Transcript Document

“VIOLENCE”
The Shared Agenda
John Carnochan QPM
Detective Chief Superintendent
Violence Reduction Unit
11th June 2008
‘It
is depressing nowadays to take up ones
paper and read the daily catalogue of
assaults and murders with knives, razors
and other lethal weapons. Indeed slashing
and stabbings are becoming so common
that they appear to be accepted as part of
our modern youth’s recreation ’
Glasgow Evening Times 14/3/1930
Letters Page
The Scale
Deaths by Violence:
1.
2.
16.
22.
29.
37.
40.
42.
44.
Norway
Spain/Greece
Northern Ireland
England and Wales
Rumania
Albania
SCOTLAND
United States
Israel
1.0
1.3
3.5
4.2
5.1
6.2
7.3
7.9
8.3
Peace Monitor 2005
The Scale
Homicide Rates:
• England and Wales = 1.0
• Scotland
= 3.1
Males between 10-29 = 5.3
WHO Report on Violence 2002
The Scale
• In one year in Scotland 05/06:
• Murders
93
• Attempt Murder
749
• Serious Assault
6,452
• Simple Assault
73,535
The “How”
Surveillance
Systematic data
collection
Implement
Scale up and
evaluate
effective
programmes
Identify risk /
protective
factors
Research
why it occurs
Develop and
evaluate
interventions
Find out what
works.
Understand Causes of Violence
Two components to Violence:
• The propensity to be violent - personal
factors
• The triggers of violence - social factors
The Wave Report 2005 “Violence and what to do about it”
What do Employers Want?
Percentage of Employers reporting an employee skill gap.
Planning and organising
Customer handling skills
Problem solving skills
Team working skills
Oral communication skills
Other technical and practical skills
Written communication skills
Basic computer literacy / using IT
Strategic management skills
Advanced IT or software skills
Using numbers
Literacy skills
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Future Skills Bar Chart. See Future Skills Scotland Website,
Employer Survey 2004, p27, fig 15.
50%
60%
Public Health Model
Societal
Lack of punishment for
pre cursor offences – knife
carrying
Lack of visible swift
justice
Links to deprivation
Scottishness
Community
Cultural norms
Legitimisation of violence
Access to and use of alcohol
Lack of aspiration
Dependancy
Relationship
Parenting
Lack of knowledge
Friends that engage in
violence
Prevalence of gang culture
Violent families –
siblings/parents
Lack of significant
adults/positive role model
Individual
Lack of communication skills
Poor behavioural control
Impulsiveness
Aggressive behaviour
Lack of skills to deal with
conflict
Lack of “life” skills
Exclusion from
Services/Schools
Nutrition Diet Health
Alcohol
Lack of employment
opportunities
•
ENFORCEMENT
We will strive to contain and
manage the problem of
violence as it manifests itself
on our streets and within
premises using traditional and
innovative enforcement
techniques.
•
SUSTAINABLE
REDUCTION IN VIOLENCE
We are asking for long-term
commitment from all partners
and communities to develop
and implement policies that
will bring about attitudinal
change and deliver a
permanent and sustainable
reduction in violence.
“Years ago, manhood was an
opportunity for achievement, and
now it is a problem to be overcome”
Garrison Keillor
The Book of Guys 1994
End
• www.actiononviolence.com