title: Achieving population-level violence declines: implications of the international crime drop for prevention programming.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Violence Research Centre, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, UK. mpe23@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eisner
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nivette
authors.affiliation: Violence Research Centre, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, UK.
authors.forename: Aja Louise
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Violence Research Centre, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, UK.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krisch
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D019049:Developed Countries; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D011640:Public Policy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014480:United Nations; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: public health policy; sustainable development goals; violence reduction