This page compiles the latest resources, professional opinions and guidance on a public health approach to policing, crime and violence.

 

Policing

Blogs

• Public health approach to early intervention: Stan Gilmore
• A public-health approach to policing: International HIV/Aids Alliance       

Editorial / commentary

• Law enforcement and public health: finding common ground and global solutions to disparities in health and access to criminal justice: Nick Crofts and Stuart Thomas

Journal articles

• Conceptual divides and practice synergies in law enforcement and public health: some lessons from policing vulnerability in Australia: Isabelle Bartkowiak-Theron and Nicole Asquith (this link requires access permissions)
• Law enforcement and public health as an emerging field: Auke van Dijk and Nick Crofts (this link requires access permissions)
• Preventing Victimization: Public Health Approaches to Fight Crime: Nola Joyce and Sarah Schweig

Reports

• Police & Harm Reduction: How law enforcement can advance public safety, public health and public confidence: Mark Krupanski
• Public health approaches in policing: Helen Christmas and Justin Srivastava
• Public health approaches in policing: Executive summary: Helen Christmas and Justin Srivastava

 

Websites

• Centre for Law Enforcement & Public Health (CLEPH)    

 

Crime

Blogs

• What exactly is a public health approach to crime and disorder reduction?: Jim McManus

Journal articles

• "Epidemiological Criminology": Coming Full Circle: Timothy Akers and Mark Lanier
• Reducing crime – a call for action for public health leaders: Jane Leaman and Dr Eamonn O’Moore (published in November 2018 edition of RSPH's Perspectives in Public Health - requires access permissions)

 

Prevention

Blogs

• Being more preventive – part 4. Some examples of “a preventive approach to” and generalisable lessons: Greg Fell

Journal articles

• Blue light leadership: developing public health consensus agreements with the fire, ambulance and police services: Helen Christmas, Linda Hindle and Eleanor Houlston (published in November 2018 edition of RSPH's Perspectives in Public Health - requires access permissions)

 

Terrorism

Blogs

• On Terrorism, Prevent, and Public Health: Steven Senior

 

Violence

Blogs

• a public health approach to…knife crime: Greg Fell      
• Q&A: A public health approach to tackling violent crime: Mayor of London         

Editorial / commentary

• Can public health strategies tackle London’s rise in fatal violence?: Laura Cattermole et al    
• Preventing violent crime: John Middleton and Jonathan Shepherd  

Journal articles

• Insights from population health science to inform research on firearms: James M. Shultz et al 
• Young people, violence and knives - revisiting the evidence and policy discussions: Roger Grimshaw and Matt Ford

Newspaper articles

• Knife crime needs a public health strategy, says London Police Chief: Mark Townsend
• Should we treat crime and something to be cured rather than punished?: Samira Shackle

Reports

• Protecting people and promoting healthy lives in the West Midlands: an evidence based public health response to support violence reduction across West Midlands police force area: Public Health England    
• Protecting people Promoting health: a public health approach to violence prevention for England: Mark Bellis et al
• Public health approaches to reducing violence: Local Government Association       
• The role of public health in the prevention of violence: UK Faculty of Public Health
• Violence - a global public health problem: World Health Organisation      

Websites

• Cardiff Violence Prevention Group: Cardiff Community Safety Partnership            
• Scottish Violence Reduction Unit: Police Scotland       
• Violence Prevention Alliance: World Health Organisation