NCJ Number
244067
Date Published
2014
Length
125 pages
Annotation
This report, The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World: Workshop Summary, provides an account of the presentations given at the workshop.
Abstract
This report provides an account of the presentations given at the workshop on violence prevention sponsored by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence. The workshop was held on January 23-24, 2013 and focused on the exploring the value and application of evidence for violence prevention across the lifespan and around the world. The presentations at the workshop examined how existing evidence for violence prevention could continue to be expanded, disseminated, and implemented in ways that would ultimately lead to improved individual well-being and safer communities. The report is divided into two sections: the first section includes an introduction and four chapters that summarize the efforts of the workshop, while the second section consists of the papers submitted to the workshop by the guest speakers. The topics covered by the four chapters are the need for evidence, generating and integrating evidence, disseminating evidence, and translating evidence into effective action. The topics covered by the submitted papers are 1. Implementation and Scaling Violence Prevention Interventions; 2. The Federal Role in Promoting Evidence-Based Violence Prevention Practices; 3. Evidence for Global Violence Prevention During Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood; 4. Can Interventions Reduce Recidivism and Revictimization Following Adult Intimate Partner Violence Incidents?; 5. Integrating Evidence on Violence Prevention: An Introduction; and 6. Making and Using Lists of Empirically Tested Programs: Value for Violence Interventions for Progress and Impact. Appendixes