However, violence is highly complex and context specific. In the real world, violence exists along a continuum with important reinforcing linkages between types of violence. 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.