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Crime, Prevention & Specific Crime Types - Violence Prevention
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Crime, Prevention & Specific Crime Types - Violence Prevention
What interventions and policies are most effective at preventing and responding to community violence (including youth violence and violence in the evening economy) and repeat violence victimisation? What can Scotland learn from other jurisdictions?
Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services, 2025
Crime, Prevention & Specific Crime Types - Violence Prevention
To what extent and in what ways are new and emerging factors at a societal level (e.g. covid recovery, increases in the cost of living, developments in use of technology and social media) influencing community violence in Scotland, and what are the implications for prevention and intervention? What can Scotland learn from other jurisdictions and countries?
Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services, 2025
Crime, Prevention & Specific Crime Types - Violence Prevention
What interventions and policies are effective at enhancing protective factors and mitigating risk factors for interpersonal violence (with a focus on non-sexual, community violence) at each level of the ecological framework (societal, community, relationship and individual level)? What can Scotland learn from other jurisdictions?
Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services, 2025
Crime, Prevention & Specific Crime Types - Violence Prevention
Building on findings from ‘Repeat violence in Scotland: a qualitative approach’, how is repeat violence experienced by hard to reach groups, including within the following communities:
o Disabled people
o People in the LGBTQI+ community
o Racialised/ethnic minority communities, including migrant communities and asylum seekers
o Men who experience domestic abuse and sexual violence
o Those whose experiences are less likely to be captured through official statistics on violent crime and victimisation, including people living in institutions
Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services, 2025
Crime, Prevention & Specific Crime Types - Violence Prevention
Who is at greatest risk of experiencing and/or perpetrating interpersonal violence (with a focus on non-sexual, community violence) in Scotland, and why? How do the categories of ‘victim’ and ‘perpetrator’ of violence overlap and shift across the life course?
Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services, 2025
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