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Aalborg Universitet PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS FOR PREVENTION AND WELLBEING: Addressing Authority-Based Violence in Urban Neighbourhoods Mogapi, Nomfundo; Lascano, Josephine Acuna; Anasarias, Ernesto; Swaray, Seidu; Masuko, Themba; Jensen, Steffen Creative Commons License Unspecified Publication date: 2017 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication from Aalborg University Citation for published version (APA): Mogapi, N., Lascano, J. A., Anasarias, E., Swaray, S., Masuko, T., & Jensen, S. (2017). PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS FOR PREVENTION AND WELLBEING: Addressing Authority-Based Violence in Urban Neighbourhoods. Kbh: Dignity, the Danish Institute against Torture. DIGNITY Publication Series on Torture and Organised Violence, No. 15 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. ? Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. ? You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain ? You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from vbn.aau.dk on: January 25, 2020

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Page 1: Aalborg Universitet PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS FOR PREVENTION … · PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS FOR PREVENTION AND WELLBEING ADDRESSING AUTHORITY-BASED VIOLENCE IN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS A praxis

Aalborg Universitet

PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS FOR PREVENTION AND WELLBEING:

Addressing Authority-Based Violence in Urban Neighbourhoods

Mogapi, Nomfundo; Lascano, Josephine Acuna; Anasarias, Ernesto; Swaray, Seidu; Masuko,Themba; Jensen, Steffen

Creative Commons LicenseUnspecified

Publication date:2017

Document VersionPublisher's PDF, also known as Version of record

Link to publication from Aalborg University

Citation for published version (APA):Mogapi, N., Lascano, J. A., Anasarias, E., Swaray, S., Masuko, T., & Jensen, S. (2017). PSYCHOSOCIALMODELS FOR PREVENTION AND WELLBEING: Addressing Authority-Based Violence in UrbanNeighbourhoods. Kbh: Dignity, the Danish Institute against Torture. DIGNITY Publication Series on Torture andOrganised Violence, No. 15

General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.

? Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. ? You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain ? You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?

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DIGNITY Publication Series on Torture and Organised ViolencePraxis Paper

#15PSYCHOSOCIAL MODELS FOR PREVENTION AND WELLBEING:Addressing Authority-Based Violence in Urban Neighbourhoods

Nomfundo MogapiJosephine Acuna LascanoErnesto A. AnasariasSeidu SwarayThemba MasukoSteffen Jensen

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co

nst

rue

d a

s se

lf-d

efe

nc

e a

nd

it

mu

st b

e p

rop

ort

ion

ate

to

th

e t

hre

at t

hat

it

pu

rpo

rts

to c

ou

nte

r. T

his

fo

rm o

f vi

ole

nc

e d

oe

s n

ot

exi

st in

iso

lati

on

an

d t

he

pap

er

ou

tlin

es

the

re

lati

on

be

twe

en

dif

fere

nt

form

s o

f vi

ole

nc

e in

clu

din

g y

ou

th v

iole

nc

e,

inti

mat

e v

iole

nc

e,

co

mm

un

al v

iole

nc

e,

stat

e v

iole

nc

e a

nd

re

volu

tio

nar

y vi

ole

nc

e.

Th

is a

nal

ysis

of

vio

len

ce

en

able

s a

rec

on

sid

era

tio

n o

f ta

rge

t an

d r

isk

gro

up

s. I

n m

uc

h a

nti

-to

rtu

re w

ork

, to

rtu

re is

co

nsi

de

red

to

be

an

ext

rao

rdin

ary

eve

nt.

Fo

cu

sin

g o

n t

he

mu

nd

ane

nat

ure

of

tort

ure

an

d i

ll-t

reat

me

nt,

ne

w r

isk

gro

up

s e

me

rge

lik

e y

ou

ng

me

n o

r c

hil

dre

n i

n c

on

flic

t w

ith

th

e l

aw a

nd

th

e c

om

mu

nit

y th

ey

inh

abit

; se

xual

min

ori

tie

s, r

efu

ge

es

and

mig

ran

ts o

r, a

s h

as b

ee

n t

he

cas

e in

bo

th S

ou

th

Afr

ica

and

Lib

eri

a, s

urv

ivo

rs o

r vi

cti

ms

of

dis

eas

es

(HIV

or

Eb

ola

). T

he

se g

rou

ps,

an

d

oth

ers

lik

e t

he

m,

are

se

en

as

affr

on

ts t

o p

ub

lic

mo

rali

ty,

som

eti

me

s b

ec

ause

of

the

ir

acti

on

s an

d s

om

eti

me

s b

ec

ause

of

wh

at d

ang

er

the

y ar

e s

ee

n t

o r

ep

rese

nt

(cri

me

, d

rug

s, t

err

or,

mo

ral

de

cay

, th

reat

s to

liv

eli

ho

od

s, e

co

no

mic

bu

rde

ns

etc

.) a

nd

th

ey

are

vuln

era

ble

to

att

acks

fro

m s

tate

off

icia

ls,

co

mm

un

itie

s an

d e

ven

th

eir

ow

n f

amil

ies

wh

o c

on

sid

er

the

m i

n n

ee

d o

f d

isc

ipli

nin

g.

8 |

GL

OB

AL

AL

LIA

NC

EP

SY

CH

OS

OC

IAL

MO

DE

LS F

OR

PR

EV

EN

TIO

N A

ND

WE

LLB

EIN

G

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Wh

ile

fo

cu

sin

g o

n l

eg

al r

igh

ts o

f c

hil

dre

n,

wo

me

n,

mig

ran

ts a

nd

th

e r

igh

ts n

ot

to b

e to

rtu

red

or

kill

ed

as

imp

ort

ant

be

nc

hm

arks

, le

gal

an

d h

eal

th r

ela

ted

ap

pro

ach

es

are

no

t su

ffic

ien

tly

resp

on

sive

to

th

ese

. O

ur

wo

rk d

em

on

stra

tes

the

im

po

rtan

ce

of

rela

tio

ns

as b

oth

pro

tec

tive

an

d p

erp

etr

ativ

e.

Th

is s

ug

ge

sts

the

ori

es

of

ch

ang

e w

hic

h f

oc

us

on

re

lati

on

s b

etw

ee

n r

isk

gro

up

s, t

he

ir f

amil

ies,

th

e c

om

mu

nit

ies

in w

hic

h t

he

y li

ve a

nd

th

e l

oc

al p

ub

lic

off

icia

ls.

Imp

ort

antl

y, f

amil

ies,

co

mm

un

itie

s an

d p

ub

lic

off

icia

ls m

igh

t c

on

stit

ute

th

e m

ost

im

po

rtan

t p

rote

cti

ve n

etw

ork

s th

at r

isk

gro

up

s h

ave

. H

ow

eve

r,

the

y m

igh

t al

so p

erp

etr

ate

vio

len

ce

or

allo

w i

t to

tak

e p

lac

e.

If f

amil

ies

are

no

t w

illi

ng

to

pro

tec

t th

eir

ch

ild

ren

, fo

r in

stan

ce

be

cau

se o

f d

rug

ab

use

, th

ose

ch

ild

ren

are

mu

ch

m

ore

at

risk

of

be

ing

har

me

d b

y c

om

mu

nit

y m

em

be

rs a

nd

by

the

sta

te.

Th

is e

nta

ils w

ork

ing

wit

h t

he

yo

un

g p

eo

ple

th

em

selv

es

– t

o d

eal

wit

h t

he

vio

len

ce

pe

rpe

trat

ed

ag

ain

st t

he

m,

and

oft

en

th

e v

iole

nce

th

ey

pe

rpe

trat

e o

n o

the

rs,

as w

ell

as t

o

atte

nd

to

th

e r

ela

tio

ns

the

y h

ave

wit

h f

amili

es,

pe

ers

, co

mm

un

itie

s an

d p

ub

lic o

ffic

ials

. Th

is

mig

ht

incl

ud

e t

he

fo

llow

ing

ele

me

nts

:

a)

Imp

rove

d

self

-est

ee

m,

abili

ty

to

de

al

wit

h

trau

ma,

h

eal

ing

, aw

are

ne

ss

of

the

psy

cho

soci

al im

pac

t o

f to

rtu

re a

mo

ng

ris

k g

rou

ps

in g

en

era

l an

d a

mo

ng

vic

tim

s in

p

arti

cula

r;

b)

Imp

rove

d u

nd

ers

tan

din

g a

mo

ng

vic

tim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s o

f th

e is

sue

s th

at p

ut

the

m

at r

isk

and

th

e a

bili

ty t

o d

eal

wit

h t

he

ris

k co

nst

ruct

ive

ly;

c)

Imp

rove

d s

kills

to

en

gag

e i

n m

ean

ing

ful

soci

al a

ctiv

itie

s in

re

lati

on

to

th

e l

abo

ur

mar

ket,

ed

uca

tio

n a

nd

oth

er

soci

al a

ren

as;

and

d)

Vic

tim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s th

at a

re m

ob

ilize

d a

nd

org

aniz

ed

fo

r p

reve

nti

on

an

d f

or

en

gag

ing

in m

ean

ing

ful r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h a

uth

ori

tie

s, c

om

mu

nit

ies

and

fam

ilie

s.

Wo

rk w

ith

ris

k g

rou

ps

mu

st b

e c

om

ple

me

nte

d w

ith

in

terv

en

tio

ns

in r

ela

tio

n t

o f

amili

es,

co

mm

un

itie

s an

d p

ub

lic o

ffic

ials

. In

th

e G

lob

al A

llian

ce, n

ot

all o

rgan

izat

ion

s w

ork

eq

ual

ly

wit

h a

ll le

vels

. Fo

r e

xam

ple

, w

hile

it

is t

rue

th

at L

AP

S an

d C

SVR

tar

ge

t al

l le

vels

, D

IGN

ITY

wo

rks

mo

re w

ith

pu

blic

off

icia

ls, c

om

mu

nit

y m

em

be

rs a

nd

vo

lun

tee

rs w

he

reas

BA

LAY

wo

rks

mo

re w

ith

fam

ilie

s an

d y

ou

ng

pe

op

le. D

ep

en

din

g o

n t

he

co

nte

xt a

nd

th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

, th

e fo

llow

ing

ele

me

nts

may

be

re

leva

nt:

The

fam

ilies

: a)

Im

pro

ved

fa

mily

co

hes

ion

an

d

fun

ctio

nin

g

to

esta

blis

h

reh

abili

tativ

e an

d

hea

lth

y re

latio

ns,

incl

ud

ing

with

ris

k g

rou

ps

and

tar

get

gro

up

s;

b)

Imp

rove

d s

oci

al p

rote

ctio

n a

nd

pre

ven

tio

n o

f vi

ole

nce

by

sup

po

rtin

g f

amili

es

in

the

ir r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h n

eig

hb

ou

rs a

nd

sta

te a

uth

ori

tie

s; a

nd

c)

Fam

ilie

s m

ob

ilize

d t

o e

ng

age

in a

dvo

cacy

fo

r n

on

-vio

len

t an

d h

eal

thy

rela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h s

tate

au

tho

riti

es,

an

d in

ad

voca

cy f

or

stat

e a

uth

ori

tie

s to

ass

um

e t

he

ir r

ole

as

du

ty b

ear

ers

.

The

com

mun

ity:

a)

Th

e co

mm

un

ity, m

app

ed th

rou

gh

sta

keh

old

er a

nal

ysis

an

d tr

eate

d a

s p

ote

ntia

l par

tner

s,

sho

uld

be

par

t o

f an

alli

ance

to

pre

ven

t vi

ole

nce

ag

ain

st r

isk

gro

up

s b

ased

on

a s

olid

an

alys

is o

f vi

ole

nce

;

b)

Ove

rall

com

mu

nity

effi

cacy

imp

rove

s w

her

e th

ere

are

few

er in

cid

ents

of

vio

len

ce a

nd

co

nfli

cts,

an

d w

her

e co

nfli

cts

may

be

add

ress

ed in

co

nst

ruct

ive

way

s; a

nd

c)

Imp

rove

d

abili

ty

to

iden

tify

po

ssib

le

area

s o

f co

llab

ora

tion

an

d

crea

te

incl

usi

ve

com

mu

nal

pro

ject

s (e

spec

ially

th

ose

th

at p

rom

ote

pro

-so

cial

beh

avio

urs

), an

d t

o s

eek

sup

po

rt f

or

them

bo

th in

sid

e an

d o

uts

ide

the

com

mu

nity

.

The

stat

e an

d pu

blic

offi

cial

s:

a)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s co

uld

be

map

ped

th

rou

gh

sta

keh

old

er a

nal

ysis

, an

d p

ote

ntia

l par

tner

s in

sid

e th

e st

ate

cou

ld b

e m

ob

ilize

d b

ased

on

an

an

alys

is o

f th

e p

atte

rns

of

vio

len

ce;

b)

Imp

ort

ant

stat

e o

ffici

als

nee

d t

o r

eflec

t at

titu

des

to

war

ds

risk

gro

up

s th

at a

re b

ased

on

so

un

d u

nd

erst

and

ing

of

the

pro

ble

ms

of

the

risk

gro

up

s;

c)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s n

eed

to

ass

um

e th

eir

resp

on

sib

ilitie

s as

du

ty b

eare

rs t

ow

ard

s ri

sk

gro

up

s, f

amili

es a

nd

co

mm

un

ities

; an

d

d)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s co

uld

en

gag

e in

wel

fare

act

iviti

es a

nd

pro

gra

mm

es i

n p

artn

ersh

ips

with

fam

ilies

an

d c

om

mu

niti

es th

at e

nab

le th

em to

par

ticip

ate

in s

oci

ety

as fu

ll ci

tizen

s.

