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Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, spoke on “The Conversationalist” podcast in an episode titled “Raising The Red Flag.” In the episode, Flannery discussed mental health and violence, the…

Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, recently served on a gun violence community forum panel at First Unitarian Church of Cleveland in Shaker Heights, with Partnership for a Safer Cleveland's Mike Walker, who serves on…

Renne R. Dragomir, research associate and IHBT consultant for the Center for Innovative Practices at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-authored a piece for American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists’ Family Therapy Magazine. The article was titled…

Fredrick Butcher, research assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Kristen Boyer, research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, penned a piece about how schools should approach the issue of truancy.…

Karen Coen Flynn, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, and Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center, penned a piece on gun violence. Their article, titled “We Can Change Our Culture of Gun…

Case Western Reserve University was honored at the Positive Education Program (PEP) Rally 4 Kids annual event on May 15. Multiple centers at the university were recognized for their various contributions to PEP’s work serving children in the community with mental health and behavioral…

Faculty and researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School make headlines every day for work that advances social justice and creates a more just world. Check out some of the top stories from the past month: Pay for Success: Robert Fischer March 26 Ohio Treasurer Aims to Help Tackle…

The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education will co-sponsor “Just Justice: A Discussion on Juvenile Justice Reform” today (March 28) from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Shaker Heights Youth Center (17300 Van Aken Blvd.). Jeff Kretschmar, managing director of the Begun Center, and Ayesha…

Researchers at the Mandel School awarded $715,000 grant to examine thousands of police interviews with sexual assault victims Police officers may use “signaling” language in sexual assault reports—occasionally dropping hints about the validity of the victim’s claims—that possibly influences an…

Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education Senior Research Associate Rachel Lovell and Research Assistant Joanna Klingenstein, and Liuhong Yang, a PhD student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences, recently had an article published titled “Testing…