Communications and Technology for Violence Prevention: Workshop Summary

by Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Forum on Global Violence Prevention, et al.

In the last 25 years, a major shift has occurred in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the realization that violence is preventable. As we learn more about what works to reduce violence, the challenge facing those who work in the field is how to use all of this new information to rapidly deploy or enhance new programs. At the same time, new communications technologies and distribution channels have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309253519
• ISBN13: 9780309253512
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 164 Pages