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> which uses a public health approach to target all forms of violent behaviour including street/gang violence, domestic abuse, school bullying and workplace bul

• pjc50 5y ago
  Well, they have their own explanation, but as I understand it: - there's an epidemiology of violence: untreated violence tends to breed more violence. Fear of violence and responses to violence cause violence of their own. Either retaliation or pre-emptively carrying weapons. - squalor tends to breed violence in the same way as it breeds disease - this stuff often starts at school (see US "school to prison pipeline") - A&E departments of hospitals are convenient contact points for people who've been stabbed or punched - this is an opportunity to discourage them from taking revenge or starting more fights - also it recognises that the effectiveness of police before a crime has been committed is (rightly) pretty limited, but social services can perform other kinds of interventions.
• egwynn 5y ago
  My understanding is that programs like these work on the hypothesis that violent crime is often a symptom of an underlying public health issue (often mental health, in particular), and so should be addressed by public health resources more than by enforcement resources.
  • diogenescynic 5y ago
    So the Chesa Boudin strategy? That seems to be working out great for San Francisco.