Achieving population-level violence declines: implications of the international crime drop for prevention programming
Eisner, M.; Nivette, A.; Murray, A.Louise.; Krisch, M.
Journal of Public Health Policy 37 Suppl. 1: 66-80
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0197-5897 PMID: 27638243 DOI: 10.1057/s41271-016-0004-5Document Number: 490011
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.