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Violence  and  Development  
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Lecture    
Prevention and Control of Violence
 
 

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WHY is it important?

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Need to know what type of violence

—  To understand and develop

¡  sustainable violence reduction
¡  peace initiatives.

TYPOLOGY OF VIOLENCE

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CAUSES  OF  VIOLENCE

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7 principles of violence avoidance :

1.  Rebuilding the village
2.  Providing access to health care
3.  Improving bonding, attachment, connectedness dynamics
4.  Improving self-esteem
5.  Increasing social skills
6.  Re-establishing the adult protective shield
7.  Minimizing the residual effects of trauma
Bell (2002)

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Individual approaches –
—  Educational programmes
—  Social development programmes
—  Therapeutic programmes
—  Treatment programmes

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Relationship approaches
—  Training in parenting
—  Mentoring programmes
—  Family therapy programmes
—  Home visitation programmes
—  Training in relationship skills

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Community-based efforts
—  Public education campaigns
—  Modifications to the physical environment
—  Extracurricular activities
—  Training for police, health and education
professionals, and employers
—  Community policing
—  Programmes for specific settings
(schools, workplaces, refugee camps , care institutions etc.)

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Societal approaches
—  Legislative and judicial remedies
—  International treaties
—  Policy changes to reduce poverty and inequality, and
improve support for families
—  Efforts to change social and cultural norms
—  Implementing disarmament and demobilization
programmes

Shortcomings

Shortcomings

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Recommendations for action

—  Create, implement and monitor a national action
plan for violence prevention
—  Enhance capacity for collecting data on violence
—  Define priorities for & support research on causes,
consequences, costs and prevention of violence
—  Promote primary prevention responses
—  Strengthen responses for victims of violence

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—  Integrate violence prevention into social and

educational policies, and thereby promote gender
and social equality
—  Increase collaboration and exchange of information
on violence prevention
—  Promote and monitor adherence to international
treaties, laws and other mechanisms to protect
human rights
—  Seek practical, internationally agreed responses to
the global drugs trade and the global arms trade
WORLD REPORT ON VIOLENCE AND HEALTH 2002

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CARIBBEAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

(2012)
—  Reducing Victimization
—  Reducing Risk and Building Youth Resilience
—  Reducing Gang Violence
—  Transforming the Police
—  Reforming the Justice System
—  Building the Capacity for Evidence-Based Policy

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