay America" - PBS Frontline show (2000) on the life and death of Billy Jack Gaither
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]Hate crime statistics - from the U.S. Dept. of Justice [added 1/13/06]
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
Bullying in schools - article in The Washington Post [added 8/05/07]
Reducing bullying - From the International Association of Chiefs of Police, this article describes the successful efforts of a particular anti-bullying program. [added 12/22/06]
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]
"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]
Student party riots - I wouldn't think "student party riots" were sufficiently common to warrant a report, but here is one from Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the U.S. Department of Justice. [added 7/5/06]
Family violence statistics - Recent (2005) report from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics [added 1/2/06]
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
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
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]
Special Report: Violence and Video Games - from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, this report provides a variety of perspectives and info on the topic [added 12/06/02]
"Video Game Violence and Public Policy" - a conference paper from David Walsh of the National Institute on Media and the Family [added 12/06/02]
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]
"The influence of media violence on youth" - a new report published in the Psychological Science in the Public Interest [added 4/06/04]
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)
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]
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]
Youth violence prevention - publications and links from the U.S. Department of Justice
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]
Reducing bullying - From the International Association of Chiefs of Police, this article describes the successful efforts of a particular anti-bullying program. [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]
Prevention of Gender-based Violence - papers (in English and Spanish) from the Inter-American Forum (2002) on "The Role of Education in the Prevention of Gender-Based Violence" - from the Gender and Diversities Institute [added 8/14/02]
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]
Hate crime statistics for 2005 (U.S.) - from the F.B.I. [added 12/28/06]
Hate crimes against the homeless - A report from the National Coalition for the Homeless -- other material on the homeless can also be found here. [added 1/8/06]
"Crimes against persons age 65 or older, 1993-2002" - also from the Bureau of Justice Statistics [added 3/15/05]
Hate crimes against the homeless on the rise - a 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]
Effects of Stress on Aggression - This website accompanying an episode of Scientific American Frontiers focuses on the detrimental effects of stress on health. It includes discussion of how a "hostile personality" can have physiologically damaging effects. Also included is a brief survey to help you see if "your anger and hostility are putting your heart at risk." Watch the video. [added 7/23/03]
"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]
Workplace Violence - publications from OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis - classic articles
Modeling of Aggression - classic Bobo doll study
"Valentina's Nightmare" - PBS Frontline show (1998) on the Rwanda genocide
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