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There is growing evidence indicating that violence against women may be the consequence of society’s rigid and stereotyped beliefs about what it means to be a “real man”.
Whenever the crisis in Burundi is discussed, the economy is often overlooked, even though it is central to understanding the backdrop to the most severe crisis since the end of the civil war.
Western media tropes of black widows, deviant sexuality and unthinking compliance fail to explain why violence crosses the gender divide.
New research shows that the old advertising maxim ‘sex and violence sell’ may be bad for business.
Classifying killers into particular types is intuitively appealing. It helps us make sense of what otherwise seems senseless. But this approach tells us only the smallest fraction of their motivation.
If someone wants to create panic with a gun and a smartphone, they can. If journalists want to protect the public from disturbing images, they can’t.
Many communities struggle with crime, violence and abuse, but they are not all the same. Those that look to local expertise for solutions offer hope in a world where success in preventing violence is rare.
Our morbid interest in the macabre never vanished – it was just displaced.
Statistics might lend the impression that going out at night anywhere in inner-city Melbourne is risky. But assaults in licensed premises are highly concentrated in specific venues.
Performers and audiences alike are undermined by graphic depictions of violence, like Michieletto’s Guillaume Tell.
The violence of the Royal Opera House’s production of William Tell should shock us - but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
Religious killing is the ultimate ideological statement, but it will not solve the murderer’s grievances.
Symbols matter – and there’s no stronger symbol than a flag in a post-conflict society.
To prevent men from using violence in their households, violence against children needs to stop before they become adults.
Research on the UK’s only source of statistics on violent crime shows that domestic violence and violence against women are massively understated.
The Queensland government has said it will push ahead with its plan to introduce lockouts and 3am closing times for pubs and clubs. This is a good idea for patrons and businesses alike.
Technology violence is a term that encompasses all types of harassment and abuse that occurs online and serves to control or intimidate women in particular.
The death of a 23-year-old boxer and the lifting of cage-fighting bans in every state but Western Australia raise the question of why we allow violence that would be criminal outside a ring or cage.
While the US still dominates global arms exports, Russia takes a close second as rising instability increases demand for the latest high-tech weaponry and surveillance gear.
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, 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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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
