Violence is an affliction that threatens both local communities and the global community. A public health policy for preventing violence. Health Affairs, Winter, 7-29. Violence prevention is . Effective violence prevention draws upon the best theory and practice of a variety of disciplines to shape a cohesive interdisciplinary approach across the lifecycle and from the individual to the community to the policymaker.
Violence prevention involves both local communities and the global communities.
Programs and Perspectives . In general there has been a broad shift in the field from approaches that focus on the control of violence, to those that concentrate on prevention , to more recent perspectives that aim to rebuild communities . More than one approach can be used simultaneously and often well-established approaches are combined with more innovative ones. Criminal justice is one of the most widely established approaches to addressing violence. It focuses on deterrence and control of violence through higher rates of arrest, conviction, and punishment, facilitated by judicial, police, and penal reform.