The 2006 National Index

of Violence and Harm

 

─ released December 23, 2006 ─


 
a project of the Manchester College Peace Studies Institute

and the Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility

The most recent NIVAH release is available at www.manchester.edu/links/ViolenceIndex/index.htm

 

News Releases

Last decade sees closing poverty gap between minorities and whites, young and old, women and men.  Large income gap between poor and rich persists.  (November 15, 2007 - PDF)

2006 Index Release: Decade Long Trend of Lessening Violence and Harm in the U.S. ─ Treatment of Most Vulnerable is Notable Exception  (December 23, 2006 - PDF)

"Trends in homelessness, health, hunger and dropout data suggest a 'Society at Risk'"   (December 19, 2005 - PDF)

 

The National Index of Violence and Harm (NIVAH) was developed in 2000 by a team of researchers at Manchester College.  The goals of this project are to quantify levels of violence and harm done to people in the United States and identify trends over time.  The initial version of the Index, spanning  the years 1995-98, was released in December, 2000.  The following links provide details on the construction of the Index and findings from the 2006 release.

All items associated with the Index are copyrighted by the Manchester College Peace Studies Institute and the  Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility .  We encourage wide dissemination of these materials but request that permission be sought for anything more than personal use and that appropriate acknowledgment be given.  We would also appreciate being informed of how others use the Index in their own research, academic and advocacy work.  The Index graphic is available for use by media outlets with acknowledgment of the source.

The Index was originally developed by the following team, coordinated by Neil Wollman.

For more information about the Index contact Neil Wollman at nwollman@bentley.edu or 260-568-0116.  You may also be interested in looking at other projects of the Peace Studies Institute and the Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility.

This page maintained by Jim Brumbaugh-Smith - last updated on 11/19/07