Deep Dive AI Audio - Preventing Criminalisation Through Violence-Informed Approaches

We advocate for violence-informed approaches to crime prevention in the UK, moving beyond traditional methods to consider violence as a deliberate action within social contexts. It builds on trauma-informed frameworks but focuses more explicitly on social determinants like economic inequality, social exclusion, and educational disadvantage as root causes of both violence and criminalisation. The approach emphasises recognising victim resistance, the impact of social responses, and the power of language in shaping perceptions of violence. It proposes strategies like contextual analysis, addressing social determinants, reframing narratives, and transforming institutional responses through an intersectional lens to prevent criminalisation, particularly within marginalised communities.