Violence is preventable, not inevitable

Together, we can tackle violence

Each year more than 100 people are killed in violent attacks in Scotland. It's a shocking statistic but it doesn't have to be this way.

We don't have to accept that lives are lost through needless, mindless violence. We don't have to accept that violence is an inevitable part of life. That's why the Violence Reduction Unit was created, to develop a national approach to tackling violence across Scotland - and to show that violence is preventable, not inevitable.

Browse our website to find out what's being done to tackle violence.

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The VRU is now on Facebook and Twitter

You can now follow the VRU on Facebook and Twitter.  Find out what we’re up to, get the latest news on issues around violence reduction and read about the latest research.

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24 hour drinking culture failed, says Home Office

The Home Office says the benefits of 24 hour licensing have failed to materialise and tougher action needs to be taken to tackle alcohol related problems

What are your thoughts on 24 hour licensing? Do you think it has failed? Why? Are we incapable of the kind of café culture that is prevalent in other parts of Europe? How can we change our attitudes to drinking? Can we change them?

Violence Reduction Unit Injury Surveillance Conference

Thursday, 2 September 2010, 10am – 3.30pm, Royal College of Surgeons, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

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CIRV - 2010 Third Quarter Progress Report

Introduction by Detective Chief Superintendent John Carnochan QPM, Head of Violence Reduction Unit

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This is the third Progress Report for Glasgow’s Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV), the gang intervention model introduced to the UK for the first time in October 2008 by the Violence Reduction Unit, Scottish Government and Glasgow’s community planning partners.