Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education

Partnerships between the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office (CCMEO) and the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education have allowed for the creation of a comprehensive database of over 250+ variables to understand fatal overdoses in the county. A team of researchers…

Throughout his career, Case Western Reserve University professor Daniel Flannery has focused on finding new ways of addressing some of society’s most pressing social problems. A prolific scholar, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied…

Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-wrote an op-ed regarding policies he said have failed and undermined Ohio’s juvenile justice system, making communities less safe. Titled “Mandatory bindover - unfairly turning children into adults,”…

Dan Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, was one of the presenters at the "Reducing Violent Crime: Strategies and Funding Opportunities for Law Enforcement" webinar, hosted by the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS). Flannery gave a…

Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, presented to the Cuyahoga County Opiate Task Force at their meeting in February. In his presentation, "Responding to Overdose in Cuyahoga County Final NIJ…

The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education’s Karen Flynn, senior research associate, Michelle Riske-Morris, senior research associate, David Hussey, research director, recently published work in the Journal of Community Psychology. Titled “Opportunities to improve behavioral…