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Preventing Violence : The Past, Present and Future of the Public Health Approach.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Irwin-Rogers, Keir.
Contributor:
Billingham, Luke.
Fraser, Alistair, 1982-
Gillon, Fern.
McVie, Susan.
Newburn, Tim.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public health.
Criminology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (0 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Policy Press, 2025.
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
This book explores the public health approach to preventing interpersonal violence, focusing on its application in England and Wales. Authored by experts in criminology, the work examines the history, current practices, and future directions of this approach. It provides an in-depth analysis of Violence Reduction Units (VRUs), their development, and the challenges they face. The authors argue for a more comprehensive and coordinated strategy to address violence, emphasizing evidence-based interventions and multi-agency collaboration. The intended audience includes policymakers, researchers, and professionals in public health, criminology, and social policy, seeking to develop safer societies through informed strategies for violence prevention. Generated by AI.
Contents:
Front Cover
Preventing Violence The Past, Present and Future of the Public Health Approach
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures and tables
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Scope
‘Youth violence’
Geographic focus
Generalisability
Trends in violence
The causes of interpersonal violence
Root causes
Direct causes
The ecological framework
The relationship between shame, mattering, and violence
The public health approach to violence prevention
The limitations of existing interpretations of the public health approach
Advancing the public health approach using the ‘Four Is’ framework
Researching the public health approach to violence prevention
Interviews and focus groups
Documentary analysis
Police-recorded crime data
Workshops with regional VRUs
Ethics
Summary
Structure and style
Part I: A short history of the public health approach to violence prevention Generated by AI.
Notes:
This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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ISBN:
1-4473-7386-3
OCLC:
1513379131

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