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Jeff Kretschmar Jeff Kretschmar, managing director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, recently co-authored a piece for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange with Summit County Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio. Titled “How Ohio’s Restore Court Focuses on Helping Sex…

In light of Anti-Bullying Week 2018, Jane Timmons-Mitchell and Daniel Flannery, senior research associate and director at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, respectively, co-authored a blog post for Cambridge University Press on bullying, its effects and what people…

The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education is partnering with RAHAB Ministries in Akron to provide clothes for 12- to- 20-year-old girls and young women who have experienced human trafficking. RAHAB Ministries provides assistance and mentoring to child survivors of human…

Rachel Lovell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, briefed the U.S. Congress about her work on untested sexual assault kits as part of the Division on Women and Crime (DWC) of the American Society of Criminology. At the Congressional…

Join the Mandel School of Applied Sciences Student-Alumni Network and the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education for a screening and discussion of I Am Evidence Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the Mandel School’s Noble Commons. The film, produced by the Joyful Heart…

In a recent study, a team of experts from the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences found medication-assisted treatment use didn’t increase the odds of drug court graduation, but social supports and age…

The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education will host several events Thursday, Oct. 4, in honor of its 20th anniversary. The events will be held at different locations at open to different audiences. Lunch + Learn with Begun Center National Advisory Board Members CWRU students…

Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education's Deputy Director Mark Singer and Director Daniel Flannery co-wrote an op-ed for Population Health News about the opioid crisis. They suggested several strategies for alleviating the crisis and argued for better management of the…

Research Assistant Professor Fred Butcher and Senior Research Associate Krystel Tossone, both affiliated with the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-authored a report for the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission. Their report, titled “Impact of House Bill 86 &…

Several Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education researchers collaborated with other experts to create the second edition of The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression for Cambridge University Press. The text was edited by Daniel J. Flannery, director of the Begun…