Homicide, motor vehicle theft, carjacking, and shoplifting are grabbing headlines across the country. But what do the latest data show about what happened in 2023? How have trends changed since before […]

DV RISC is presenting a webinar series on the most prevalently researched lethality risk factors commonly addressed in intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessments: Stalking, Strangulation, Recent Separation, Firearms, and […]

One common struggle for schools and communities implementing CVI strategies is defining how and where resources ought to be deployed to intervene, prevent violence and create safer learning environments for […]

Join the National Mass Violence Center (NMVC) for its 9th National Town Hall on “Trauma Across the Lifespan of Mass Violence Survivors & Impacted Communities.”   At the conclusion of […]

Black women-identified survivors have been disproportionately harmed by the triple pandemics of COVID-19, intimate partner violence, and racial injustice. As a field, we must boldly design and create innovative approaches […]

DV RISC is presenting a webinar series on the most prevalently researched lethality risk factors commonly addressed in intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessments: Stalking, Strangulation, Recent Separation, Firearms, and […]

This talk will feature the collaborative research of Dr. Joseph Richardson and Che Bullock. The presentation will examine the social context of structural violence, community violence, and trauma in the […]

Black women-identified survivors have been disproportionately harmed by the triple pandemics of COVID-19, intimate partner violence, and racial injustice. As a field, we must boldly design and create innovative approaches […]

DV RISC is presenting a webinar series on the most prevalently researched lethality risk factors commonly addressed in intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessments: Stalking, Strangulation, Recent Separation, Firearms, and […]

Gender-based violence often involves physical violence targeted at the head, neck, and face—through blows to the head or strangulation. Though this has been common knowledge for decades, brain injuries caused […]