Prosecutions are important, but not as the main policy lever for deterrence.
Collective vigilantism, group violence to punish perceived offenses to a community, is both global and common in the contemporary world. It…
Nonviolent action (NVA) campaigns are more frequent now than ever before, yet we know comparatively little about how the demographic…
The ethical risks inherent in student research on political violence that involve human participants are myriad. Undergraduate and master’s…
This article reviews the remarkable growth in empirical literature in political science on wartime sexual violence against civilians,…
Undergraduate and master’s students frequently conduct independent human subjects research on topics related to political violence and…
What are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy? Under what conditions does lynching –…
Quantitative data about political violence are frequently based on “desk research,” data derived from secondary sources that do not require…
Last year, at a global conference on sexual violence during war, many speakers agreed that the best way to deter such crimes was…