The science of community safety and crime and violence prevention shows investing in preventing violence before it happens is more effective and cost effective than police and prisons
Similarly, the most important message in the decades-old global Healthy Communities movement that I helped to create is that it takes efforts at all levels and across all sectors to create a healthier community.
And what is true of a healthy community – that it is built one home at a time, one street at a time, one block at a time and one neighbourhood at a time — is equally true for creating a safer community. Above all else, Waller emphasizes the science of community safety and crime and violence prevention. In blogging about his 2019 book Science and Secrets for Ending Violent Crime, Waller wrote: “Study after study confirms that smart investments in preventing violence before it happens are more effective and cost effective than the status quo of police and prisons.”
Scientifically proven prevention programs noted in the brief include engaging and supporting young males, supporting positive parenting and early childhood, strengthening anti-violence social norms, mitigating financial stress and improving the physical environment. One of the key steps emphasized both by Waller and the network is to create a “responsibility centre”– some form of permanent community safety and crime prevention council, which in our case should be regional.
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