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Using Public Health Approach Interventions to Reduce Violent Crime: A Focus on Domestic Abuse

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For police forces and government agencies across the world, the development of strategies which tackle violent crime is of high priority. Addressing this priority, this chapter evaluates the effectiveness of strategies which aim to prevent and reduce violent crime. Upon evaluating these strategies, recommendations are made for how violent crime can be tackled. The review evaluates why certain interventions work and key factors that aid effective implementation of interventions. Each intervention that is evaluated sits within a broader public health approach (PHA). The PHA deals with the social determinants of crime, as opposed to the punishment of crime. Analyses will be provided of how the PHA has been embedded successfully within different contexts. The purpose of the chapter is to provide well-balanced evaluations of PHA interventions which will allow interested groups to make informed decisions regarding the deployment of violence reduction strategies.

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Land, J. (2023). Using Public Health Approach Interventions to Reduce Violent Crime: A Focus on Domestic Abuse. In: Pandey, M. (eds) International Perspectives on Gender-Based Violence. Advances in Preventing and Treating Violence and Aggression . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42867-8_9

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