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Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse

The Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) is dedicated to improving knowledge about interpersonal violence and abuse, and professional and societal responses to it.
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Welcome to CRiVA

Based within the Department of Sociology at Durham University, the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) has research impact at its core.

Our researchers have strong connections with policy and practice, based upon our driving force of working towards ending violence and abuse across society. We have nearly 100 staff members and researchers and a further 200 individuals from the UK and abroad, working on multi-disciplinary research from across the departments of Sociology, Law School and beyond. We provide free webinars for practitioners, policy makers, survivors and other community members.
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Some of our members attending a CRiVA away day in 2018

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You can contact us by e-mail, post, phone, or tweet us. If you are interested in getting involved with CRiVA, please send us an e-mail. To sign up to our mailing list, click on the link below.

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    CRiVA
    Department of Sociology
    32 Old Elvet
    Durham University
    Durham, DH1 3HN
    United Kingdom

    Tel: +44 (0)191 334 2000