Health data: complementing police data to know how violent places are and whether interventions are effective

This chapter sets out the rationale and utility of health data sources for understanding the epidemiology of violence, focusing on the benefits and challenges of particular data, but also how these sources can be used to provide effective validation of violence-prevention initiatives. This chapter w...

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Main Author: Sutherland, Alex 1977- (Author)
Contributors: Boyle, Adrian
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: The crime data handbook
Year: 2024, Pages: 80-97
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Keywords:
Ambulance
Violence
Health
Data
Statistics
Dispatches
Hospital
Measurement
Cost
Reporting
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Summary:This chapter sets out the rationale and utility of health data sources for understanding the epidemiology of violence, focusing on the benefits and challenges of particular data, but also how these sources can be used to provide effective validation of violence-prevention initiatives. This chapter will conclude with future research directions – particularly around the prediction of violence from multiple sources - and with a brief example of how these data sources have already been used.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 92-97
Physical Description:Diagramme
ISBN:9781529232042