Assault

A new study shows that exposure to police violence is linked with negative mental-health outcomes.

Updates to stories from the Pacific Standard archive.

A new federal survey on hate crimes offers cause for both alarm and confusion.

For young men, as well as young women, the move to campus brings unprecedented sexual vulnerability. But men are even less likely than women to report sexual assault.

Two studies show that fighting domestic violence just isn't that easy.

With cuts in support staff, RNs often find themselves alone with difficult patients, a disaster waiting to happen.

Mistrust and resentment may make arrestees more violent once they’re in prison.

With a study of the impact of Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino, a heated debate gets fresh ammunition.

For some, the sense that they are not sufficiently masculine leads to stress, and ultimately to striking out at the women closest to them.

New research from Australia says it’s not that simple.