The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World

The Evidence for Violence Prevention Across the Lifespan and Around the World is the summary of a workshop convened in January 2013 by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Prevention to explore value and application of the evidence for violence prevention across the lifespan and around the world. As part of the Forum's mandate is to engage in multisectoral, multidirectional dialogue that explores crosscutting approaches to violence prevention, this workshop examined how existing evidence for violence prevention can continue to be expanded, disseminated, and implemented in ways that further the ultimate aims of improved individual well-being and safer communities. This report examines violence prevention interventions that have been proven to reduce different types of violence (e.g., child and elder abuse, intimate partner and sexual violence, youth and collective violence, and self-directed violence), identifies the common approaches most lacking in evidentiary support, and discusses ways that proven effective interventions can be integrated or otherwise linked with other prevention programs.Table of ContentsFront Matter1 IntroductionPart I: Workshop Overview2 The Need for Evidence3 Generating and Integrating Evidence4 Disseminating Evidence5 Translating Evidence into Effective ActionPart II: Papers and Commentary from SpeakersII.1 Implementation and Scaling Violence PreventionInterventions--Dean Fixsen, Karen Blase, Melissa Van Dyke, andAllison MetzII.2 The Federal Role in Promoting Evidence-Based ViolencePrevention Practices--Mary Lou Leary and Thomas P. AbtII.3 Evidence for Global Violence Prevention During Adolescence andEmerging Adulthood--Jennifer L. Matjasko and Sarah BaconII.4 Can Interventions Reduce Recidivism and RevictimizationFollowing Adult Intimate Partner Violence Incidents?--ChristopherD. Maxwell and Amanda L. RobinsonII.5 Integrating Evidence on Violence Prevention: AnIntroduction--Anthony PetrosinoII.6 Making and Using Lists of Empirically Tested Programs: Valuefor Violence Interventions for Progress and Impact--Patrick H.TolanReferencesAppendixesAppendix A: Workshop AgendaAppendix B: Speaker Biographical Sketches