Jun
11
Friday Wrap-Up and Safe Terminations
June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
So here’s the craziest thing: I am home all week next week. And I am home now. And I will be home until the 22nd–of course, then we get into some ridiculous summer travel, but that’s another post. So I am enjoying the site of my desk, though I can barely see a square inch [...]
Apr
15
Intimate Partner Homicides
April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
JWI‘s National Alliance to End Domestic Violence is hosting a webinar on intimate partner homicides and familicides, Wednesday, April 21st at 12pm ET. It’s $25 to attend (free, though if you’re a member). Featured speakers are Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell and Dr. David Adams.
Apr
13
Threat Assessment
April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Don’t forget about our latest $50 Amazon.com giveaway in honor of SAAM. To enter just let us know in the original post’s Comments section how you commemorated any day during SAAM, and one inspiring aspect of the day or the event you attended. You have until May 4th to be eligible. Sorry for another last [...]
Apr
8
Video Game as Learning Tool
April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It’s an interesting idea–using a computer game to provide education about genocide. That’s what mtvU has done with Darfur is Dying, “a narrative-based simulation where the user, from the standpoint of a displaced Darfurian, negotiates forces that threaten the survival of his or her refuge camp. It offers a faint glimpse of what it’s like [...]
Mar
19
Injury Research
March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
From VAWNet: The CDC has released their Injury Research Agenda for 2009-2018. You can see the full report here (PDF).
Mar
11
Firearms
March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The University of Utah Eccles Health Science Library has an online firearms tutorial available here. It’s easy to use and has almost no bells and whistles (but it has photos!) so you should be able to view this on any computer. I’m not sure when the course was last updated (some of the statistics look [...]
