Achieving population-level violence declines: implications of the international crime drop for prevention programming

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations for the period 2016-2030 aim to achieve a substantial reduction of interpersonal violence. An increasing body of evidence of what works, emerging from randomized controlled trials, can inform public health policy decisions. Howev...

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Published in:Journal of public health policy 2016-09, Vol.37 (Suppl 1), p.66
Main Authors: Eisner, Manuel, Nivette, Amy, Murray, Aja Louise, Krisch, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crime - prevention & control
Culture
Developed Countries - statistics & numerical data
Evidence-Based Practice
Health Policy
Health Promotion - methods
Health Promotion - organization & administration
Healthy People Programs
Humans
Public Health - methods
Violence - prevention & control
Violence - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations for the period 2016-2030 aim to achieve a substantial reduction of interpersonal violence. An increasing body of evidence of what works, emerging from randomized controlled trials, can inform public health policy decisions. However, there is very limited evidence on the kinds of mechanisms that lead to sustained declines in interpersonal violence at the population level. We discuss the implications of what is known about recent major declines in violence to guide violence-reduction policies.
ISSN:1745-655X