CRiVA was launched in June 2013, and our Director is Professor Nicole Westmarland, with Professor Hannah Bows and Dr Nikki Rutter  as Deputy Directors. We currently have approximately 300 members, consisting of around 80 staff and students from within the university and around 220 members from across the UK and internationally.

We regularly engage in a number of different activities, from coffee mornings to away days, as well as public lectures, seminars and conferences. We have a number of postgraduate researchers who are actively involved in the research centre, and conducting research into a range of different areas relating to violence and abuse.