October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but the pandemic has overshadowed the national conversation about intimate partner violence. This is unfortunate, particularly because COVID-19 has ...

A national gun safety advocacy group is offering up new guidelines for mayors now struggling to manage two public health crises at the same time -- COVID-19 and gun violence.

Assaults against nurses are rising — and nurses are making it clear: Violence is not part of the job description.

The path forward, fraught with racial, political, and social tension, should address the rising public health threat of violence toward Asian Americans.

Is Domestic Violence Rising During the Coronavirus Shutdown? Here’s What the Data Shows. Reports of domestic abuse in three cities have dropped. But police and experts say that may be a problem.

Keywords: Cultural Studies, COVID-19, Culture and Society, Gender, Law and Society, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Inequality, Social Justice and Social Change.

We must use the COVID-19 recovery phase as an opportunity to intervene through audacious policies that dismantle structural inequities, including redirecting massive state spending on our prison ...

“The epidemic has had a huge impact on domestic violence,” said Wan. “According to our statistics, 90% of the causes of violence are related to the COVID-19 epidemic.” Wan believes the fear and ...

Covid Becomes an Excuse for Crime The focus on comparing 2019 and 2022 rates obscures how bad policy has worsened violence. By Joshua Crawford Share ...

Violence among adolescents went up during the Covid-19 period with young people experiencing sexual, emotional and physical violence.