About the Book
Violence has always been, and is to this day, a primary cause of tension and suffering the world over. More than half a million people are murdered each year around the world, making homicide the leading cause of death among people aged 15-44. The Oxford Textbook of Violence Prevention brings together an international team of experts to provide an extensive global account of the mortality and morbidity burden caused by violence. It does this by examining
the causes of violence, and what can be done to prevent and reduce violence. Divided into six sections, the textbook analyses how a public health approach can help to prevent violence. This
multidisciplinary book tackles interpersonal violence in all its forms. Early chapters describe epidemiology and consequences, followed by chapters that present the current state of the evidence in interventions. Policies for violence reduction are discussed, and finally recommendations are made for researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers. The Oxford Textbook of Violence Prevention is an essential resource for anyone involved in seeking to reduce the role of violence in modern
society.The print edition is complimented with 12 months free access to the online version. Featuring the full comprehensive and authoritative text of the book, the online edition has the added
convenience and flexibility of an online resource and is available on oxfordmedicine.com.
Table of Contents:
Section 1: An introduction to the study of violence as a public health issue
1: Peter D. Donnelly and Catherine L. Ward: Interpersonal violence and its importance as a global public health issue
Section 2: The descriptive epidemiology of violence
2: Richard Matzopoulos, Kavi Bhalla, and James Harrison: Homicide
3: Melissa T. Merrick, Beverly L. Fortson, and James A. Mercy: The epidemiology of child maltreatment
4: Catherine L. Ward: Youth violence
5: Richard E. Tremblay: Developmental origins of physical aggression
6: Heidi Stöckl, Karen Devries, and Charlotte Watts: The epidemiology of intimate partner violence
7: Naeemah Abrahams, Karen Devries, Charlotte Watts, Christina Pallitto, Max Petzold, Simukai Shamu, and Claudia Garcia-Moreno: Prevalence of non-partner sexual violence: a review of global data
8: Francesco Mitis and Dinesh Sethi: Male on male violence
9: Bridget Penhale and Isabel Iborra: The epidemiology of elder abuse
10: Jorja Leap: Beyond convention: anthropology, drugs, and violence
11: Vania Ceccato: The geographic, socio-economic and cultural determinants of violence
Section 3: The consequences of violence
12: Megan Prinsloo, Debbie Bradshaw, and Ian Neethling: The consequences of violence: assessing the health burden of violence
13: Sue Hawkridge, Astrid Berg, and Soraya Seedat: The consequences of violence: mental health issues
14: Robin S. Engel and Jeffrey E. Clutter: Violence, police, and criminal justice Systems
15: Phaedra Corso and Nathanial Taylor: The economic costs of violence
16: Ross Deuchar: Violence and the education system
Section 4: Evidence-informed programmes to reduce violence
17: Damien J. Williams, Anna J. Gavine, Catherine L. Ward, and Peter D. Donnelly: What is evidence in violence prevention?
18: Jane Barlow: Preventing child maltreatment and youth violence using parent training and home visiting programmes
19: Andrew Dawes: Violence prevention through reduction of risks to child health and development in the years prior to school
20: Abigail A. Fagan and Richard F. Catalano: Preventing violence through positive youth development programmes
21: Dorothy L. Espelage: Social-emotional school-based prevention programmes and frameworks
22: Scott W. Henggeler: Preventing youth violence through therapeutic interventions for high-risk youth
23: Christine Goodall: Preventing violence through interventions in the health system
24: Stephen Smallbone and Nadine McKillop: Evidence-informed approaches to preventing sexual violence and abuse
25: Lori Heise: Preventing intimate partner violence
26: Gene Feder and Lynnmarie Sardinha: Preventing intimate partner violence through advocacy and support programmes
27: Michael Flood: Preventing male violence
28: Liesbeth de Donder: Evidence-informed programmes to reduce violence: preventing elder abuse
29: Erika Gebo, Ellen Foley, and Laurie Ross: Preventing gang violence
30: John M. Hagedorn: Chicago, I do mind dying
31: Christine Goodall: Preventing violence through interventions for substance abuse
32: Jonathan Purtle, Theodore J. Corbin, Linda J. Rich, and John A. Rich: Hospitals as a locus for violence intervention
33: Fergus G. Neville: Preventing violence through changing social norms
34: Mohamed Seedat, Shahnaaz Suffla, and Catherine L. Ward: Community-engaged violence prevention: approaches and principles
Section 5: National and international policies to reduce violence
35: Robin J. Kimbrough-Melton and Gary B. Melton: Child protection policy
36: Margaret Shaw: International, national and local government policies to reduce youth violence
37: Heléne Combrinck: International policies to reduce and prevent gender-based violence
38: Lillian Artz: National and international policies to reduce domestic violence
39: Bridget Penhale: National and international policies to prevent elder abuse
40: Guy Lamb: National and international policies to prevent and reduce armed violence
41: Peter Anderson: Alcohol and violence
42: Mark A. R. Kleiman, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Tom Jacobson, and Brad Rowe: Violence and drug control policy
43: Alison Morris Gehring and Peter D. Donnelly: How does policy transfer support the uptake of violence prevention policy?
44: Alex Butchart and Chris Mikton: The history and role of international agencies in violence prevention
Section 6: Challenges and priorities for researchers, practitioners and policy makers
45: Alex Butchart, Chris Mikton, Catherine L. Ward, and Peter D. Donnelly: Challenges and priorities for practitioners and policy-makers
46: Catherine L. Ward and Peter D. Donnelly: Challenges and priorities for researchers
About the Author :
Peter Donnelly joined the University of St Andrews as Professor of Public Health Medicine in 2008. His research focuses on violence reduction and the evaluating gang member rehabilitation initiative in Glasgow, conducting pilot studies of technology aimed at reducing alcohol related violence, and exploring sports event related domestic abuse. Peter's other area of interest is in Health Systems; their organisation, funding, governance and accountability and how they
can be optimised to maximise patient benefit and to reduce health inequalities. He chairs the steering group of the Scottish clinical leadership development program and is a member of the NHS Scotland
leadership board. He is a member of the technical board of Milbank Memorial Fund and is on the steering group of the WHO Violence Prevention Alliance. From 2004 -2008 he was Deputy Chief Medical Officer to the Scottish Government. Peter has recently been appointed as President/Chief Executive Officer of Public Health Ontario. Catherine L. Ward is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology
from the University of South Carolina, USA. Her research interests are in violence prevention from the perspective of children's development, and particularly in public health approaches to this.
Cathy serves on the Steering Committee of the University of Cape Town's Safety and Violence Initiative, an interdisciplinary research initiative that seeks to understand violence and promote safety. The Safety and Violence Initiative is a member of the World Health Organization's Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), and Cathy herself co-leads the VPA Parenting Project Group with Christopher Mikton from WHO and Theresa Kilbane from UNICEF. In addition, she is on the Editorial Boards for the
South African Crime Quarterly, Psychosocial Interventions, and Child Abuse and Neglect journals.
Review :
Highly commended at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2015