10

| G

LO

BA

L A

LL

IAN

CE

PS

YC

HO

SO

CIA

L M

OD

ELS

FO

R P

RE

VE

NT

ION

AN

D W

ELL

BE

ING

|

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Intr

odu

ctio

nA

cro

ss th

e w

orl

d in

po

or,

urb

an n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds,

bo

th s

tate

an

d n

on

-sta

te a

uth

ori

ties

use

vio

len

ce

agai

nst

th

ose

th

ey c

on

sid

er t

o b

e in

op

po

sitio

n t

o t

hem

, wh

eth

er t

o c

on

tro

l th

eir

con

stitu

enci

es

or

to i

mp

ose

do

min

ant

mo

ral

no

rms.

Th

is f

orm

of

vio

len

ce i

s o

ften

co

nsi

der

ed l

egiti

mat

e b

y au

tho

ritie

s, e

ven

by

tho

se th

at fa

ll vi

ctim

to it

. Tar

gets

mig

ht b

e d

rug-

dea

ling

or d

rug-

usi

ng

you

th,

sexu

al m

ino

ritie

s, o

uts

ider

s o

r m

igra

nts

. So

met

imes

the

vio

len

ce is

exe

rcis

ed b

y st

ate

auth

ori

ties;

at

oth

er t

imes

, it

is p

erp

etra

ted

by

no

n-s

tate

act

ors

act

ing

on

th

e b

ehes

t, in

th

e ab

sen

ce o

r w

ith

the

con

sen

t o

f th

e st

ate;

an

d fi

nal

ly, s

om

etim

es t

he

vio

len

ce is

dire

cted

aga

inst

th

e st

ate.

Wh

at

un

ites

thes

e d

iffer

ent f

orm

s o

f vio

len

ce is

a c

laim

to u

ph

old

ord

er, d

isci

plin

e, ju

stic

e an

d th

e ri

ghts

o

f th

ose

wh

o a

llege

th

ey r

epre

sen

t th

e m

any

by

targ

etin

g gr

ou

ps

of s

o-c

alle

d t

ran

sgre

sso

rs, a

nd

fo

r th

is r

easo

n w

e ca

n s

ay i

t is

au

tho

rity

-bas

ed.

Imp

ort

antly

, d

iffer

ent

gro

up

s m

igh

t co

nst

itute

th

e o

bje

ct o

f th

e d

isci

plin

e d

epen

din

g o

n w

hic

h a

uth

ori

ties

are

in c

on

tro

l lo

cally

. W

hile

su

ch

vio

len

ce h

app

ens

in r

ura

l are

as a

s w

ell,

auth

ori

ty-b

ased

vio

len

ce in

th

e ci

ties

take

s o

n a

sp

ecifi

c n

atu

re d

iffer

ent

fro

m r

ura

l are

as. A

s se

vera

l co

mm

enta

tors

hav

e n

ote

d (

Bja

rnes

on

an

d J

ense

n,

2014

; Ro

dge

rs, 2

014

; Wo

rld

Ban

k, 2

011

, Ari

as, 2

00

6),

urb

an v

iole

nce

is c

har

acte

rize

d b

y a

ran

ge

of

acto

rs a

nd

fo

rms

and

by

a h

igh

deg

ree

of

con

flict

bet

wee

n d

iffer

ent

vio

len

t n

etw

ork

s an

d

acto

rs, i

ncl

ud

ing

vigi

lan

te g

rou

ps,

nei

ghb

ou

rho

od

s, a

nd

diff

eren

t co

mp

etin

g p

olit

ical

act

ors

an

d

stat

e o

ffici

als.

Ap

art

fro

m b

ein

g d

iffer

ent

fro

m r

ura

l vio

len

ce, t

his

form

of u

rban

vio

len

ce is

qu

ite d

iffer

ent

fro

m

ho

w w

e o

ften

un

der

stan

d s

tate

vio

len

ce a

s fo

r in

stan

ce t

ort

ure

an

d il

l-tr

eatm

ent

– a

s ex

trem

e,

spec

tacu

lar

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

. R

ath

er,

the

vio

len

ce w

e ar

e ad

dre

ssin

g is

co

mm

on

pla

ce,

take

n

for

gran

ted

; it

hap

pen

s ev

ery

day

; it

is o

ften

co

nsi

der

ed le

gitim

ate

by

the

maj

ori

ty o

f th

e p

artie

s,

and

it o

ften

esc

apes

hu

man

rig

hts

inte

rven

tion

s as

th

ey a

re u

sual

ly fo

cuse

d o

n le

gisl

ativ

e re

form

an

d t

rain

ing

stat

e in

stitu

tion

s o

n h

ow

to

up

ho

ld h

um

an r

igh

ts.

For

inst

ance

, wh

at p

uts

yo

uth

or

sexu

al m

ino

ritie

s at

ris

k is

no

t th

e ig

no

ran

ce o

f au

tho

ritie

s o

f w

hat

th

ey c

an a

nd

can

no

t d

o;

it is

wh

at t

hey

fee

l le

gitim

ated

to

do

an

d w

hat

co

mm

un

ities

dem

and

th

at t

hey

do

, in

clu

din

g th

e ki

nd

s o

f vi

ole

nce

th

at p

olic

e ar

e so

met

imes

exp

ecte

d t

o u

se a

gain

st c

rim

inal

s b

y th

e ge

ner

al

po

pu

latio

n (H

orn

ber

ger,

2014

; Jen

sen

20

14)1 .

Th

e ta

rget

ed g

rou

ps

are

usu

ally

at

risk

bec

ause

of

the

pra

ctic

es th

ey e

nga

ge in

(ste

alin

g o

r rio

ting)

, wh

at th

ey s

ymb

oliz

e (m

ora

l co

rru

ptio

n),

ho

w th

ey

loo

k (s

exu

al m

ino

ritie

s), o

r w

her

e th

ey a

re (s

tran

gers

, mig

ran

ts).

Bu

t m

ore

th

an a

nyt

hin

g th

ey a

re

at r

isk

bec

ause

no

on

e is

will

ing

to p

rote

ct th

em, a

s th

ey a

re s

een

to tr

ansg

ress

mo

ral b

ou

nd

arie

s o

r n

ot

be

“wo

rth

y vi

ctim

s”. W

hen

th

ey a

re h

urt

, few

peo

ple

th

ink

they

des

erve

tre

atm

ent

or

care

. A

diff

eren

t ap

pro

ach

to

ad

dre

ssin

g a

uth

ori

ty-b

ased

urb

an v

iole

nce

is t

her

efo

re n

eces

sary

.

Th

ere

is a

ten

den

cy w

ithin

th

e fie

ld o

f p

reve

ntio

n a

nd

reh

abili

tatio

n t

o d

ivid

e th

e h

ealin

g an

d

pre

ven

tion

an

d t

o e

qu

ate

psy

cho

soci

al a

pp

roac

hes

on

ly t

o r

ehab

ilita

tion

. T

his

mea

ns

that

th

e p

ote

ntia

l of t

he

psy

cho

soci

al fi

eld

to in

fluen

ce p

reve

ntio

n is

no

t exp

lore

d. C

urr

ently

in th

e fie

ld o

f p

reve

ntio

n, e

ffo

rts

focu

s m

ain

ly o

n in

stitu

tion

al re

form

an

d tr

ain

ing.

In c

on

text

s o

f urb

an v

iole

nce

, th

e d

iffer

entia

tion

bet

wee

n p

reve

ntio

n a

nd

reh

abili

tatio

n i

s n

ot

use

ful

in c

reat

ing

a su

stai

nab

le

1 T

he

issu

e o

f d

efin

itio

ns

is c

om

plic

ated

. We

use

th

e te

rms

auth

ori

ty-b

ased

vio

len

ce h

ere

to s

tres

s th

e n

eed

to

b

egin

fro

m lo

cal p

ract

ices

of

auth

ori

ty r

ath

er t

han

str

ict

leg

al n

orm

s (K

yed

, 20

12).

In m

any

case

s, t

he

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

reg

iste

red

her

e w

ill in

dee

d b

e ca

rrie

d o

ut

by

the

stat

e. W

hile

th

ey m

ay a

pp

ear

leg

itim

ate

fro

m a

lo

cal p

oin

t o

f vi

ew, t

hey

will

oft

en b

e in

co

ntr

aven

tion

of

the

Co

nve

ntio

n A

gai

nst

To

rtu

re, a

t le

ast

the

par

t o

f th

e co

nve

ntio

n t

hat

co

nce

rns

cru

el,

inh

um

an a

nd

deg

rad

ing

tre

atm

ent.

Wh

ile s

tate

offi

cial

s w

ill n

ot

alw

ays

carr

y o

ut

the

vio

len

ce, t

hey

will

oft

en, i

n t

he

wo

rds

of t

he

con

ven

tion

, co

nse

nt

or

acq

uie

sce,

an

d h

ence

be

in

con

trav

entio

n o

f th

e co

nve

ntio

n. F

or

furt

her

dis

cuss

ion

of

defi

niti

on

s in

a S

ou

th A

fric

an c

on

text

, see

Jen

sen

, 20

14 a

nd

Dis

sel,

Jen

sen

an

d R

ob

erts

, 20

09.

app

roac

h t

o a

dd

ress

ing

auth

orit

y-b

ased

vio

len

ce.

Th

e G

lob

al A

llian

ce a

ims

to a

dvo

cate

fo

r an

in

tegr

ated

ap

pro

ach

to

war

ds

wo

rkin

g w

ith h

ealin

g an

d p

reve

ntio

n w

ithin

th

e u

rban

vio

len

ce fi

eld

th

rou

gh u

sin

g th

e p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

. We

ou

tlin

e a

psy

cho

soci

al a

pp

roac

h w

hic

h fo

cuse

s o

n

com

bin

ing

pre

ven

tativ

e an

d h

ealin

g w

ork

th

rou

gh c

om

mu

nity

-led

inte

rven

tion

s w

ith r

isk

gro

up

s,

the

nei

ghb

ou

rho

od

s in

wh

ich

th

ey l

ive,

th

eir

fam

ilies

an

d t

he

auth

orit

ies

that

see

fit

to p

un

ish

th

em t

o m

ain

tain

ord

er.

Th

is a

pp

roac

h c

om

ple

men

ts l

egal

ap

pro

ach

es t

o p

reve

ntio

n.

Inst

ead

o

f re

pro

du

cin

g an

ap

pro

ach

th

at a

ssu

mes

a d

ich

oto

my

bet

wee

n v

ictim

s (a

s rig

hts

ho

lder

s) a

nd

p

erp

etra

tors

(e.

g. a

s d

uty

bea

rers

), w

e fo

cus

on

rel

atio

nsh

ips

bet

wee

n v

ictim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s an

d t

hei

r su

rro

un

din

gs in

th

eir

fam

ilies

an

d c

om

mu

niti

es a

nd

in r

elat

ion

to

au

tho

ritie

s. W

e al

so

un

der

stan

d th

at in

co

nte

xts

of u

rban

vio

len

ce it

can

be

diffi

cult

to d

iffer

entia

te b

etw

een

vic

tims

and

p

erp

etra

tors

: in

man

y in

stan

ces

the

face

of

the

vict

im a

nd

per

pet

rato

r is

th

e sa

me

(e.g

. so

meo

ne

wh

o is

per

ceiv

ed a

s a

per

pet

rato

r o

f in

terp

erso

nal

vio

len

ce m

ay b

e a

vict

im o

f po

lice

tort

ure

).

Th

e p

urp

ose

of

this

pap

er i

s to

exp

lore

su

ch a

psy

cho

soci

al,

com

mu

nity

-led

ap

pro

ach

. W

e d

o n

ot

des

crib

e in

det

ail

wh

at t

he

diff

eren

t in

terv

entio

ns

in t

he

fou

r co

nte

xts

of

Den

mar

k,

Ph

ilip

pin

es,

Lib

eria

an

d S

ou

th A

fric

a co

mp

rise

. R

ath

er,

we

dis

cuss

pri

nci

ple

s an

d r

eflec

t o

n

ho

w t

o u

nd

erst

and

th

e vi

ole

nce

th

at w

e ai

m t

o p

reve

nt

and

th

e eff

ects

we

aim

to

ad

dre

ss.

Co

mm

un

ity-l

ed a

pp

roac

hes

to

vio

len

ce p

reve

ntio

n a

nd

hea

ling

hav

e o

ften

bee

n h

eral

ded

as

a p

anac

ea f

or

soci

al il

ls in

clu

din

g p

ove

rty

and

vio

len

ce.

Th

e as

sum

ptio

n is

th

at o

nly

th

rou

gh a

co

mm

un

ity-l

ed a

pp

roac

h a

re w

e ab

le to

reac

h th

e co

un

tless

nu

mb

ers

of p

oo

r peo

ple

wh

ere

they

ar

e. F

urt

her

mo

re, c

om

mu

nity

-led

ap

pro

ach

es a

re a

sso

ciat

ed w

ith n

otio

ns

of e

mp

ow

erm

ent a

nd

o

wn

ersh

ip.

Wh

ile w

e ar

e sy

mp

ath

etic

to

th

ese

argu

men

ts,

com

mu

nity

-led

in

terv

entio

ns

hav

e b

een

mar

red

by

a n

um

ber

of s

ho

rtco

min

gs: l

ack

of m

on

itori

ng,

lack

of c

lari

ty o

f go

als,

an

d ta

rget

gr

ou

ps

that

are

ill-

defi

ned

. Th

ey h

ave

also

bee

n c

red

ited

with

bei

ng

effec

tive

even

in s

ituat

ion

s w

her

e th

eir

imp

act

mig

ht

be

limite

d. T

his

pap

er a

ims

to r

ever

se s

om

e o

f th

ese

sho

rtco

min

gs b

y p

rese

ntin

g a

clea

r d

escr

iptio

n a

nd

an

alys

is o

f th

e co

nte

xt o

f au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

, in

clu

din

g

un

der

stan

din

g w

ho

th

e ri

sk g

rou

ps

are,

ou

tlin

ing

po

ssib

le t

heo

ries

of

chan

ge w

ith in

dic

ato

rs f

or

the

psy

cho

soci

al m

od

el, a

nd

ske

tch

ing

the

mai

n n

atio

nal

, reg

ion

al a

nd

glo

bal

ad

voca

cy a

gen

das

. H

ence

, th

e p

aper

exp

lore

s fo

ur

diff

eren

t co

nte

xts

of

auth

ori

ty-b

ased

vio

len

ce,

each

illu

stra

ted

b

y o

ne

of

ou

r fo

ur

case

s. N

ext,

it d

etai

ls w

ho

en

ds

up

at

risk

in

th

e fo

ur

con

text

s. A

s w

e sh

all

see,

wh

o t

hat

is m

igh

t sh

ift d

rast

ical

ly w

hils

t st

ill lo

oki

ng

surp

risi

ngl

y si

mila

r. Fi

nal

ly, w

e ex

plo

re

ho

w w

e u

nd

erst

and

pro

cess

es o

f ch

ange

– w

hat

do

we

hyp

oth

esiz

e w

ill h

app

en w

hen

we

do

so

met

hin

g?

Th

e p

aper

beg

ins

with

a c

ritic

al a

nal

ysis

on

ho

w w

e co

nce

ptu

ally

un

der

stan

d t

he

vio

len

ce t

o b

e ad

dre

ssed

an

d p

reve

nte

d b

y th

e p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

. It

then

exp

lore

s p

oss

ible

ele

men

ts o

f a

com

mu

nity

-led

psy

cho

soci

al in

terv

entio

n, i

ncl

ud

ing

theo

ries

of

chan

ge. W

e d

o n

ot

atte

mp

t to

cr

eate

on

e m

on

olit

hic

ap

pro

ach

to b

e fo

llow

ed b

y al

l. R

ath

er, t

he

pap

er a

ims

to e

nab

le re

flect

ion

s ab

ou

t psy

cho

soci

al in

terv

entio

ns

add

ress

ing

vio

len

ce in

po

or,

urb

an n

eigh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

Th

e p

aper

is

bas

ed o

n th

e w

ork

car

ried

ou

t in

fou

r co

un

trie

s: D

enm

ark,

Ph

ilip

pin

es, L

iber

ia a

nd

So

uth

Afr

ica

by

resp

ectiv

ely

DIG

NIT

Y, B

alay

, LA

PS

and

Cen

tre

for

the

Stu

dy

of

Vio

len

ce a

nd

Rec

on

cilia

tion

(C

SVR

). T

hu

s, it

rep

rese

nts

a u

niq

ue

exp

erie

nce

th

at t

ran

scen

ds

the

glo

bal

so

uth

an

d t

he

glo

bal

n

ort

h t

o p

rod

uce

in

sigh

ts t

hat

mig

ht

be

rele

van

t fo

r co

mm

un

ity-l

ed i

nte

rven

tion

s ac

ross

th

e w

orl

d a

nd

fo

r th

inki

ng

of

hea

ling,

fu

nct

ion

ing

and

pre

ven

tion

with

in o

ne

anal

ytic

al a

nd

pra

ctic

al

fram

ewo

rk.

12

| G

LO

BA

L A

LL

IAN

CE

PS

YC

HO

SO

CIA

L M

OD

ELS

FO

R P

RE

VE

NT

ION

AN

D W

ELL

BE

ING

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Un

der

stan

din

g co

nte

xts

of v

iole

nce

Wh

en a

imin

g t

o p

reve

nt

vio

len

ce a

nd

ad

dre

ss i

ts i

mp

licat

ion

s fo

r ri

sk g

rou

ps,

tw

o o

f th

e fir

st

qu

esti

on

s to

ask

are

wh

at k

ind

of

vio

len

ce w

e ar

e ad

dre

ssin

g a

nd

ho

w d

iffer

ent

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

rel

ate

to e

ach

oth

er.

Alt

ho

ug

h o

ur

acco

un

t is

no

t ex

hau

stiv

e, w

e id

enti

fy t

he

follo

win

g f

orm

s o

f vi

ole

nce

as

rele

van

t to

th

e fo

ur

diff

eren

t p

roje

ct in

terv

enti

on

sit

es:

1)

You

th v

iole

nce

in

clu

din

g g

ang

vio

len

ce,

crim

inal

ity,

sch

oo

l vi

ole

nce

an

d v

iole

nce

re

late

d t

o d

rug

co

nsu

mp

tio

n;

2)

Co

llect

ive

vio

len

ce i

ncl

ud

ing

vig

ilan

tism

, xe

no

ph

ob

ic a

ttac

ks,

hat

e cr

imes

, se

rvic

e d

eliv

ery

rela

ted

vio

len

ce,

pro

test

ag

ain

st f

orc

ed e

vict

ion

s an

d v

iole

nce

ag

ain

st

vict

ims

of

dis

ease

(e.

g.

HIV

an

d E

bo

la).

Co

llect

ive

vio

len

ce is

usu

ally

leg

itim

ized

by

refe

rrin

g t

o s

om

e ki

nd

of

mo

ral

com

mu

nit

y th

at p

rote

cts

loca

l m

ora

ls o

r a

mo

ral

ord

er;

3)

Inti

mat

e an

d

inte

rper

son

al

vio

len

ce

incl

ud

ing

ch

ild

abu

se,

do

mes

tic

vio

len

ce,

and

co

nfl

icts

bet

wee

n n

eig

hb

ou

rs a

nd

co

mm

un

ity

mem

ber

s re

late

d t

o a

lco

ho

l co

nsu

mp

tio

n,

deb

ts,

reso

urc

es,

lan

d o

r h

um

iliat

ion

s. I

n o

ther

co

nte

xts,

th

ese

are

calle

d ‘s

oci

al f

abri

c’ c

rim

es;

4)

Stat

e vi

ole

nce

invo

lvin

g t

each

ers,

po

lice,

mili

tary

, hea

lth

sta

ff, p

riso

n s

taff

, po

litic

ian

s an

d w

elfa

re o

ffici

als;

5)

Ext

ract

ive

vio

len

ce in

volv

ing

mai

nta

inin

g a

nd

cre

atin

g e

con

om

ic re

sou

rces

incl

ud

ing

st

rike

bre

aker

s, m

inin

g g

uar

ds

and

lan

dlo

rds;

an

d

6)

Rev

olu

tio

nar

y vi

ole

nce

incl

ud

ing

reg

ime-

top

plin

g a

ctiv

itie

s lo

cally

or

glo

bal

ly.

Th

ese

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

exi

st in

diff

eren

t w

ays

and

to

diff

eren

t d

egre

es in

all

fou

r co

un

trie

s.

It s

erve

s n

o p

urp

ose

to

go

th

rou

gh

all

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

in

th

e fo

ur

diff

eren

t p

lace

s, b

ut

a fe

w e

xam

ple

s m

igh

t ill

ust

rate

th

e p

oin

t. C

olle

ctiv

e vi

ole

nce

, a

term

th

at d

eriv

es v

ery

mu

ch

fro

m t

he

Sou

th A

fric

an c

on

text

(V

on

Ho

ldt

et a

l, 2

013

) ex

ists

in

all

fou

r co

nte

xts.

In

So

uth

A

fric

a it

ap

pea

rs i

n f

orm

s su

ch a

s vi

ole

nt

serv

ice

del

iver

y p

rote

sts,

vig

ilan

te a

ctiv

itie

s, a

nd

xe

no

ph

ob

ic a

ttac

ks o

n f

ore

ign

ers.

In

Lib

eria

, th

e p

rim

ary

targ

ets

of

vio

len

ce w

ere

you

ng

ex

-co

mb

atan

ts (

oft

en t

alke

d a

bo

ut

as t

he

mo

torc

ycle

bo

ys).

Furt

her

mo

re,

in t

he

wak

e o

f th

e E

bo

la c

risi

s, n

ew t

arg

ets

wer

e th

ose

th

at w

ere

seen

to

bri

ng

in

dis

ease

an

d d

eath

. In

th

e in

terv

enti

on

sit

es i

n t

he

Ph

ilip

pin

es,

colle

ctiv

e vi

ole

nce

oft

en t

akes

th

e fo

rm o

f vi

gila

nte

act

ivit

ies

bu

t in

oth

er p

lace

s ar

ou

nd

th

e co

un

try,

co

llect

ive

vio

len

ce m

igh

t re

late

to

rev

olu

tio

nar

y, e

xtra

ctiv

e an

d s

tate

vio

len

ce.

In D

anis

h h

ou

sin

g e

stat

es y

ou

ng

peo

ple

, o

r p

eop

le w

ho

are

see

n a

s so

meh

ow

dev

ian

t fr

om

a s

oci

al n

orm

of

a st

ron

g g

rou

p w

ith

in t

he

esta

te, m

igh

t b

e d

isci

plin

ed in

way

s th

at a

re o

ften

ref

erre

d t

o b

y m

ain

stre

am D

anis

h m

edia

as

bei

ng

fro

m a

‘par

alle

l so

ciet

y’ (

Joh

anse

n, 2

013

). Li

kew

ise,

sta

te v

iole

nce

exi

sts

in a

ll fo

ur

loca

tio

ns.

Ho

wev

er,

ther

e ar

e h

ug

e d

iffer

ence

s in

ho

w i

t is

per

ceiv

ed a

nd

ho

w i

t re

late

s to

th

e la

w. V

iole

nce

per

pet

rate

d b

y th

e D

anis

h s

tate

is m

ost

oft

en le

git

imiz

ed in

law

s in

volv

ing

in

carc

erat

ion

an

d p

enet

rati

on

in

to f

amili

es.

In t

he

Ph

ilip

pin

es,

vio

len

ce i

s o

ften

ass

oci

ated

w

ith

co

rru

pt

po

lice

pra

ctic

es.

Mod

els

for

un

der

stan

din

g vi

olen

ce

Thes

e re

mar

ks p

rom

pt q

uest

ions

in

rela

tion

to v

iole

nce

whi

ch a

re c

entr

al t

o t

he p

sych

oso

cial

m

ode

l fo

r pr

even

tion

and

wel

lbei

ng i

n po

or

urba

n ne

ighb

our

hoo

ds,

incl

udin

g th

e fu

ndam

enta

l o

ne o

f w

hy w

e sh

oul

d in

terv

ene

at a

ll to

red

uce

vio

lenc

e. W

e w

ill b

riefly

co

nsid

er t

hese

que

stio

ns

thro

ugh

anth

ropo

logi

cal,

trau

ma

and

publ

ic h

ealth

app

roac

hes

to v

iole

nce.

Let

us

begi

n w

ith t

he

anth

ropo

logi

cal

appr

oac

h. F

irstly

, w

hen

is v

iole

nce

cons

ider

ed v

iole

nt a

nd b

y w

hom

? W

hile

thi

s qu

estio

n m

ight

see

m s

elf-

evid

ent,

it is

act

ually

no

t. M

ost

of

the

peo

ple

we

wo

rk w

ith –

esp

ecia

lly

poo

r, yo

ung

peo

ple

– d

o n

ot c

ons

ider

the

vio

lenc

e th

ey e

xper

ienc

e as

vio

lenc

e be

caus

e it

is w

hat i

t is

– ju

st n

orm

al li

fe. I

n th

e P

hilip

pine

s, th

e te

rm ‘O

k la

ng’ o

r ‘ju

st o

k’ c

aptu

res

the

sens

e o

f vio

lenc

e th

at

is t

o b

e ex

pect

ed a

nd h

ence

no

t ‘re

al v

iole

nce’

, eve

n if

vict

ims

are

hurt

or

hum

iliat

ed b

y it

(Jen

sen,

H

apal

and

Mo

dvig

, 20

13).

Tort

ure

is a

cat

ego

ry o

f vio

lenc

e th

at is

mo

st o

ften

ass

oci

ated

with

spe

cific

ev

ents

or r

egim

es li

ke th

e ap

arth

eid

regi

me

in S

out

h A

fric

a o

r the

mar

tial l

aw p

erio

d in

the

Phi

lippi

nes.

Fe

w

peo

ple

are

will

ing

talk

ab

out

th

e cu

rren

t, ev

eryd

ay

vio

lenc

e pe

rpet

rate

d by

po

lice

as

rele

vant

to

the

Co

nven

tion

Aga

inst

To

rtur

e.

In

thes

e in

stan

ces,

w

hat

defin

es

vio

lenc

e is

w

ho

the

vict

im

is.

Vio

lenc

e pe

rpet

rate

d by

the

po

lice

agai

nst

activ

ists

is

perc

eive

d as

rea

l vi

ole

nce,

ye

t th

e sa

me

vio

lenc

e,

whe

n pe

rpet

rate

d ag

ains

t yo

ung

m

en i

n tr

oub

le w

ith t

he l

aw i

s no

t co

nsid

ered

vio

lenc

e.

Like

wis

e, t

he

repr

essi

ve p

ow

ers

of t

he D

anis

h st

ate

are

rare

ly s

poke

n ab

out

as

vio

lenc

e.

Vio

lenc

e se

ems

to

be

rele

vant

o

nly

in

rela

tion

to

exce

ss,

as

the

Fren

ch p

hilo

soph

er E

tienn

e B

alib

ar

(199

8)

sugg

ests

. H

is a

naly

sis

clo

sely

fo

llow

s th

e le

gal

requ

irem

ents

o

f ju

s be

llum

or

just

war

. U

nder

the

se

requ

irem

ents

, vi

ole

nce

can

be

legi

timat

e o

nly

if it

is p

erpe

trat

ed i

n

self-

defe

nce

and

if it

is p

ropo

rtio

nate

to

the

thr

eat.

This

mo

del i

s im

plic

itly

in o

pera

tion

in a

lmo

st a

ll di

sco

urse

s o

n vi

ole

nce.

Tak

e fo

r in

stan

ce t

he

war

on

terr

or,

whi

ch i

s le

gitim

ized

as

pr

e-em

ptiv

e st

rikes

ag

ains

t a

thre

at

that

w

ill

mat

eria

lize

in

the

futu

re.

Even

att

acks

lik

e th

ese

draw

o

n th

e id

ea o

f se

lf-de

fenc

e, a

s do

m

any

prev

enta

tive

crim

inal

ju

stic

e in

terv

entio

ns.

The

disc

ussi

ons

o

n

sent

enci

ng a

re a

n ex

ampl

e o

f ho

w

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pro

port

iona

lity

is a

co

nsta

nt e

lem

ent

– h

ow

lo

ng s

houl

d a

crim

inal

sta

y in

pris

on

for

a ce

rtai

n

crim

e? T

hese

rem

arks

als

o s

ugge

st t

hat

whi

le t

he p

rinci

ple

for

the

use

of

legi

timat

e vi

ole

nce

refe

rs

to s

elf-

defe

nce

and

to p

ropo

rtio

nalit

y, t

his

is a

fau

lt lin

e w

hich

is u

p fo

r co

nsta

nt d

iscu

ssio

n an

d

cont

esta

tion

by t

hose

inv

olv

ed.

Hen

ce,

whi

le A

mer

ican

mili

tary

per

sonn

el m

ight

co

nsid

er d

rone

at

tack

s le

gitim

ate,

resi

dent

s in

the

trib

al a

reas

of P

akis

tan

clea

rly d

o n

ot a

gree

. The

sam

e ca

n be

sai

d

abo

ut ra

ids

in S

out

h A

fric

an to

wns

hips

. Whi

le th

e po

lice

mig

ht c

ond

uct s

uch

raid

s w

ith s

elf-

defe

nce

in m

ind

– p

rote

ctin

g So

uth

Afr

ica

agai

nst

a dr

ug m

enac

e –

man

y to

wns

hip

resi

dent

s do

no

t ag

ree

(Jen

sen,

20

08

). H

ence

, whe

n vi

ole

nce

is le

gitim

ate

or

not i

s co

nsta

ntly

neg

otia

ted

and

cont

este

d.

The

seco

nd q

uest

ion

to b

e co

nsid

ered

is

Wha

t is

the

pur

pose

of

vio

lenc

e? O

n a

conc

rete

lev

el,

the

answ

er to

this

que

stio

n is

that

it d

epen

ds o

n th

e co

ntex

t. H

ow

ever

, we

can

expl

ore

it a

t a m

ore

ab

stra

ct le

vel.

The

Ger

man

phi

loso

pher

Wal

ter

Ben

jam

in2

sugg

este

d a

usef

ul d

istin

ctio

n be

twee

n

law

-pre

serv

ing

and

law

-mak

ing

vio

lenc

e. In

Ben

jam

in’s

ana

lysi

s, v

iole

nce

is n

ot

dest

ruct

ive

of

law

an

d o

rder

; it

is c

ons

titut

ive

for

law

and

ord

er. H

ence

, we

sho

uld

not

onl

y be

co

ncer

ned

with

wha

t vi

ole

nce

dest

roys

but

als

o w

hat

kind

of s

oci

ality

and

co

mm

unity

it e

nabl

es a

nd p

rodu

ces.

The

idea

th

at v

iole

nce

pro

duce

s so

cial

ity m

ight

be

coun

ter-

intu

itive

fo

r m

any.

Ho

wev

er, c

ons

ider

vig

ilant

e vi

ole

nce

and

how

am

biva

lent

it

is;

whi

le i

t de

stro

ys h

uman

bo

dies

and

liv

es,

it al

so r

eco

nfirm

s an

d re

pro

duce

s th

e ex

iste

nce

of

a pr

ocl

aim

ed m

ora

l co

mm

unity

at

the

sam

e tim

e as

it c

ond

one

s vi

ole

nce

in w

ays

that

arg

uabl

y ea

t aw

ay a

t a

soci

al f

abric

sha

red

by a

ll. I

n th

at s

ense

, it

is e

xact

ly

wha

t Ben

jam

in w

oul

d ca

ll ‘la

w-p

rese

rvin

g vi

ole

nce’

. Whi

le it

is n

ot b

ased

on

form

al o

r co

nstit

utio

nal

law

, it

relie

s o

n an

oth

er,

mo

re l

oca

lized

‘la

w’

whi

ch i

s no

les

s eff

ectiv

e in

the

spe

cific

co

ntex

t. If

we

follo

w th

is th

ou

gh

t, w

e m

igh

t say

that

man

y o

f th

e fo

rms

of c

olle

ctiv

e vi

ole

nce

men

tion

ed

abo

ve f

all

into

th

e ca

teg

ory

of

‘law

-pre

serv

ing

vio

len

ce’,

even

if

the

vio

len

t p

ract

ices

are

in

co

ntr

aven

tion

of

form

al l

aw.

An

exa

mp

le h

ere

cou

ld b

e th

e vi

ole

nce

vis

ited

up

on

sex

ual

m

ino

ritie

s, w

hic

h is

ag

ain

st th

e So

uth

Afr

ican

Co

nst

itutio

n b

ut l

egiti

miz

ed b

y m

ora

l an

d re

ligio

us

cod

es (J

ense

n, 2

00

5). I

n a

ll th

e ca

ses,

co

llect

ive

vio

len

ce is

leg

itim

ized

as

the

def

ence

of a

mo

ral

com

mu

nity

; th

at is

, th

at g

rou

p o

f peo

ple

wh

o a

re a

ble

to a

sser

t th

eir a

uth

ori

ty a

s th

e co

mm

un

ity.

Th

is s

ug

ges

ts th

at th

e co

nce

pt o

f co

mm

un

ity is

als

o c

on

test

ed. ‘

Th

e co

mm

un

ity’ t

hen

bec

om

es

an e

ntit

y th

at d

epen

ds

on

th

e ab

ility

an

d p

ow

er t

o d

efin

e it

and

mai

nta

in it

, oft

en t

hro

ug

h ‘l

aw-

pre

serv

ing

vio

len

ce’.

Stat

e vi

ole

nce

cle

arly

fal

ls u

nd

er t

he

cate

go

ry o

f la

w-p

rese

rvin

g v

iole

nce

. W

e co

uld

arg

ue

that

man

y fo

rms

of

do

mes

tic a

nd

inte

rper

son

al v

iole

nce

wo

uld

fal

l un

der

th

e ca

teg

ory

of

law

-pre

serv

ing

vio

len

ce, a

s d

om

estic

vio

len

ce o

ften

rel

ates

to

th

e p

rese

rvat

ion

of

for

inst

ance

pat

riar

chal

or

gen

erat

ion

al p

ow

er s

tru

ctu

res.

To

a v

ery

larg

e ex

ten

t, t

he

vio

len

ce

her

e d

escr

ibed

thro

ug

h th

e co

nce

pt o

f law

-pre

serv

ing

vio

len

ce is

wh

at w

e re

fer t

o in

the

pro

ject

as

‘au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

’, th

at is

, vio

len

ce t

hat

pre

serv

es w

hat

is lo

cally

co

nsi

der

ed a

mo

ral

com

mu

nity

or

a co

mm

un

ity o

f m

ora

lly u

pst

and

ing

res

iden

ts.

On

th

e o

ther

han

d,

acco

rdin

g t

o B

enja

min

’s a

nal

ysis

, la

w-m

akin

g v

iole

nce

rel

ates

to

war

b

etw

een

nat

ion

s, w

her

e th

e co

nq

uer

or

wo

uld

ch

ang

e th

e le

gal

sta

tus

qu

o.

As

revo

lutio

nar

y vi

ole

nce

als

o a

ims

to m

ake

law

by

top

plin

g a

leg

al r

egim

e, it

can

be

con

sid

ered

in t

his

cat

ego

ry.

In e

ach

of

the

fou

r si

tes,

th

ere

are

trac

es o

f re

volu

tion

ary

vio

len

ce –

th

e re

bel

lion

in L

iber

ia, t

he

Mao

ist

and

Mo

ro in

surg

ency

in t

he

Ph

ilip

pin

es, t

he

anti-

apar

thei

d s

tru

gg

le in

So

uth

Afr

ica

and

to

so

me

exte

nt

the

so-c

alle

d f

ore

ign

fig

hte

rs in

Den

mar

k tr

avel

ling

to

Syr

ia t

o t

op

ple

a r

egim

e th

ere.

It c

an a

lso

be

app

lied

to te

rro

rist

act

ion

s in

Den

mar

k an

d e

lsew

her

e in

the

Wes

tern

wo

rld

, si

nce

th

ey a

im t

o t

op

ple

wh

at is

co

nsi

der

ed ‘W

este

rn d

om

inan

ce’.

Wh

ile it

mig

ht

be

stre

tch

ing

th

e im

agin

atio

n,

we

cou

ld a

lso

dis

cuss

so

me

par

ts o

f yo

uth

vio

len

ce a

s la

w-m

akin

g v

iole

nce

, as

gan

g n

arra

tives

(fo

cuse

d a

rou

nd

gan

gst

er-r

ap a

nd

th

e A

mer

ican

rap

per

Tu

pac

) oft

en p

ort

ray

gan

g v

iole

nce

as

resi

stan

ce t

o s

oci

ety

(Jen

sen

an

d R

od

ger

s, 2

00

9).

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nce

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Th

e la

st e

xam

ple

, ho

wev

er, m

ay in

dic

ate

the

limit

of

Ben

jam

in’s

co

nce

pts

, as

you

th v

iole

nce

and

ind

eed

oth

er f

orm

s o

f vi

ole

nce

– c

lear

ly c

ann

ot

be

exp

lain

ed p

ure

ly a

s ei

ther

law

-mak

ing

o

r la

w-p

rese

rvin

g v

iole

nce

. O

ther

exp

lan

ato

ry a

pp

roac

hes

are

nec

essa

ry t

o f

ocu

s u

sefu

lly o

n

vio

len

ce in

dys

fun

ctio

nal

fam

ilies

an

d c

om

mu

niti

es, a

s w

ell a

s o

n s

tru

ctu

ral f

orm

s o

f vio

len

ce li

ke

un

emp

loym

ent a

nd

so

cial

mar

gin

aliz

atio

n; t

hat

is, a

n e

colo

gic

al a

nd

pu

blic

hea

lth

ap

pro

ach

. Th

e b

oo

k ‘Y

ou

th V

iole

nce

in S

ou

th A

fric

a’ is

a w

ell-

arg

ued

exa

mp

le o

f th

e ec

olo

gic

al m

od

el (

War

d,

van

der

Mer

ve a

nd

Daw

es, 2

012

). H

ere

the

focu

s is

less

on

th

e p

rod

uct

ive

than

th

e d

estr

uct

ive

sid

e o

f vi

ole

nce

. T

his

cle

arly

als

o fi

nd

s re

son

ance

in G

altu

ng

an

d L

eder

ach

’s s

ug

ges

tion

s th

at

wh

ile c

on

flict

is in

evita

ble

, vio

len

ce c

an b

e p

reve

nte

d (L

eder

ach

, 19

98

; Gal

tun

g, 1

99

6).

Th

e th

ird

qu

estio

n is

: Wh

at d

rive

s th

is v

iole

nce

? T

he

pu

blic

hea

lth

an

d tr

aum

a ap

pro

ach

es a

ssis

t in

an

swer

ing

this

qu

estio

n. T

he

pu

blic

hea

lth

ap

pro

ach

loo

ks a

t vio

len

ce fr

om

the

per

spec

tive

of

risk

fac

tors

an

d p

rote

ctiv

e fa

cto

rs. R

isk

fact

ors

are

th

ose

wh

ich

pla

ce in

div

idu

als

at r

isk

of

eith

er

per

pet

ratin

g v

iole

nce

or

bei

ng

vic

tims

of

vio

len

ce a

nd

pro

tect

ive

fact

ors

are

th

ose

th

at p

rote

ct

on

e fr

om

per

pet

ratin

g v

iole

nce

or

bei

ng

vic

timiz

ed.

In i

nst

ance

s w

her

e ri

sk f

acto

rs o

utw

eig

h

pro

tect

ive

fact

ors

, an

in

div

idu

al c

an b

e co

nsi

der

ed a

t ri

sk o

f ei

ther

per

pet

ratin

g v

iole

nce

or

suff

erin

g it

. A lo

t of w

ork

has

bee

n d

on

e w

ithin

the

field

of p

ub

lic h

ealt

h to

iden

tify

bo

th p

rote

ctiv

e an

d ri

sk fa

cto

rs fo

r vio

len

ce p

erp

etra

tion

. Th

ey ra

ng

e fr

om

ind

ivid

ual

to fa

mily

to n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

to

so

ciet

al. S

om

e ex

amp

les

are

bio

log

ical

issu

es (e

.g. m

ales

bei

ng

at

a h

igh

er r

isk

than

fem

ales

), fa

mili

al (p

aren

tal e

spec

ially

mat

ern

al n

egle

ct a

nd

reje

ctio

n a

s a

risk

fact

or)

, nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d s

oci

al

attit

ud

es (

a n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

with

pro

-so

cial

val

ues

as

a p

rote

ctiv

e fa

cto

r an

d a

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d

with

an

tiso

cial

val

ues

as

a ri

sk f

acto

r), a

nd

at

mes

o-s

cale

so

ciet

al f

acto

rs s

uch

as

ineq

ual

ity a

re

fou

nd

to b

e a

risk

fact

or f

or v

iole

nce

per

pet

ratio

n. W

hile

thes

e h

elp

us

to b

ette

r un

der

stan

d w

hat

d

rive

s g

ener

al v

iole

nce

, th

ere

has

bee

n l

imite

d w

ork

on

un

der

stan

din

g w

hat

dri

ves

auth

ori

ty-

bas

ed v

iole

nce

. M

ost

of

the

time

with

in t

he

pu

blic

hea

lth

mo

del

, th

e sa

me

peo

ple

wh

o a

re

at r

isk

of

per

pet

ratin

g v

iole

nce

on

oth

ers

are

also

fo

un

d t

o b

e at

ris

k o

f vi

ctim

izat

ion

by

the

auth

ori

ties.

Th

ere

has

bee

n l

imite

d w

ork

in

un

der

stan

din

g t

his

in

terf

ace

bet

wee

n v

ictim

ho

od

an

d p

erp

etra

tion

. Fu

rth

erm

ore

, th

ere

has

bee

n l

imite

d w

ork

do

ne

to u

nd

erst

and

th

e ri

sk a

nd

p

rote

ctiv

e fa

cto

rs f

or

the

per

pet

ratio

n o

f au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

. So

me

of

the

risk

fac

tors

th

at h

ave

bee

n id

entifi

ed in

th

e fo

ur

com

mu

niti

es in

clu

ded

leg

itim

izat

ion

an

d c

on

do

nin

g o

f th

e vi

ole

nce

by

the

com

mu

niti

es.

Th

e p

ub

lic h

ealt

h m

od

el f

urt

her

iden

tifie

s tr

aum

a as

a r

isk

fact

or

for

per

pet

rati

on

of

vio

len

ce.

Gab

arin

o (

2013

) sp

ecifi

cally

lo

oks

at

typ

e 3

trau

ma

(wh

ere

ther

e h

as b

een

sev

ere

child

ho

od

n

egle

ct a

nd

vio

len

ce).

Gar

bar

ino

arg

ues

th

at b

ehin

d e

very

per

pet

rato

r th

ere

is a

n u

ntr

eate

d

trau

mat

ized

ch

ild,

and

th

at v

iole

nce

pre

ven

tio

n t

her

efo

re h

as t

o d

eal

wit

h t

hes

e u

ntr

eate

d

child

ho

od

wo

un

ds.

Wh

ilst

this

co

nce

pt

can

be

use

ful

in h

elp

ing

to

un

der

stan

d s

om

e o

f th

e in

div

idu

al p

sych

olo

gic

al d

rive

rs fo

r in

div

idu

als

wh

o p

erp

etra

te a

uth

ori

ty-b

ased

vio

len

ce, i

t do

es

no

t h

elp

in u

nd

erst

and

ing

th

e co

llect

ive

and

/or

inst

itu

tio

nal

nat

ure

of

this

vio

len

ce. C

on

cep

ts

fro

m th

e em

erg

ing

fiel

d o

f co

llect

ive

trau

ma

may

be

hel

pfu

l in

exp

lain

ing

this

. Co

llect

ive

trau

ma

sug

ges

t th

at it

is p

oss

ible

for

colle

ctiv

es s

uch

as

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds,

inst

itu

tio

ns

(po

lice

etc)

, an

d

soci

etie

s at

lar

ge

to b

e tr

aum

atiz

ed (

Blo

om

, 19

96

). It

su

gg

ests

th

at a

co

llect

ive

can

hav

e a

psy

che

of

its

ow

n, a

nd

co

nse

qu

entl

y, ju

st a

s w

ith

an

ind

ivid

ual

’s t

rau

ma,

if a

co

llect

ive

trau

ma

go

es u

ntr

eate

d o

r u

nre

solv

ed i

t w

ill m

anife

st i

tsel

f in

sev

eral

way

s. O

ne

way

fo

r a

colle

ctiv

e to

dea

l wit

h u

nb

eara

ble

an

d t

rau

mat

ic m

emo

ries

is b

y ac

tin

g t

hem

ou

t. T

his

is a

way

of

tryi

ng

to

rel

ieve

an

d u

nd

o t

he

trau

ma

(Blo

om

, 19

96

). A

cco

rdin

g t

o B

loo

m in

th

ese

inst

ance

s h

isto

ry

rep

eats

its

elf.

Th

is i

s se

en i

n i

nst

ance

s lik

e vi

ole

nt

serv

ice

del

iver

y p

rote

sts

in S

ou

th A

fric

a,

wh

ere

som

e o

f th

e ex

per

ien

ce o

f ap

arth

eid

are

rep

eate

d,

e.g

. si

ng

ing

of

stru

gg

le s

on

gs,

th

e ‘to

yi-t

oyi

’ dan

ce a

nd

th

e ty

pe

of

inte

ract

ion

bet

wee

n t

he

pro

test

ers

and

th

e p

olic

e, w

her

e th

e p

olic

e o

ften

use

th

e sa

me

vio

len

t cr

ow

d c

on

tro

l mec

han

ism

s th

at w

ere

use

d d

uri

ng

ap

arth

eid

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| G

LO

BA

L A

LL

IAN

CE

PS

YC

HO

SO

CIA

L M

OD

ELS

FO

R P

RE

VE

NT

ION

AN

D W

ELL

BE

ING

|

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(Mo

gap

i, 20

11).

Th

is i

s al

so s

een

in

co

un

trie

s w

ith

un

reso

lved

his

tori

es o

f vi

ole

nt

rep

ress

ive

stat

es w

her

e st

ate

inst

itu

tio

ns

such

as

the

po

lice

on

ce u

sed

vio

len

ce t

o d

eal

wit

h ‘

acti

vist

s’

or

peo

ple

th

e st

ate

con

sid

ered

‘ter

rori

st’.

Even

if s

uch

co

un

trie

s n

ow

hav

e d

emo

crat

ic s

tate

s,

the

inst

itu

tio

ns

that

use

d v

iole

nce

du

rin

g t

he

op

pre

ssio

n s

till

use

sim

ilar

tact

ics

to a

dd

ress

‘at

risk

’ gro

up

s to

day

. In

thes

e co

un

trie

s, tr

adit

ion

al h

um

an r

igh

ts a

pp

roac

hes

su

ch a

s p

ro-h

um

an

rig

hts

law

s, p

olic

ies

and

pra

ctic

es h

ave

no

t b

een

eff

ecti

ve in

tra

nsf

orm

ing

th

ese

inst

itu

tio

ns.

W

e ar

gu

e th

at p

art

of

the

reas

on

fo

r th

e la

ck o

f su

cces

s o

f th

ese

trad

itio

nal

hu

man

rig

hts

ap

pro

ach

es is

th

at t

hey

do

no

t d

eal w

ith

th

e co

llect

ive

trau

ma

that

exi

sts

in t

hes

e in

stit

uti

on

s.

Th

e m

emo

ries

lin

ked

wit

h t

he

colle

ctiv

e tr

aum

a ar

e tr

ansf

erre

d f

rom

on

e g

ener

atio

n o

f th

e p

olic

e to

th

e n

ext,

an

d t

he

nar

rati

ves

use

d a

gai

nst

act

ivis

ts i

n t

he

pas

t ar

e tr

ansp

ose

d o

nto

th

e ‘p

rob

lem

atic

ind

ivid

ual

s’ in

th

e p

rese

nt.

Psy

cho

soci

ally

info

rmed

vio

len

ce p

reve

nti

on

th

us

invo

lves

ad

dre

ssin

g t

his

inst

itu

tio

nal

tra

um

a an

d n

ot

just

tra

inin

g o

n h

um

an r

igh

ts.

In t

he

acco

un

t ab

ove

, w

e in

tro

du

ce t

hre

e d

iffer

ent

mo

del

s fo

r u

nd

erst

and

ing

vio

len

ce.

In t

he

pu

blic

hea

lth

mo

del

vio

len

ce i

s ak

in t

o a

dis

ease

th

at n

eed

s to

be

cure

d a

nd

pre

ven

ted

. In

th

e tr

aum

a m

od

el,

vio

len

ce i

s a

sym

pto

m a

nd

th

ere

is a

nee

d t

o a

dd

ress

bo

th t

he

sym

pto

m

and

th

e u

nd

erly

ing

cau

ses.

Fin

ally

, in

th

e m

ore

an

thro

po

log

ical

ap

pro

ach

, im

plic

itly

insp

ired

b

y B

enja

min

, vi

ole

nce

is

con

stitu

tive

and

alw

ays

ther

e. I

t is

no

t a

by-

pro

du

ct o

f u

nfo

rtu

nat

e st

ruct

ure

s b

ut c

entr

al to

law

itse

lf. A

ll th

ree

mo

del

s –

vio

len

ce a

s d

estr

uct

ive,

as

sym

pto

m a

nd

as

pro

du

ctiv

e –

are

rele

van

t fo

r in

terv

entio

ns

we

dis

cuss

, as

we

shal

l see

bel

ow

, an

d n

ot n

eces

sari

ly

con

trad

icto

ry. W

e ca

n s

ee th

is if

we

con

sid

er th

e q

ues

tion

: Wh

y sh

ou

ld w

e in

terv

ene

in d

iffer

ent

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

?

Why

inte

rven

e in

rel

atio

n to

vio

len

ce?

If w

e ac

cep

t th

at b

oth

mo

des

of

exp

lan

atio

n a

re r

elev

ant

– i.

e. t

hat

vio

len

ce is

bo

th a

dis

ease

an

d c

on

stitu

tive

to s

oci

ety

– t

he

nex

t q

ues

tion

is w

hy

we

sho

uld

inte

rven

e an

d t

ry t

o p

reve

nt

it at

all.

Let

us

bri

efly

go

th

rou

gh

so

me

of

the

diff

eren

t fo

rms

of

vio

len

ce id

entifi

ed a

bo

ve t

hat

se

em m

ost

rel

evan

t fo

r o

ur

wo

rk in

po

or

urb

an n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s: y

ou

th v

iole

nce

, in

terp

erso

nal

vi

ole

nce

, co

llect

ive

vio

len

ce a

nd

sta

te v

iole

nce

.

Yout

h vi

olen

ce s

houl

d be

pre

vent

ed b

ecau

se:

1)

It h

arm

s an

d i

t h

urt

s. T

he

terr

itori

ality

of

mu

ch y

ou

th v

iole

nce

pre

ven

ts t

he

full

life

and

mo

vem

ent

of

you

ng

peo

ple

an

d r

esid

ents

. It

pre

ven

ts t

he

bu

ildin

g o

f re

latio

nsh

ips,

co

mm

un

ity a

nd

th

e fu

ll re

aliz

atio

n o

f p

ote

ntia

l;

2)

It h

as t

he

po

ten

tial t

o e

scal

ate

fro

m in

terp

erso

nal

vio

len

ce t

o c

olle

ctiv

e vi

ole

nce

, eve

n

into

reg

ion

al w

ars

and

inte

rnat

ion

al c

rim

inal

net

wo

rks,

as

we

hav

e se

en in

man

y o

f th

e w

ars

in W

est

Afr

ica

and

Lib

eria

wh

ere

ex-c

om

bat

ants

hav

e p

artic

ipat

ed in

inte

rnat

ion

al

mig

ratio

n, m

erce

nar

y ac

tiviti

es a

nd

dru

g t

rad

ing

(Vig

h, 2

016

);

3)

You

th

vio

len

ce

invi

tes

oth

er

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

es

pec

ially

co

llect

ive

and

st

ate

vio

len

ce –

to

co

un

ter

its e

ffec

ts,

for

exam

ple

vig

ilan

te a

ctiv

ities

, w

ars

on

gan

gs

and

co

un

teri

nsu

rgen

cy m

easu

res;

4)

Pre

ven

ting

yo

uth

vio

len

ce m

igh

t b

reak

th

e cy

cle

of

vio

len

ce –

th

e cu

ltu

re, t

he

psy

che,

th

e h

isto

ry –

th

at s

ees

vio

len

ce p

erp

etu

ate

itsel

f fr

om

on

e g

ener

atio

n t

o t

he

nex

t;

5)

You

th v

iole

nce

ad

ds

to a

nd

leg

itim

izes

th

e m

arg

inal

izat

ion

of

you

th a

nd

rep

rod

uce

s its

‘v

ictim

izab

ility

’. In

th

at s

ense

, yo

uth

vio

len

ce is

a p

red

icto

r o

f o

ther

fo

rms

of

vio

len

ce;

6)

Pre

ven

ting

yo

uth

vio

len

ce r

edu

ces

the

po

ten

tial f

or

po

lice

corr

up

tion

;

7)

Pre

ven

ting

yo

uth

vio

len

ce m

ay w

ork

to

im

pro

ve r

elat

ion

ship

s b

etw

een

ch

ildre

n a

nd

p

aren

ts a

nd

bet

wee

n y

ou

ng

peo

ple

an

d t

he

gen

eral

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

d; a

nd

8)

You

th v

iole

nce

clo

gs

pu

blic

hea

lth

an

d c

rim

inal

just

ice

syst

ems.

Inte

rper

sona

l vio

lenc

e (i

ntim

ate,

inte

rgen

erat

iona

l and

gen

der

viol

ence

) sh

ould

be

prev

ente

d be

caus

e: 1)

A

dd

ress

ing

it m

ay a

dd

ress

th

e u

neq

ual

an

d v

ertic

al r

elat

ion

s o

f p

ow

er in

intim

ate

and

in

terp

erso

nal

sp

her

es a

s a

cen

tral

par

t o

f cu

ltu

res

that

per

pet

uat

e vi

ole

nce

lo

cally

gen

der

(m

en a

bo

ve w

om

en),

inte

rgen

erat

ion

al (

old

bef

ore

yo

un

g)

and

co

mm

un

al

(eth

nic

, rac

ial,

nat

ion

al, e

tc.);

2)

Pre

ven

ting

it m

ay p

reve

nt

esca

latio

ns

into

co

llect

ive

and

sta

te v

iole

nce

;

3)

Inte

rper

son

al v

iole

nce

is

a p

roxy

an

d a

pre

dic

tor

for

vio

len

ce i

n a

so

ciet

y as

it

oft

en

feed

s an

d e

nab

les

oth

er f

orm

s o

f vi

ole

nce

, as

wh

en a

ch

ild is

pu

nis

hed

an

d c

arri

es t

his

vi

ole

nce

with

him

or

her

into

th

eir

ow

n p

ract

ice;

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4)

Inte

rper

sona

l vio

lenc

e ca

n be

tran

smitt

ed u

nco

nsci

ous

ly in

situ

atio

ns o

f do

mes

tic v

iole

nce,

w

here

in t

he v

iole

nt b

ehav

iour

of

a pa

rent

sur

face

s in

do

mes

tic s

ituat

ions

of

the

child

ren

o

nce

they

are

adu

lts

5)

Indi

vidu

al h

uman

rig

hts

vio

latio

ns c

an c

reat

e co

llect

ive

trau

ma,

whi

ch c

an,

in t

urn,

fue

l ad

ditio

nal h

uman

rig

hts

vio

latio

ns a

nd o

ther

form

s o

f vio

lenc

e.

Colle

ctiv

e vi

olen

ce sh

ould

be

addr

esse

d be

caus

e: 1)

It

hurt

s an

d ha

rms

and

dest

roys

the

liv

elih

oo

d an

d so

cial

fab

ric o

f th

e m

ost

vul

nera

ble

gro

ups

of s

oci

ety

– th

ose

who

are

see

n as

a th

reat

to a

giv

en m

ora

l co

mm

unity

;

2)

Add

ress

ing

colle

ctiv

e vi

ole

nce

may

add

ress

the

ver

tical

lin

es o

f po

wer

of

the

mo

ral

com

mun

ity th

at p

erpe

tuat

es th

e vi

ole

nce.

Thi

s m

ay ta

ke th

e fo

rm o

f xen

oph

obi

c vi

ole

nce,

in

terg

ener

atio

nal v

iole

nce,

hat

e cr

imes

and

vio

lenc

e ag

ains

t vic

tims

of d

isea

se; a

nd

3)

Co

llect

ive

vio

lenc

e o

ften

esc

alat

es in

to s

tate

vio

lenc

e an

d in

tra-

com

mun

al s

trug

gle.

Stat

e vi

olen

ce (

carr

ied

out b

y te

ache

rs, p

riso

n gu

ards

, pol

ice

and

othe

r st

ate

offic

ials

) sh

ould

be

prev

ente

d be

caus

e:

1)

It ha

rms

and

dest

roys

the

liv

es a

nd l

ivel

iho

od

of

the

poo

r an

d w

reck

s in

divi

dual

and

co

mm

unal

trus

t;

2)

It un

derm

ines

the

belie

f in

just

ice

and

the

rule

of l

aw;

3)

It is

intim

atel

y co

nnec

ted

to v

iole

nt e

xto

rtio

nist

and

info

rmal

sta

te p

ract

ices

;

4)

It es

cala

tes

into

co

llect

ive

vio

lenc

e an

d o

ften

pro

pels

yo

uth

vio

lenc

e, e

ven

if th

ey a

re

obl

iged

by

law

to p

rote

ct th

e di

gnity

of p

eopl

e;

5)

It pr

even

ts m

eani

ngfu

l cha

nge

fro

m o

ccur

ring

as p

eopl

e ar

e fr

ight

ened

to

eng

age

in c

ivil

actio

n; a

nd

6)

It p

erp

etu

ates

mis

tru

st b

etw

een

citi

zen

s an

d s

tate

act

ors

, wh

ich

is c

ruci

al f

or

effec

tive

vio

len

ce p

reve

ntio

n a

nd

str

eng

then

ing

of

dem

ocr

acie

s.

Vic

tim

s, a

nd

ris

k a

nd

tar

get

grou

ps

Fro

m t

he

lists

of

vio

len

ce a

nd

rea

son

s fo

r in

terv

enin

g a

bo

ve w

e m

ay d

edu

ce r

isk

gro

up

s o

f au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

, as

wel

l as

targ

et g

rou

ps

for

inte

rven

tio

n. I

n o

ur

wo

rk w

e d

isti

ng

uis

h

bet

wee

n fi

ve d

iffer

ent

targ

et g

rou

ps

for

ou

r p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

to

ad

dre

ssin

g a

uth

ori

ty-

bas

ed v

iole

nce

. Th

ey c

om

pri

se v

icti

ms

of

vio

len

ce, r

isk

gro

up

s o

f vi

ole

nce

, fam

ilies

of

vict

ims

and

ris

k g

rou

ps,

th

e co

mm

un

itie

s in

wh

ich

th

ey li

ve a

nd

inst

itu

tio

ns

wie

ldin

g a

uth

ori

ty (

stat

e o

r n

on

-sta

te)

in t

he

giv

en c

on

text

. In

diff

eren

t w

ays

thes

e fiv

e g

rou

ps

po

pu

late

th

e fie

ld i

n

wh

ich

au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

is

a ce

ntr

al p

rob

lem

. W

hile

th

ey a

ll in

hab

it t

he

field

, th

e p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

dis

tin

gu

ish

es b

etw

een

vic

tim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s o

n t

he

on

e si

de

and

fa

mili

es, c

om

mu

nit

ies

and

au

tho

riti

es o

n t

he

oth

er.

Vic

tim

s an

d ri

sk g

rou

ps

com

pri

se th

ose

gro

up

s th

at in

diff

eren

t w

ays

are

seen

as

an a

ffro

nt

or

thre

at to

a lo

cally

en

do

rsed

mo

ral c

om

mu

nit

y.

As

we

can

see

fro

m a

bo

ve, t

hes

e g

rou

ps

mig

ht

be

con

stit

ute

d b

y yo

un

g p

eop

le,

mig

ran

ts,

susp

ecte

d

terr

ori

sts,

se

xual

m

ino

riti

es,

vict

ims

of

dis

ease

, o

r an

y o

ther

gro

up

th

at i

s m

arg

inal

ized

by

the

mo

ral

com

mu

nit

y. W

ho

th

ey a

re m

ust

be

det

erm

ined

in

th

e sp

ecifi

c co

nte

xt.

Ho

wev

er,

for

all

ou

r fo

ur

con

text

s,

you

ng

peo

ple

(m

ost

ly m

en b

ut

also

wo

men

) ar

e g

ener

ally

un

der

sto

od

as

bo

th a

ris

k an

d

at r

isk.

Oft

en a

uth

ori

ties

– s

tate

an

d n

on

-st

ate

– p

erce

ive

them

as

inh

eren

tly

crim

inal

o

r vi

ole

nt

and

ou

t o

f co

ntr

ol;

as m

emb

ers

of

gan

gs

and

dru

g a

bu

sers

. T

hes

e p

erce

pti

on

s le

git

imiz

e in

terv

enti

on

an

d o

ften

dis

cip

linar

y o

r re

trib

uti

ve v

iole

nce

ag

ain

st y

ou

ng

peo

ple

. W

hile

th

ese

per

cep

tio

ns

to s

om

e ex

ten

t h

ave

littl

e re

lati

on

to

th

e re

alit

y o

f yo

un

g p

eop

le,

you

ng

p

eop

le

are

ob

ject

ivel

y at

ri

sk

and

o

ften

th

eir

ow

n p

ract

ices

in

vite

ret

rib

uti

on

an

d d

isci

plin

ary

acti

on

. Th

us

we

may

use

fully

re

fer

to y

ou

ng

peo

ple

as

vict

im-p

erp

etra

tors

w

her

e it

is t

o s

om

e ex

ten

t th

eir

ow

n p

ract

ices

th

at i

nvi

te v

iole

nce

. H

ence

, p

rote

ctio

n m

ust

in

clu

de

wo

rkin

g b

oth

wit

h t

he

per

cep

tio

ns

of

soci

ety

and

th

e p

ract

ices

o

f yo

un

g

peo

ple

. T

hes

e re

mar

ks

sug

ges

t th

at

wh

ile

we

can

est

ablis

h a

firs

t d

isti

nct

ion

bet

wee

n

vict

ims

and

ri

sk

gro

up

s o

f au

tho

rity

-bas

ed

vio

len

ce,

bo

th a

re c

entr

al t

arg

et g

rou

ps

for

inte

rven

tio

n.

An

y p

roje

ct

mu

st

des

crib

e in

d

etai

l b

oth

vic

tim

an

d r

isk

gro

up

s in

rel

atio

n

to t

he

stru

ctu

res

of

vio

len

ce.

Fin

ally

, w

hen

it

co

mes

to

in

terv

enti

on

s it

is

cr

uci

al

to

dis

tin

gu

ish

bet

wee

n v

icti

ms

wh

o h

ave

actu

ally

ex

per

ien

ced

vio

len

ce,

ill-t

reat

men

t an

d e

ven

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tort

ure

on

th

e o

ne

han

d a

nd

ris

k g

rou

ps

on

th

e o

ther

. W

hile

ris

k g

rou

ps

sho

uld

be

eng

aged

w

ith

as

po

ten

tial

futu

re v

icti

ms,

th

ere

are

hea

lth

(ph

ysic

al a

nd

psy

cho

log

ical

) iss

ues

sp

ecifi

c to

vi

ctim

s th

at n

eed

to

be

dea

lt w

ith

diff

eren

tly

than

ris

k g

rou

ps.

A s

eco

nd

ord

er o

f tar

get

gro

up

s ca

n a

lso

be

ded

uce

d fr

om

th

e ab

ove

. Th

ey c

om

pri

se fa

mili

es,

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds

(co

mm

un

itie

s) a

nd

sta

te o

ffici

als.

Th

ese

gro

up

s ar

e ch

arac

teri

zed

by

bei

ng

b

oth

po

ten

tial

per

pet

rato

rs o

f vi

ole

nce

– e

ith

er a

s d

irec

t p

erp

etra

tors

or

as c

on

do

nin

g t

he

law

-pre

serv

ing

vio

len

ce a

gai

nst

ris

k g

rou

ps

– a

nd

po

ten

tial

cri

tica

l su

pp

ort

str

uct

ure

s in

p

reve

nti

ng

vio

len

ce a

nd

ad

dre

ssin

g i

ts c

on

seq

uen

ces.

Co

llect

ive

vio

len

ce w

ill o

ften

tak

e it

s p

oin

t o

f d

epar

ture

in

a m

ora

l co

mm

un

ity

and

sta

te v

iole

nce

will

oft

en fi

nd

its

leg

itim

acy

in

the

real

or

per

ceiv

ed t

hre

at p

ose

d b

y ri

sk g

rou

ps.

Wh

ile f

amili

es d

o n

ot

nec

essa

rily

en

gag

e in

dir

ect

colle

ctiv

e vi

ole

nce

ag

ain

st t

hei

r o

wn

mem

ber

s, t

hey

may

en

do

rse

it f

or

dis

cip

linar

y re

aso

ns.

Hen

ce, p

aren

ts in

th

e fo

ur

con

text

s h

ave

bee

n k

no

wn

to

ask

au

tho

riti

es t

o d

isci

plin

e th

eir

child

ren

or

sim

ply

to

acc

ept

it.

Fam

ilies

may

eve

n c

on

stit

ute

th

e si

ng

le m

ost

vio

len

t sp

ace

for

risk

gro

up

s. T

he

dis

cip

linin

g m

ay a

lso

in

volv

e vi

ole

nce

to

pre

serv

e d

om

esti

c an

d

gen

erat

ion

al p

ow

er s

tru

ctu

res.

In

terv

enti

on

sh

ou

ld t

her

efo

re b

e fo

cuse

d o

n w

ork

ing

wit

h

fam

ilies

, co

mm

un

itie

s an

d s

tate

offi

cial

s as

a w

ay t

o p

reve

nt

vio

len

ce. A

s w

ith

vic

tim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s, p

roje

cts

mu

st u

nd

erst

and

an

d d

escr

ibe

the

rela

tio

nsh

ip b

etw

een

th

is s

eco

nd

-ord

er

targ

et g

rou

p a

nd

au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

. Fi

nal

ly,

auth

ori

ties

oft

en e

xact

sev

ere

form

s o

f b

oth

ph

ysic

al a

nd

psy

cho

log

ical

vio

len

ce t

o a

n e

xten

t th

at i

t fa

lls u

nd

er t

he

pu

rvie

w o

f th

e C

on

ven

tio

n A

gai

nst

To

rtu

re.

Ho

wev

er,

in t

he

case

of

fam

ilies

, co

mm

un

itie

s an

d a

uth

ori

ties

th

ey m

ay a

lso

tu

rn o

ut

to b

e cr

itic

al a

llian

ce p

artn

ers

in p

reve

nti

ng

au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

an

d a

dd

ress

ing

its

con

seq

uen

ces.

Wh

ile w

e ad

voca

te f

or

a p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

th

at f

ocu

ses

on

vic

tim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s,

inte

rven

tio

ns

may

beg

in f

rom

an

d f

ocu

s o

n a

ll ac

tors

wit

hin

th

e fie

ld, b

e th

ey v

icti

ms

and

ris

k g

rou

ps

or

fam

ilies

, co

mm

un

itie

s an

d a

uth

ori

ties

.

Th

eory

of c

han

ge –

focu

sin

g on

rel

atio

nsh

ips

A c

entr

al fo

cus

of t

he

psy

cho

soci

al a

pp

roac

h is

on

rel

atio

nsh

ips

– in

fam

ilies

, in

co

mm

un

ities

an

d

with

the

stat

e. If

we

mak

e o

ur p

oin

t of d

epar

ture

the

abo

ve c

om

men

ts o

n th

e co

nte

xts

of v

iole

nce

an

d p

erp

etra

tors

an

d v

ictim

s, w

e n

ote

that

rel

atio

nsh

ips

per

vad

e o

ur

dis

cuss

ion

s. R

isk

gro

up

s an

d

vict

ims

are

pu

t at

ris

k d

ue

to t

he

rela

tion

ship

s –

as

mo

ral a

ffro

nts

, so

ciet

al d

ange

rs a

nd

as

peo

ple

in

nee

d o

f d

isci

plin

ing

– t

hey

hav

e w

ith t

hei

r fa

mili

es,

com

mu

niti

es a

nd

th

e st

ate.

Sim

ilarl

y, w

e n

ote

th

at g

oo

d r

elat

ion

ship

s w

ith t

he

sam

e gr

ou

ps

and

act

ors

may

be

sup

po

rtiv

e an

d p

rote

ctiv

e.

Take

on

e o

f th

e C

SVR

par

tner

s in

Kag

iso

, wh

o e

xpla

ined

that

he

and

his

gro

up

nee

ded

to w

ork

on

th

eir

imag

e in

th

e co

mm

un

ity. T

his

su

gges

ts a

n a

war

enes

s o

f w

hat

pu

ts h

im a

nd

his

co

mp

atrio

ts

at r

isk

– n

amel

y p

rob

lem

atic

rel

atio

nsh

ips.

Ask

ed a

bo

ut

his

rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith t

he

po

lice,

he

wen

t o

n t

o e

xpla

in t

hat

in

fac

t th

e re

latio

nsh

ips

with

fam

ily a

nd

co

mm

un

ity w

ere

mo

re i

mp

ort

ant

than

th

e o

ne

with

th

e p

olic

e b

ecau

se a

go

od

rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith t

he

form

er w

ou

ld p

rote

ct h

im in

re

latio

n t

o t

he

latt

er.

Th

is d

oes

no

t m

ean

th

at a

uth

orit

ies

are

no

t im

po

rtan

t; r

ath

er,

it su

gges

ts

that

pro

tect

ion

can

beg

in in

the

intim

ate

fam

ily a

nd

co

mm

un

ity r

elat

ion

s. T

his

als

o in

form

s m

uch

o

f w

hat

Bal

ay d

oes

in

Bag

on

g Si

lan

g, n

amel

y w

ork

ing

on

par

enta

l sk

ills

and

rel

atio

ns

bet

wee

n

par

ents

an

d th

eir c

hild

ren

. Pro

tect

ion

do

es n

ot h

ave

to s

tart

with

inst

itutio

nal

refo

rm o

f th

e p

olic

e.

It c

an b

egin

fro

m b

elo

w,

thro

ugh

a c

on

cert

ed e

ffo

rt t

ow

ard

s en

ablin

g vi

ctim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s to

en

gage

in

mea

nin

gfu

l an

d p

rod

uct

ive

rela

tion

ship

s an

d h

elp

ing

fam

ilies

, co

mm

un

ities

an

d

auth

orit

ies

sup

po

rt a

nd

nu

rtu

re s

uch

rela

tion

ship

s. G

oo

d re

latio

nsh

ips

are

also

use

ful i

n fa

cilit

atin

g

hea

ling

fro

m tr

aum

a. M

any

of t

he

trau

mat

ic e

xper

ien

ces

are

as a

resu

lt o

f bei

ng

deh

um

aniz

ed a

nd

dis

resp

ecte

d b

y an

oth

er d

urin

g o

pp

ress

ive

regi

mes

, an

d t

his

is m

ost

ly in

th

e h

and

s o

f th

e st

ate.

C

on

tinu

ed d

ehu

man

izat

ion

an

d d

isre

spec

t ca

n w

ork

as

trig

gers

fo

r re

-en

actm

ent

of

the

trau

ma

thro

ugh

vio

len

ce.

Stro

ng,

car

ing

rela

tion

ship

s th

at p

rom

ote

hu

man

dig

nity

can

co

un

tera

ct t

he

effec

ts o

f tra

um

a an

d t

hu

s co

ntr

ibu

te t

o v

iole

nce

pre

ven

tion

.

In t

his

way

, o

ur

anal

ysis

is

bo

rne

ou

t in

th

e ex

per

ien

ces

we

hav

e fr

om

wo

rkin

g in

po

or,

urb

an

nei

ghb

ou

rho

od

s. W

hile

th

e ap

pro

ach

an

d t

he

thin

kin

g b

ehin

d i

t d

oes

em

anat

e o

ut

of

loca

l en

gage

men

ts,

this

pap

er w

ill n

ot

spel

l o

ut

in d

etai

l w

hat

sh

ou

ld b

e d

on

e. T

hat

is

sub

ject

to

co

nte

xtu

al a

nal

ysis

. Rat

her

, we

spel

l ou

t cen

tral

prin

cip

les

that

may

insp

ire a

nd

co

nn

ect t

o d

iffer

ent

app

roac

hes

to

co

mm

un

ity-l

ed in

terv

entio

ns.

Th

e o

vera

rch

ing

Th

eory

of

Ch

ange

co

verin

g al

l p

sych

oso

cial

in

terv

entio

ns

in r

elat

ion

to

th

e fie

ld o

f au

tho

rity-

bas

ed v

iole

nce

can

be

stat

ed a

s fo

llow

s: If

we

wo

rk w

ith w

ell t

ho

ugh

t-o

ut

and

st

ron

ger

psy

cho

soci

al a

pp

roac

hes

to

urb

an v

iole

nce

su

pp

ort

ing

and

pro

du

cin

g p

osi

tive

rela

tion

s,

then

we

will

be

able

to p

reve

nt a

uth

orit

y-b

ased

vio

len

ce a

nd

tack

le it

s co

nse

qu

ence

s. T

his

theo

ry

of

chan

ge n

eed

s to

be

bro

ken

up

in

to i

ts c

on

stitu

tive

par

ts i

n r

elat

ion

to

vic

tims,

ris

k gr

ou

ps,

fa

mili

es, c

om

mu

niti

es a

nd

au

tho

ritie

s. B

elo

w w

e d

etai

l th

eorie

s o

f ch

ange

an

d o

utc

om

es fo

r eac

h

of t

he

five

targ

et g

rou

ps.

Vic

tim

s/at

ris

k g

rou

ps:

Fac

ilit

ate

hea

lin

g, s

ocia

l in

clu

sion

an

d

psy

chol

ogic

al a

war

enes

s

Th

e cl

ose

r o

ne

get

s to

vic

tims

the

mo

re c

entr

al t

he

hea

lth

an

d h

ealin

g a

pp

roac

hes

bec

om

e.

Th

ey a

re i

mp

ort

ant

for

reh

abili

tativ

e p

urp

ose

s, n

ot

leas

t th

e ab

ility

of

vict

ims

to e

ng

age

in

mea

nin

gfu

l rel

atio

nsh

ips.

Att

emp

ts b

y vi

ctim

s o

f vi

ole

nce

to

en

gag

e in

so

cial

rel

atio

nsh

ips

may

b

e m

ired

in w

ithd

raw

al a

nd

fear

. Th

is c

an d

amag

e re

latio

nsh

ips,

eve

n w

ith t

hei

r o

wn

fam

ilies

. In

ad

diti

on

, hea

lth

ap

pro

ach

es c

ann

ot

stan

d a

lon

e, e

ven

in r

elat

ion

to

hea

ling

. It

is im

per

ativ

e to

en

able

vic

tims

and

risk

gro

up

s to

en

gag

e in

so

cial

, cu

ltu

ral a

nd

eco

no

mic

act

iviti

es. F

urt

her

mo

re,

emp

ow

erin

g,

org

aniz

ing

an

d s

hift

ing

att

itud

es a

nd

cu

ltu

res

can

be

seen

as

a m

ove

to

war

ds

vio

len

ce p

reve

ntio

n. E

mp

ow

erm

ent

may

als

o n

urt

ure

ad

voca

cy a

s vi

ctim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s fin

d

pla

tfo

rms

to te

ll th

eir o

wn

sto

ries

. Th

is li

fts

the

psy

cho

soci

al a

pp

roac

hes

bey

on

d s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

into

ad

voca

cy.

Whi

le c

onte

xtua

lly d

eter

min

ed, i

nter

vent

ions

shou

ld fo

cus o

n cr

eati

ng th

e fo

llow

ing

outc

omes

: a)

Im

pro

ved

sel

f-es

teem

, ab

ility

to d

eal w

ith tr

aum

a, h

ealin

g, a

war

enes

s o

f th

e p

sych

oso

cial

im

pac

t o

f to

rtu

re a

mo

ng

ris

k g

rou

ps

in g

ener

al a

nd

am

on

g v

ictim

s in

par

ticu

lar;

b)

Imp

rove

d u

nd

erst

and

ing

am

on

g v

ictim

s an

d r

isk

gro

up

s o

f th

e is

sues

th

at p

ut

them

at

risk

an

d t

he

abili

ty t

o d

eal w

ith t

he

risk

co

nst

ruct

ivel

y;

c)

Imp

rove

d s

kills

to e

ng

age

in m

ean

ing

ful s

oci

al a

ctiv

ities

in r

elat

ion

to th

e la

bo

ur

mar

ket,

ed

uca

tion

an

d o

ther

so

cial

are

nas

; an

d

d)

Vic

tims

and

ris

k g

rou

ps

that

are

mo

bili

zed

an

d o

rgan

ized

fo

r p

reve

ntio

n a

nd

fo

r en

gag

ing

in m

ean

ing

ful r

elat

ion

ship

s w

ith a

uth

ori

ties,

co

mm

un

ities

an

d f

amili

es.

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Fam

ilie

s: P

rom

otin

g fa

mil

ies

as s

up

por

t st

ruct

ure

s ra

ther

th

an a

s p

erp

etra

tors

or

risk

gro

up

s

Fam

ilie

s ca

n b

e a

t ri

sk;

the

y ca

n s

uff

er

the

co

llect

ive

im

pac

t o

f vi

ole

nce

ag

ain

st t

he

ir

me

mb

ers

; th

ey

can

be

pe

rpe

trat

ors

of

(inte

rpe

rso

nal

an

d i

nti

mat

e)

vio

len

ce a

nd

th

ey

can

al

so b

e c

ruci

al p

artn

ers

in

pre

ven

tin

g v

iole

nce

an

d c

reat

ing

an

en

ablin

g e

nvi

ron

me

nt.

Fa

mili

es

in t

he

po

or,

urb

an n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s w

e w

ork

in a

re o

fte

n s

ub

ject

ed

to

exc

ruci

atin

g

pre

ssu

re f

rom

po

vert

y, m

arg

inal

izat

ion

an

d e

xplo

itat

ion

. O

n t

op

of

this

, th

ey

are

oft

en

ca

ug

ht

be

twe

en

th

eir

ow

n e

xpe

ctat

ion

s, t

he

exp

ect

atio

ns

of

the

su

rro

un

din

g c

om

mu

nit

y an

d t

he

sta

te o

n t

he

on

e h

and

, an

d t

he

pra

ctic

es

that

th

ey

(incl

ud

ing

fo

r in

stan

ce y

ou

ng

m

en

) n

ee

d t

o e

ng

age

in

to

su

rviv

e.

Par

en

ts,

for

inst

ance

, ar

e o

fte

n c

aug

ht

be

twe

en

th

eir

re

spo

nsi

bili

ty t

o d

isci

plin

e t

he

ir s

on

s an

d t

he

ir s

on

s’ p

rob

lem

atic

be

hav

iou

r. N

avig

atin

g

be

twe

en

th

ese

dif

fere

nt

de

man

ds

oft

en

re

sult

s in

inte

rpe

rso

nal

vio

len

ce a

nd

ab

use

. He

nce

, p

sych

oso

cial

in

terv

en

tio

ns

mu

st a

ssis

t fa

mili

es

in i

mp

rove

d f

un

ctio

nin

g t

o e

nab

le t

he

m

to e

ng

age

pro

du

ctiv

ely

wit

h b

oth

su

rro

un

din

gs

and

th

eir

ow

n f

amily

me

mb

ers

wh

o a

re

targ

ete

d v

iole

ntl

y b

y au

tho

riti

es.

