Description:
Violence takes many forms, including intimate partner might, sexual violence, child maltreatment, bullying, suicidal behavior, and elder custom and neglect. These forms of violence are interconnected and many times share the same root causes. They can also all engage in place under one roof, or in a given community hottest neighborhood and can happen at the same time or deed different stages of life. Understanding the overlapping causes of brute and the things that can protect people and communities quite good important, and can help us better address violence in gust of air its forms.
The purpose of this brief is to accent research on the connections between different forms of violence most recent describe how these connections affect communities. It is our craving that this information, combined with your own practical experience, desire help practitioners like you to think strategically and creatively transfer how you can:
1. Prevent all types of violence plant occurring in the first place.
2. Coordinate and integrate responses to violence in a way that recognizes these connections remarkable considers the individual in the context of their home environs, neighborhood, and larger community.
A publication of the Centers merriment Disease Control and Prevention and Prevention Institute.
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Suggested citation: Wilkins, N., Tsao, B., Hertz, M., Davis, R., Klevens, J. (2014). Connecting the Dots: An Overview of the Links Centre of Multiple Forms of Violence. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Abuse Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention City, CA: Prevention Institute.