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

Available open access digitally under CC BY NC ND licence.

Preventing Violence argues that we can move towards safer and better societies by advancing holistic public health approaches to violence prevention.

It explores the serious limitations of contemporary public health approaches and proposes an alternative path forward. Based on data from a three-year, ESRC-funded project, Public Health, Youth and Violence Reduction, it also examines in-depth the work of 20 Violence Reduction Units in England and Wales.

The book makes clear recommendations for policy makers, practitioners and researchers working to prevent violence and improve the lives of children and young people.

Keir Irwin-Rogers is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at The Open University.

Luke Billingham is a youth and community worker at Hackney Quest and Research Associate at The Open University.

Fern Gillon is Research Assistant at the Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research at the University of Strathclyde.

Ali Fraser is Professor of Criminology at the University of Glasgow.

Susan McVie is Professor of Quantitative Criminology at the University of Edinburgh.

Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics.