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There’s more to learn about violence prevention.
We Help Preserve Futures Through Actionable Research
With your financial support, we can:
Expand the efforts of the Centers for Violence Prevention to understand and prevent violence in all its forms.
Enhance the interdisciplinary breadth of the Centers with new faculty positions to address critical questions related to violence.
Translate research into evidence-driven policy and programs that offer communities and lawmakers insights for decreasing violence
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Violence is a major health and social problem that affects all people in its wake — but it shouldn’t be this way. With your help, we will turn research into action, informing policy and collaborating with communities to develop effective responses to violence so that all people can live free from violence in all forms.
Gifts to support CVP can be made through the Violence Prevention Research Program Fund.
Latest Studies Made Possible by You
"Police Have More Standing" vs "I Don't Need the Cops to Stand In for Me"
Public Perspectives on Police-Initiated ERPO Petitions in California
About the ResearchFINDINGS IN BRIEFWhile nearly two-thirds (63.2%; n=2188) of survey respondents favored police-initiated petitions, write-in responses…
PREPRINT: Decreased support for political violence in the United States in mid-2026
Findings from a nationally representative survey
These findings are clear. Entrapment in a spiral of escalating political violence is not inevitable in the United States. Those who promote political violence…
Approval of the National Rifle Association and political violence
Findings from a nationally representative survey
Despite its recent scandals, the NRA may remain capable of mobilizing large numbers of people who are armed and willing to use violence to advance political…