Violence prevention: do shock tactics work?

[Bjorn, Pret]

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/Social-Ecological-Model_DVP.htm

Interesting reading, maybe a good place to start: you can drill in any
direction from this page.  Sadly, I don't think you're gonna find much
that will fit into an advert.  Violence is but a symptom; the diseases
in the differential are societal; complex, symbiotic, and ubiquitous.

As Asimov observed, "violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
Incompetence is on the rise, and refuge harder and harder to find.

Pret Bjorn, RN
Bangor, ME USA


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[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Karim Brohi
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 12:35 PM
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Subject: Violence prevention: do shock tactics work?


Dear all,

I've recently been contacted by a company asking for help with a
government-sponsored advert aimed at reducing the epidemic of knife
crime
that's going on in inner-city England.  (30% of our trauma patients on
today's in-patient census are stab victims).  The company wants to use
images to 'get through to young people' - basically using shock tactics
for
effect.

My understanding is that shock tactics have been shown to have little
effect
on the young, and especially for violence prevention - and all they do
is
shock the average person in the street.  Am I wrong??  Any evidence to
support the use of such an approach?

Many thanks

Karim
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