Aggression and Violence

The tragic Charleston church shootings have renewed debates about gun control in the United States. A new study published in Pediatrics may contribute to the dialogue by exposing the link ... Read More

In the wake of the shooting rampage that killed nine people at one of the country’s oldest historically black churches, debates about gun control have again entered the national dialogue. ... Read More

School shootings, bomb threats, and similarly horrific crimes often spark national dialogues about “mental illness”. Yet research consistently suggests that those with mental health ... Read More

Murder may be as old as humanity itself, but we don’t know much about the nature or origins of violent behavior among early humans. Now, researchers think they may have found a skull ... Read More

Painkillers and benzodiazepines are among the world’s most popular drugs. Every year, doctors in the United States write more than 100 million benzodiazepine prescriptions and more ... Read More

Violence in video games has long concerned parents, who worry about the influence on impressionable minds of controversial games such as Grand Theft Auto. In many games, players score higher ... Read More

The continuum of exposure to domestic violence ranges from chronic arguing and yelling to controlling behaviors, threats, and intimidation, to physical threats, threats of suicide or murder, ... Read More

Sexual assault, a difficult subject for many people to talk or even think about, is an unfortunate reality for the approximately 250,000 people who are sexually assaulted in the United ... Read More

Cell phone video (below) of a confrontation between a homeless man and four members of the Los Angeles Police Department shows police fatally shooting the man, firing multiple shots at ... Read More

In a culture saturated with violent images, parents naturally worry about their children and the influence of these images on their behavior. The question of whether being exposed to violent ... Read More

Author’s note: This article is written explicitly for women who have been sexually assaulted as teens or adults. Although many of the emotional and psychological issues resulting from ... Read More

Gathering accurate data on police shootings is notoriously difficult, since police departments aren’t required to report shootings to the FBI. According to a 2012 analysis by ProPublica, ... Read More