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.

While COVID-19-related lockdowns may have decreased the spread of a deadly virus, they appear to have created an ideal environment for increased domestic violence. Extra stress in the COVID-19 ...

Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss, and lack of ability to pay for housing and food has exacerbated the often silent epidemic of intimate partner violence, a new study ...

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

The stark reality is that the impact of violence against women and girls and growing inequalities could be far greater and long lasting compared to the immediate toll of Covid-19 infections alone.

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 ...

Some public health experts are bracing for a spike in COVID-19 cases in the wake of protests against police brutality.