Research Center on Violence at WVU

08/18/2026

Folks may be interested iCenter Director Dr. Walter DeKeseredy's chapter "Woman Abuse in Sports-Related Contexts: The Contribution of the State" that appears in this new book edited by Dawn L. Rothe, Victoria E. Collins, and Calli M. Cain

‘Bringing together cutting-edge scholars, the Handbook on State Criminality both surveys and extends our understandings of the dimensions, scale and aetiologies of state-corporate power, crime and harm. This Handbook presents a pressing research agenda around state harm and crime mitigation, justi...

08/12/2026

https://www.thestar.com/news/all-5-2018-world-junior-players-acquitted-of-sexual-assault-breached-hockey-canada-code-of-conduct-panel-says/article_eb155eaf-a57c-4c85-a11d-77e4ef204eed.html

The panel made up of three retired judges also recommended that player Alex Formenton's suspension be lifted immediately and that the suspensions of the other four players should be maintained

07/30/2026

Center Director Dr. Walter DeKeseredy has a new timely article in the journal Race and Justice.

https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/F9ZKMQKYFZ52UV6QNJMS/full

07/22/2026

Some people might be interested in watching a webinar about the new book Natural Resource Extraction and Violence Against Women, which is sponsored by the Canadian Sociological Association. It features Center Director Dr. Walter DeKeseredy and Drs. Claire Renzetti, Joseph Donnermeyer, and Jayne Mooney. Below is the link

This webinar focuses on a timely global issue. Natural Resource Ext...

07/10/2026

Please attend this event on Center Director Dr. Walter DeKeseredy's new book Natural Resource Extraction and Violence Against Women: Drilling Down on Patriarchy. It is sponsored by the Canadian Sociological Association and registration is free.

06/27/2026

On Tuesday, June 30, Center Director Dr. Walter DeKeseredy is presenting a paper titled "Growing Up Bad: Youth Hockey Teams, Male Peer Support, and Male Violence Against Women in Professional Hockey Contexts" at the annual meetings of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health in Montreal at the University Quebec at Montreal.

06/18/2026

https://x.com/utpress/status/2067653638684581911?s=46&t=AKxNDsJ04RG4BfkRMr0ATg

06/18/2026

Sponsored by the Canadian Sociological Association, Center Director Dr. Walter DeKeseredy is, on June 22, giving a webinar on his new book Sport and Violence Against Women: Research, Theory, and Policy. Registration is free and below is the link to this event.

This webinar is timely in light of the spring 2025 Hockey Canada trial in London, Ontario. Published in 2026 by University of Toronto Press, Sport and Violence Against Women is a scholarly book that offers an incisive examination of violence against women in the world of athletics. Drawing on decade...

05/08/2026

Next week, Center Director will present two papers at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Justice Studies Conference at the University of Winnipeg. It will be a great event.

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The CIJS

05/02/2026

For those interested in the issue of violence against women in professional sports-related contexts, please watch Center Director Dr. Walter DeKeseredy's interview (along with other experts who were interviewed) on this CBC Saskatchewan radio show.

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