Lack of awareness causes our society to fail to put an end to victimization. News stations cover the trivial aspects of Paris Hilton’s life, rather than point out the prevalence of rape or teen violence. As individuals, we can all do our part to help raise awareness, and thus spark social change. For example, I… Read More

Neal Peirce recently wrote about the gathering storm of violent crime in the USA. I include an excerpt: The Police Executive Research Forum sees a “gathering storm” of violent crime, a “tipping point” in many cities. There’s something to this: The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report shows violent offenses up 1.3 percent last year, following a… Read More

I highly value freedom above all else. My political philosophy resembles a mixture of libertarianism, anarchism, and minarchism. Basically, I think that humanity benefits most when everyone is legally allowed to do whatever they want insofar as they don’t offensively harm anyone else against those people’s respective wills. Accordingly, I support free trade, and want… Read More

Kathy Rumleski recently reported on a speech by Arun Gandhi. I include an excerpt: Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, turned the tables at a London conference on children and domestic violence, asking delegates to consider how they may be violent. “We cannot claim that we are not violent because we don’t go around beating… Read More

Janet Gilbert recently wrote an article in which she names the best prevention for violence, in her opinion: […]when the coverage of the funerals is over, we will be asking ourselves, what can we do to prevent this sort of thing? And I think I know the answer. I have no training in security, but… Read More

In a recent commentary, Jonathan Freedman says that TV violence does not cause real violence. I include an excerpt: It is unfortunate that the Federal Communications Commission has recently concluded that exposure to media violence increases aggression. Despite what the report says, the scientific evidence does not support the hypothesis that exposure to media violence… Read More

Shane VerPlanck recently wrote an article about victim-assistance. I include an excerpt: Do you know someone who has been a victim of crime in the recent past? Chances are you do, and that crime victim might have been you or a close family member. The results of that crime could have had tragic and lifelong… Read More

I quote an excerpt from chapter 12 of The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard: If every man has the absolute right to his justly-held property it then follows that he has the right to keep that property — to defend it by violence against violent invasion. Absolute pacifists who also assert their belief… Read More

Vera Institute of Justice released the following to the press: Although crime is up in many American cities, lawmakers should think twice before raising penalties and extending prison sentences, advises a study released today by the Vera Institute of Justice, a 45-year-old nonprofit organization that works on safety and justice issues and is headed by… Read More