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

Manuel Eisner; Amy Nivette; Aja Louise Murray; Maria Krisch

doi:10.1057/s41271-016-0004-5

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

J Public Health Policy. 2016 Sep:37 Suppl 1:66-80. doi: 10.1057/s41271-016-0004-5.

Authors

Manuel Eisner¹, Amy Nivette², Aja Louise Murray³, Maria Krisch³

Affiliations

¹ Violence Research Centre, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, UK. mpe23@cam.ac.uk.
² Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³ Violence Research Centre, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, UK.

PMID: 27638243
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-016-0004-5

Abstract

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.

Keywords: public health policy; sustainable development goals; violence reduction.

MeSH terms

Child
Child Abuse / prevention & control
Crime / legislation & jurisprudence
Crime / prevention & control*
Cultural Characteristics
Developed Countries*
Evidence-Based Practice / organization & administration
Humans
Internationality*
Public Policy*
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
United Nations
Violence / legislation & jurisprudence
Violence / prevention & control