Violence prevention Flashcards
Describe the socio-ecological model of why people become violent
individual - biological and environmental factors such as antisocial behaviour disorder, alcohol and drugs
relationships - witnessing domestic violence, having aggressive peers
community - lack of community support from schools and police
societal - cultural norms that condone violence within certain groups of people
What are ACES and give some examples
adverse childhood experiences
personal physical, emotional sexual abuse
within the home: drugs and alcohol, domestic abuse, imprisonment, mental health problems
What are some protective factors that may stop an individual becoming violent
good education
adult role model
interpersonal skills
access to resources
Name and briefly explain some schemes/trials that aimed to prevent violence
Cardiff model - sharing of data collected from ED to inform where to target policing and prevention
Elmira trial - provide social, financial and emotional support to single mothers
Operation blade - heavy policing with law enforcement and searches. This created a surge in crime when the project stopped
describe recreational, criminal and enterprise gangs
recreational - younger people, occasional delinquent activities
criminal - closed membership, wide ranging criminal activities
enterprise - older people, business structure and very organised, closed membership
Describe primary crime prevention
targeting early years eg. programmes like SureStart
community focused
Give examples of secondary crime prevention
social prescribers
project future Haringey - safe place for youth to go
partnership projects with Mind
Describe tertiary crime prevention
educating and targeting people admitted to hospital with injuries to prevent readmission - they are followed up for 6 months and are not discharged until they have somewhere safe to go
