Violence

Insights and analysis into the implications of policies that may impact violence against women, lesbians, gay men and gender nonconforming individuals.

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Building A New Table for Community Research

It’s not enough to invite impacted communities to the table, community research requires building a new table. The researchers behind the Minnesota Missing and Murdered African-American Women Task Force provide a model.

Picture of protest sign that reads: The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. THe most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman. Malcom X

Violence

Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls in Minnesota

Missing and murdered Black women and girls is a national crisis. Minnesota may soon establish the first office dedicated to fighting violence against Black women and girls.

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Health, Human Rights, Development & Security, Labor, Family & Economic Security, Violence

Preventing Human Trafficking

US federal policy has over-emphasized prosecuting, and not preventing, human trafficking. It’s time for a public health approach to trafficking.

Criminal Legal System, Human Rights, Development & Security, Labor, Family & Economic Security, Violence

What’s Wrong with the US Federal Response to “Sex Trafficking”?

The federal response to sex trafficking has overemphasized prosecution. To fix what is wrong, we need to divest from the carceral system and invest in human rights.

Criminal Legal System, Labor, Family & Economic Security, Violence

How to End Violence Against Sex Workers

December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. To end violence against sex workers, we must decriminalize sex work.

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Criminal Legal System, Gender, Race & Place in MN, Violence

Confronting Crime and Criminalization: Race, Gender and Policing in Minneapolis

Women of color are more likely to experience gender-based violence and fear of contacting the police for help.

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Education, Violence

To Prevent Sexual Assault, Expand How We Assess “Campus Climate”

Looking beyond just incidents of sexual assault makes campus climate surveys more effective.

Violence

VAWA Reauthorization Presents an Opportunity for Bold Transformation

The Violence Against Women Act has come to prioritize criminal legal initiatives over support, counseling and advocacy. It’s time to think bigger.

Violence

It’s Time to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

Intersecting crises make VAWA reauthorization even more urgent.

Criminal Legal System, Violence

From Warriors to Guardians, Race Shapes Police Masculinity

Police chiefs describe a profound link between the racial contexts of gun violence and disparate modes of police response.

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Health, Violence

Lessons Learned: What the Pandemic Has Taught Us (So Far) About Intimate Partner Violence

Making these changes to support survivors through the pandemic can lay the groundwork for a safer, more equitable future.

Gender, Race & Place in MN, Violence

The Persistence of Sexual Violence in Minnesota

Sexual violence is deeply entrenched and rooted in racial and economic inequalities. Ending it will require social, cultural, and political change.

Leadership, Representation & Civil Rights, Violence

“That Woman From Michigan”: Gretchen Whitmer and Violence Against Women in Politics

As women enter politics and assume more high-level positions, they face violent and vitriolic backlash to their political participation on gendered grounds.

Gender and Gun Violence, Violence

What the Threat of Gun Violence Has Taught a Generation of American Children

Gun violence contributes to significant trauma in American youth, with important gendered impacts both inside and out of schools.

Gender and Gun Violence, Violence

Love and Violent Death

Federal policy change in the '90s reduced lethal intimate partner violence. But after a long downward trend, recent years have seen an uptick in these deaths, driven exclusively by guns.

Cari Jo Clark

Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

Marizen Ramirez

University of Minnesota, School of Public Health

Lynette M. Renner

University of Minnesota, School of Social Work

Violence

Building A New Table for Community Research

Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls in Minnesota

Preventing Human Trafficking

What’s Wrong with the US Federal Response to “Sex Trafficking”?

How to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Confronting Crime and Criminalization: Race, Gender and Policing in Minneapolis

To Prevent Sexual Assault, Expand How We Assess “Campus Climate”

VAWA Reauthorization Presents an Opportunity for Bold Transformation

It’s Time to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

From Warriors to Guardians, Race Shapes Police Masculinity

Lessons Learned: What the Pandemic Has Taught Us (So Far) About Intimate Partner Violence

The Persistence of Sexual Violence in Minnesota

“That Woman From Michigan”: Gretchen Whitmer and Violence Against Women in Politics

What the Threat of Gun Violence Has Taught a Generation of American Children

Love and Violent Death