georgehosking6739 scribbled: I am quite disappointed by this supposed 'primary prevention' approach. It treats violence as something created by social factors and so searches for solutions entirely in changing social factors. Violence has two elements - an inner personal factor, and a social trigger. The social triggers - such as excessive alcohol consumption, or stressful living conditions - do not trigger violence in people without the inner propensity. The inner propensity is typically developed in young children from adverse experiences such as being on the receiving end of abuse or neglect, or witnessing domestic violence. A true primary prevention strategy for IPV needs to recognise and tackle this personal dimension, and its origins. As someone who works with violent men, healing and transforming this behaviour, I suggest this would be a more potent approach than the purely sociological approach proposed here. Of course it is better to tackle prevention by addresing both.