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ECtHR cites the Violence Lab research findings!

In the case of Svrtan v. Croatia the ECtHR cites Violence Lab and Balkan Criminology homicide studies

VIOLENCE RESEARCH LAB TEAM PRESENTS AT EUROCRIM 2024!

Inequality and Violent Crime: Understanding the Nexus

Written by: Dr. Vedran Recher

Violence Lab researcher obtained his doctoral degree

Social aspects of crime

Written by: Dr. Marko Mrakovčić

Trends in murder rates in the Republic of Croatia in the period from 2011-2020

Written by: Dr. Mirjana Kondor-Langer

Football hooliganism

Written by: Dr. Pero Mihaljević

School violence

Written by: Valentina Šapina

Violence Lab at XXXVII. International Post Graduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice

Violence Lab researcher obtained her doctoral degree

Brief visit of the president of the ECHR Síofra O’Leary to Violence Lab

Commission proposed EU – wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence

Text written by: Dr. Pero Mihaljević

Violence Lab at the ECHR with judge Davor Derenčinović

Visiting the ECHR

Poverty and peer violence at school

Text written by: Karlo Bojčić

Violence Lab members presenting at ESC 2022 in Malaga, Spain

Malaga from September 21st until September 24th 2022.

Prof. Dr. Davor Derenčinović, Chair of Violence Lab’s Scientific Advisory Board, is elected as a judge of the ECHR

Guns in the USA – protection or extreme vigilantism? (part II)

First findings from the Balkan Homicide Study published

New book by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac, now availabe

Violence Lab members presenting at CJS Conference

Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe

Violence Lab members presenting at ESC 2021

What about aggressive behaviour in Alzheimer’s?

Written by: Dr. Vjekoslav Peitl

Some Trends and Characteristics of the Domestic Violent Extremism as a Result of Radicalism and Extremism

Written by: Dr. Pero Mihaljević

Dr. Reana Bezić as the new Head of the Project

The economic costs of crime

Written by: Dr. Vedran Recher

Prof. Dr. Getoš Kalac appointed to the Executive Board of the Croatian Science Foundation (CSF)

The deadly price of toilet paper rolls

Written by Dalia Pribisalić

Balkan Criminology at University of Oxford’s Faculty of Law

Online, 19 May 2021, 5:00PM to 6:00PM (CEST)

CroViMo PhD students defend their dissertation topics

Preventing Violence and Risky Behaviours among Adolescents

Written by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Goran Livazović

Prof. Dr. Davor Derenčinović, Chair of Violence Lab’s Scientific Advisory Board nominated for a judge at the ECHR

Remarks on the Legal Aspects of the Criminal Offense of Murder as the Ultimate Form of Violence

Written by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Igor Vuletić

Violence against adults with disabilities

Written by Petra Polić

Murders and aggravated murders in the Family: Some practical research conclusions in Croatia

Written by Assist. Prof. Mirjana Kondor-Langer

California Child Welfare Indicators Project (CCWIP)

Written by Petra Šprem

Violence as a challenging but popular topic

Written by Assist. Prof. Ruža Karlović

Violence Research Lab at the Annual Scientific Conference of the Croatian Academy of Legal Sciences

(22-23 October, 2020)

Prof. Dr. Davor Derenčinović, Chair of Violence Lab’s Scientific Advisory Board demystifies the shooting incident at St. Mark’s Square

Rish case in 2019: Denying (benefits from) the New Domestic Violence Statute (part II)

Written by Assist. Prof. Dr. Lucija Sokanović

Personality disorders and propensity to violence?

Written by: Dr. Vjekoslav Peitl

Violence Lab presentation at the VII. Police College Research Days

Upcoming event

Dealing with sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church

Written by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac & Petra Šprem

Two Violence Lab panels at the ESC 2020

Event

Cyberbullying

Written by: Valentina Šapina

Teacher targeted bullying

Written by: Karlo Bojčić

Domestic violence and impact of Coronavirus

Written by: Pero Mihaljević

Unravelling the Conceptual Chaos of Cyber Violence

Written by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac

What is marital rape and why does it remain hidden?

Written by: Petra Polić

Međunarodna znanstvena zajednica osudila postupak Zaklade

"Kršenje akademskih sloboda i zlostavljanje kriminologa u Hrvatskoj"

Etiology blindness – a wonderful stroke of luck?

Written by: Petra Šprem

‘Cyber bullying by faceless bureaucracy’ u domeni nacionalnog financiranja znanosti

Written by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac

„Kibernetičke budalaštine“ Zaklade

Osvrt na Zakladinu „Obavijest vezanu uz anketiranje“

Economics of crime – an introduction

Written by: Vedran Recher

Mass shootings – the “American epidemic” (part I)

Text by: Dalia Pribisalić

GIS based analysis of violence and crime: towards a geography of violence/crime

Written by: Dr. Nikola Šimunić, project researcher

Is Criminal Law Ready for Violence Committed by Autonomous Intelligence?

Written by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Igor Vuletić

Anketa o kibernetičkom zlostavljanju od strane bezlične birokracije

Pokušaj birokratske cenzure od strane Zaklade

Rish case in 2019: Denying (benefits from) the New Domestic Violence Statute

Written by: Head of Regional Violence Lab Split, Dr. Lucija Sokanović

‘Making a murderer’ – Interview with Netflix’s star Jerome Buting

An interview is conducted by Violence Lab Researcher Petra Šprem

The Value of Architectural Heritage: On Vulnerability and the Future of Humanity – Guest Lecture by Professor Susanne Krasmann

Guest lecture announcement

Familicide – aggravated and mitigating circumstances?

Written by: Violence Lab Researcher, Dr. Mirjana Kondor Langer

New job position – a young researcher

Rethinking: Violence of non-doing

Written by: Violence Lab Researcher Petra Šprem

Police and citizen brutality

Written by: Violence Lab Researcher Valentina Šapina

“The better angels of our nature – The decline of violence in history and its causes” by Steven Pinker – book recommendation

A book recommendation by Violence Lab Staff Member Petra Šprem

Violence as ever-present complex social phenomenon

Written by: Violence Lab Researcher Dr. Ruža Karlović

2 Violence Lab panels at ESC 2019

The Violence Lab is organising 2 panels at the 19th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC 2019).

Schizophrenia and Violence

Written by: Violence Lab Researcher Dr. Vjekoslav Peitl

The link between video game violence and real life violence

Written by: Violence Lab Staff member, Karlo Bojčić

Violence Lab hosting Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marieke Liem

Zagreb, 19-20/05/2019: Head of Violence Lab Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marieke Liem from Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs - discussing the...

Chair of Violence Lab’s advisory board elected as GRETA’s President

Chair of Violence Lab’s scientific advisory board elected as GRETA’s President

CroViMo Events

Violence Lab team members will participate in important national and international conferences.

Scientific publications

The scientific publications of CroViMo will be produced and continuously submitted for publishing during the whole course of the funding period in the form of journal articles by all CroViMo...

Research focuses

Violence Lab research focuses include etiology, phenomenology, prosecution of delinquent violence.

Violence Research Lab Team

The Violence Research Lab work plan will be implemented as a joint team effort by all Violence Research Lab research group members and associates.