title: Crime is a public health problem.
abstract: Crime is a public health issue. It shares common causes with ill health, particularly poverty, and fear of violent crime is itself a major cause of anxiety. Community development in pre-school education, parental education, and among ethnic minorities, both reduces crime and promotes better health, for example in reducing the effects of alcohol and illicit drugs. Health workers should contribute in full to community development.
authors.affiliation: Sandwell Health Authority, West Midlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006266:Health Education / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology