Violence Prevention Initiative

References

(Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence#Prevention Retrieved:2018-4-8.
- The threat and enforcement of physical punishment has been a tried and tested method of preventing some violence since civilisation began. It is used in various degrees in most countries.

(Krug et al., 2002) ⇒ Etienne G. Krug, James A. Mercy, Linda L. Dahlberg, and Anthony B. Zwi. (2002). “The World Report on Violence and Health.” The lancet 360, no. 9339
- QUOTE: … initiated. The launch of the report will be followed by a 1-year Global Campaign on Violence Prevention, focusing on implementation of the recommendations … action. Why should the public health sector be involved in violence prevention …

(Gilligan, 2001) ⇒ James Gilligan. (2001). “Preventing Violence.” Thames & Hudson,
- BOOK OVERVIEW: ... Violence is most often addressed in moral and legal terms: "How evil is this action, and how much punishment does it deserve?" Unfortunately, this way of thinking, the basis for our legal and political institutions, does nothing to shed light on the causes of violence. Violent criminals have been Gilligan's teachers, and he has been their student. Prisons are microcosms of the societies in which they exist, and by examining them in detail, we can learn about society as a whole. Gilligan suggests treating violence as a public health problem. He advocates initiating radical social and economic change to attack the root causes of violence, focusing on those at increased risk of becoming violent, and dealing with those who are already violent as if they were in quarantine rather than in constraint for their punishment and for society's revenge. The twentieth century was steeped in violence. If we attempt to understand the violence of individuals, we may come to prevent the collective violence that threatens our future far more than all the individual crimes put together.