Serial failures to redress social, legal, and economic injustice and structural racism underpin violence and disproportionally shape politics, policing, and judicial systems around the world. Yet bold reforms in different jurisdictions suggest that cross-cutting interventions can be cost-effective and foster more humane, inclusive and healthier societies. What can we learn, share and take to scale for long-term results?
The Global Innovations on Youth Violence, Safety and Justice initiative held workshops throughout 2021, with learnings summarized in our report. The next phase of this multi-year initiative opens with a series of public webinars identifying the most promising global examples of violence reduction and criminal justice transformation, proven through research to be effective, viable, and replicable. We invite policymakers, public officials, and activists in positions to spearhead new reforms to join us for this next round of conversations. The second webinar in this series will examine Public Health Approaches to Justice.
A public health approach treats violence like a health crisis, suggesting policymakers use scientific evidence to identify what causes violence and what interventions can stop it from spreading. This expands into a whole system approach when different organizations and professions come together to support youth and address the causes of violence holistically. This webinar will consider how these strategies have been implemented by people of widely different backgrounds and experiences in the United Kingdom.
Watch the recording of our webinar on Public Health Approaches to Justice here.
Watch our video on Taking the Whole Systems Approach to Tackling Youth Violence here.
