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When we talk about preventing violence, we often talk about systems, interventions, professional practice and evidence. All of these have an important part to play.
Communities across Scotland are carrying the weight of recent tragedies. The conclusion of recent trials involving the deaths of young people in Scotland has left
(Pictured Above) Youth Engagement Officer Robert Dallow presenting The Way We See It to a classroom of secondary school pupils In late 2024, Police Scotland
(Pictured Above) Will Linden, Deputy Head of Scottish Violence Reduction Unit Last week, Scotland witnessed a deeply concerning escalation of targeted hostility and violence against
(Pictured Above) Nicole Savage, Senior Officer in North Lanarkshire Council and Lead in Contextual Safeguarding Implementation “I have a duty to speak the truth as
(Pictured Above) Dr Amrit Kaur Purba, Assistant Professor and Wellcome Fellow, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine In
We can build a Scotland where women and girls are safe and valued, and where boys can become the best of themselves. This month, we’ve
Twenty years ago, Scotland made a choice. In 2005, we were dubbed the “murder capital of the developed world”. There were 137 homicides that year.
The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU) is marking its two decades of work with the launch of a landmark State of the Nation report and