RIVA (Research Into Violence & Aggression) was established in 2007 as a not for profit organisation whose aim was to properly map the landscape of violence with the aim of providing realistic and concrete solutions to the problems of violence and aggression in todays society.

Most of the research into violence to date has been concerned with purely quantifying and categorising the types of violence which are prevalent in society. Much of this research is actually unusable when it comes to advising individuals (rather than law enforcement agencies etc), what they can do to protect themselves or reduce their exposure to violent behaviour.

RIVA works with several violence management companies as well as with public bodies to provide them with the correct information on which to base their training as well as helping individuals by answering their questions on violence based on the research done.