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Are Americans at increasing risk of being killed in a terrorist attack? A sociologist explains how the way we remember the dead may make it feel that way.
Barack Obama assumed office in January 2009 amid public euphoria and high expectations of greater racial harmony and reduced gun violence at home and a more stable and peaceful international order.
Does including torture or other human rights violations in video games trivialize the actions? Or might it force us to think more critically about them?
The Gurindji people of the Northern Territory made history 50 years ago by standing up for their rights to land and better pay. But a new book reveals the deeper story behind the Wave Hill Walk-Off.
With #BlackLivesMatter and a never-ending list of African Americans being killed by police, the film ‘Do The Right Thing’ is even more relevant now than when it was released 27 years ago.
Could their affinity for a certain type of television drama help explain why they’re drawn to his rhetoric?
Instead of seeking to blame immigrants or Islamic State, Europeans need to rise to the challenge posed by the modern world.
There is agreement that violent video games lead to aggression. But one can’t accurately predict a rampage shooting based on exposure to violent video games or any other single factor.
Unscrupulous politicians are adept at using regressive story lines that feed insecurities. That could be dangerous ahead of South Africa’s hotly-contested municipal elections.
Video of Philando Castile’s death has been seen around the world – and it’s all the more powerful because of who shot it.
Mining proposals are often hugely controversial in South Africa and can even lead to violence. Better strategic assessments based on participation and precaution would help.
Terrorism is a denial of the basic tenets of almost all religions.
The past decade has shown a strong connection between political protests and the looting of foreign-owned shops in South Africa. Research shows that local leaders use protests to maintain their power.
As automobile technology advanced, so did our safety measures. UC Denver and MIT sociologists explain how to do the same with guns.
Six of the nine people who died were black women. One year later, a Brandeis professor examines how black women have endured a legacy of racial violence in the U.S.
Aggression against sexual minorities is rooted in society-level stigmas that devalue LGBT individuals.
Police face overwhelming pressure from two kinds of violence.
The crimes of Brock Turner and Omar Mateen may be discussed as if they’re unrelated. They’re not.
One reason for the series’ success can undoubtedly be found in its spectacle of violence and sex.
Top contributors
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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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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
