Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research: Volume 16 Issue 2

Zone of peace: beliefs, roles, and practices

Rodgen Marginado Jabor

The purpose of this study is to explore the understanding and observance of the program “This School is a Zone of Peace” (SZOP) in schools where conflict and violence are not…

To stay silent or to blow the whistle? Bystander’s intervening acts when witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV)

Abby Griffin, Rachel Worthington

Social psychology has focused on an individual’s reaction to emergencies and witnessing a crime, which has developed theories of bystander intervention and bystander apathy. The…

State responses to herder–farmers conflict and peace-building in rural grazing areas of Nigeria

Abubakar Yinusa Muhammed, Waziri B. Adisa, Johnson Ayodele, Olawale James Gbadeyan, Esther Garba

Conflicts between herders and farmers in Nigeria in the last five years have been destructive to the corporate existence of Nigerian society and the Nigerian State, especially in…

Patient and visitor verbal aggression toward frontline health-care workers: a qualitative study of experiences and potential solutions

Gina Myers, Christopher Kowal

Violence toward frontline health-care workers (HCWs) from patients and visitors is a pervasive issue that ranges from verbal and psychological abuse to physical assault. The…

Invited commentary on using music intervention and imagined interaction to deal with aggression and conflict

James M. Honeycutt

The purpose of this commentary is discuss how musical intervention and imagined interactions can be used to deal with conflict. Music has been called the universal language…

Why do they decide to stay? Experience of Indian women surviving intimate partner violence

E.P. Abdul Azeez, Dandub Palzor Negi, Tanu Kukreja, Kamini C. Tanwar, M. Surya Kumar, V. Kalyani, Darakhshan Harmain

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent public health issue impacting women’s physical and mental health and psychosocial walks of life across cultures and societies…

Risk and protective factors for self-harm in secure mental health hospitals: a systematic review

Lisa Maria Beethoven Steene, Lisa Gaylor, Jane L. Ireland

The current review aims to focus on how risk and protective factors for self-harm in secure mental health hospitals are captured in the literature.