Ass

isti

ng

fam

ilie

s to

be

com

e t

he

be

st p

oss

ible

fam

ilie

s o

n t

he

ir o

wn

te

rms

has

pre

ven

tati

ve a

s w

ell

as r

eh

abili

tati

ve e

ffe

cts.

Hav

ing

a s

tro

ng

er

and

mo

re s

up

po

rtiv

e f

amily

fac

ilita

tes

he

alin

g f

or

vict

ims

and

re

du

ces

the

ris

k fo

r ta

rge

t g

rou

ps

of

be

ing

exp

ose

d t

o a

uth

ori

ty-b

ase

d v

iole

nce

. Th

is a

pp

roac

h a

lso

po

ten

tial

ly w

ork

s to

war

ds

soci

al p

reve

nti

on

, as

org

aniz

ing

fam

ilie

s in

to a

sso

ciat

ion

s o

r d

iffe

ren

t ki

nd

s o

f n

etw

ork

s in

cre

ase

s th

eir

ab

ility

to

en

gag

e w

ith

sta

te a

uth

ori

tie

s to

pu

sh f

or

the

pre

ven

tio

n

of

auth

ori

ty-b

ase

d v

iole

nce

.

Whi

le o

utco

mes

are

con

text

ually

det

erm

ined

, th

ey s

houl

d in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing

cons

ider

atio

ns:

a)

Imp

rove

d

fam

ily

coh

esio

n

and

fu

nct

ion

ing

to

es

tab

lish

re

hab

ilita

tive

and

h

ealt

hy

rela

tion

s, in

clu

din

g w

ith r

isk

gro

up

s an

d t

arg

et g

rou

ps;

b)

Imp

rove

d s

oci

al p

rote

ctio

n a

nd

pre

ven

tion

of

vio

len

ce b

y su

pp

ort

ing

fam

ilies

in

th

eir

rela

tion

ship

s w

ith n

eig

hb

ou

rs a

nd

sta

te a

uth

ori

ties;

an

d

c)

Fam

ilies

mo

bili

zed

to

en

gag

e in

ad

voca

cy f

or

no

n-v

iole

nt

and

hea

lth

y re

latio

nsh

ips

with

sta

te a

uth

ori

ties,

an

d in

ad

voca

cy f

or

stat

e au

tho

ritie

s to

ass

um

e th

eir

role

as

du

ty

bea

rers

.

Com

mu

nit

y: P

rom

otin

g co

mm

un

itie

s as

su

pp

ort

stru

ctu

res

rath

er

than

as

per

pet

rato

rs

As

is e

vid

ent

in o

ur

rem

arks

ab

ove

, w

e ca

nn

ot

assu

me

that

co

mm

un

itie

s ar

e in

her

entl

y p

eace

ful

and

/or

coh

esiv

e. I

n m

any

way

s, s

tru

gg

les

ove

r th

e ri

gh

t to

defi

ne

the

(mo

ral)

com

mu

nit

y o

f th

e ri

gh

teo

us

are

at t

he

hea

rt o

f co

mm

un

al a

nd

co

llect

ive

vio

len

ce.

Th

e p

olit

ics

aro

un

d t

he

defi

nit

ion

of

com

mu

nit

y fe

eds

into

per

pet

uat

ing

vio

len

ce. H

ence

, th

ere

is a

nee

d t

o e

xplo

re h

ow

th

e u

se o

f vi

ole

nce

is

inst

rum

enta

l in

pro

du

cin

g a

nd

mai

nta

inin

g

com

mu

nit

ies

and

to

un

der

stan

d w

hat

mig

ht

con

trib

ute

to

les

s vi

ole

nce

. A

gai

n,

the

focu

s o

f th

e p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

mu

st b

e o

n e

nab

ling

an

d s

up

po

rtin

g p

osi

tive

rel

atio

nsh

ips

bet

wee

n r

isk

gro

up

s, f

amili

es a

nd

th

e w

ider

co

mm

un

ity.

A c

entr

al p

art

of

this

wo

rk r

evo

lves

ar

ou

nd

the

real

izat

ion

that

co

mm

un

itie

s p

ote

nti

ally

co

nd

on

e vi

ole

nce

an

d p

erp

etu

ate

vio

len

t va

lues

. R

esea

rch

als

o i

nd

icat

es t

hat

pro

-so

cial

att

itu

des

in

co

mm

un

itie

s ar

e a

pro

tect

ive

fact

or

agai

nst

vio

len

ce w

hils

t th

ose

th

at p

rom

ote

an

tiso

cial

att

itu

des

can

be

a ri

sk f

acto

r fo

r vi

ole

nce

. T

hu

s d

evel

op

ing

so

cial

co

hes

ion

aro

un

d a

ctiv

itie

s th

at p

rom

ote

so

cial

val

ues

is

a c

riti

cal c

om

po

nen

t o

f vi

ole

nce

pre

ven

tio

n. H

ence

, a p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

mu

st w

ork

w

ith

sh

ifti

ng

att

itu

des

to

tra

nsf

orm

co

mm

un

al s

etti

ng

s in

to s

tru

ctu

res

that

fac

ilita

te t

he

pre

ven

tio

n o

f vi

ole

nce

an

d s

up

po

rt f

or

vict

ims.

An

oth

er im

po

rtan

t in

sig

ht

fro

m o

ur

wo

rk is

th

at c

om

mu

nit

y w

ork

do

es n

ot

nec

essa

rily

rel

ate

to a

n e

nti

re c

om

mu

nit

y, b

ut

focu

ses

on

g

rou

ps

wit

hin

th

e co

mm

un

ity.

As

it i

s o

ften

un

real

isti

c to

im

agin

e h

arm

on

iou

s an

d n

on

-co

nfl

ictu

al c

om

mu

nit

ies,

ou

r w

ork

mu

st fo

cus

on

est

ablis

hin

g a

nd

su

pp

ort

ing

a c

riti

cal m

ass

wit

hin

a c

om

mu

nit

y th

at c

an a

dva

nce

vio

len

ce p

reve

nti

on

.

Whi

le o

utco

mes

are

con

text

uall

y de

term

ined

, the

y sh

ould

incl

ude

the

foll

owin

g co

nsid

erat

ions

: a)

A

co

mm

un

ity

ne

ed

s to

be

map

pe

d t

hro

ug

h s

take

ho

lde

r an

alys

is a

nd

po

ten

tial

p

artn

ers

sh

ou

ld b

e p

art

of

an a

llian

ce

to

pre

ven

t vi

ole

nc

e a

gai

nst

ris

k g

rou

ps;

b)

Ove

rall

co

mm

un

ity

eff

icac

y im

pro

ves

wh

ere

th

ere

are

fe

we

r in

cid

en

ts o

f vi

ole

nc

e an

d c

on

flic

ts, a

nd

wh

ere

co

nfl

icts

may

be

ad

dre

sse

d in

co

nst

ruc

tive

way

s; a

nd

c)

Imp

rove

d a

bili

ty t

o i

de

nti

fy p

oss

ible

are

as o

f c

olla

bo

rati

on

an

d c

reat

e i

nc

lusi

ve

co

mm

un

al p

roje

cts

(e

spe

cia

lly t

ho

se t

hat

pro

mo

te p

ro-s

oc

ial

be

hav

iou

rs),

an

d t

o

see

k su

pp

ort

fo

r th

em

bo

th in

sid

e a

nd

ou

tsid

e t

he

co

mm

un

ity.

Stat

e au

tho

riti

es: P

erp

etra

tors

or

du

ty b

eare

rs

As

our

rem

arks

abo

ve s

ugge

st,

it is

im

pera

tive

to f

acto

r in

sta

te a

nd n

on-

stat

e au

tho

ritie

s fo

r an

y ps

ycho

soci

al a

ppro

ach.

Sta

te a

utho

ritie

s ar

e es

peci

ally

impo

rtan

t as

they

oft

en c

om

man

d co

nsid

erab

le

reso

urce

s to

sup

pres

s th

e st

ate’

s o

wn

popu

latio

n an

d su

ppo

rt it

s w

ellb

eing

as

a du

ty b

eare

r. H

uman

rig

hts

appr

oac

hes

will

oft

en t

arge

t st

ate

auth

orit

ies

to c

ond

uct

inst

itutio

nal

refo

rm,

to t

rain

and

ca

paci

tate

its

wo

rker

s an

d, if

no

thin

g el

se w

ork

s, u

ltim

atel

y to

sha

me

them

into

co

mpl

ianc

e, a

ssum

ing

th

eir

role

as

duty

bea

rers

. Whi

le th

is is

a c

entr

al a

ppro

ach

to w

ork

ing

with

sta

te a

utho

ritie

s, e

spec

ially

at

a p

olic

y le

vel –

and

one

tha

t ea

ch o

f th

e fo

ur p

artn

ers

in t

he G

loba

l Alli

ance

als

o e

mpl

oys

– t

he

psyc

hoso

cial

mo

del f

or p

reve

ntio

n o

f vio

lenc

e an

d tr

eatin

g its

co

nseq

uenc

es m

ust w

ork

at a

diff

eren

t, m

ore

rel

atio

nal l

evel

. The

sta

te is

pre

sent

in e

ach

of o

ur fo

ur c

ont

exts

, fro

m t

he a

lmo

st o

mni

pres

ent

Dan

ish

wel

fare

sta

te t

o t

he h

ighl

y ch

alle

nged

Lib

eria

n st

ate.

But

wha

teve

r th

e st

reng

th o

f th

e lo

cal

stat

e, in

terv

entio

ns m

ust b

e ai

med

at s

uppo

rtin

g th

e pr

actic

es a

nd in

stitu

tions

that

mig

ht b

e pa

rtne

rs in

pr

even

ting

vio

lenc

e. S

uch

inte

rven

tions

mus

t be

base

d o

n so

und

stak

eho

lder

ana

lysi

s an

d an

intim

ate

kno

wle

dge

of t

he w

ork

ings

of t

he lo

cal s

tate

, inc

ludi

ng th

e o

ffici

als

wo

rkin

g th

ere.

It is

abo

ut a

ssis

ting

lo

cal s

tate

inst

itutio

ns t

o b

eco

me

the

best

po

ssib

le p

artn

ers.

Thi

s en

tails

wo

rkin

g w

ith a

utho

ritie

s to

ex

plo

re a

nd s

hift

the

no

rms,

min

d-se

ts a

nd c

ultu

res

that

per

petu

ate

vio

lenc

e. It

is a

lso

abo

ut fi

ndin

g

way

s to

wo

rk w

ith th

e lo

cal i

nstit

utio

ns o

f the

sta

te to

cre

ate

and

mai

ntai

n su

ppo

rtiv

e in

stitu

tions

that

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L A

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CE

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pro

mo

te p

eopl

e’s

dign

ity ra

ther

than

str

ip th

em o

f it.

Thi

s is

a c

ritic

al c

om

pone

nt o

f vio

lenc

e pr

even

tion

as

the

pro

mo

tion

of p

eopl

e’s

dign

ity h

as b

een

indi

cate

d as

a k

ey c

om

pone

nt o

f vio

lenc

e pr

even

tion

in

the

psyc

hoso

cial

fiel

d. P

sych

oso

cial

stu

dies

indi

cate

that

hum

iliat

ion

and

the

strip

ping

of o

ne’s

dig

nity

an

d se

lf-w

ort

h is

at t

he c

ore

of v

iole

nce

in u

rban

set

tings

. In

cont

exts

suc

h as

So

uth

Afr

ica,

Lib

eria

and

th

e Ph

ilipp

ines

, whe

re t

here

has

bee

n a

hist

ory

of

opp

ress

ive

regi

mes

with

go

vern

men

t in

stitu

tions

fe

edin

g in

to d

ehum

aniz

ing

expe

rienc

es,

the

reco

nstr

uctio

n o

f st

ate-

citiz

en r

elat

ions

to

a l

evel

tha

t pr

om

ote

s m

utua

l re

spec

t an

d hu

man

dig

nity

is

thus

a c

ruci

al c

om

pone

nt o

f vi

ole

nce

prev

entio

n.

Psyc

hoso

cial

stu

dies

in th

e fie

ld o

f tra

uma

indi

cate

that

if in

divi

dual

s ha

ve u

nres

olv

ed h

isto

ries

of b

eing

vi

ola

ted,

a c

urre

nt e

xper

ienc

e th

at re

min

ds th

em o

f the

trau

ma

coul

d se

rve

as a

trig

ger,

lead

ing

to th

em

actin

g o

ut t

heir

pain

thr

oug

h vi

ole

nce.

In o

ther

wo

rds,

inte

ract

ions

with

ho

stile

, unc

arin

g an

d vi

ole

nt

stat

e in

stitu

tions

can

set

in m

otio

n a

repl

ay o

f unr

eso

lved

his

toric

al v

iole

nce.

Thu

s fu

nctio

nal,

resp

ectf

ul

gove

rnm

ent i

nstit

utio

ns in

thes

e co

ntex

ts c

an b

e a

pow

erfu

l veh

icle

of b

oth

hea

ling

and

prev

entio

n.

Whi

le o

utco

mes

are

con

text

ually

det

erm

ined

, th

ey s

houl

d in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing

cons

ider

atio

ns:

a)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s sh

ou

ld b

e m

app

ed th

rou

gh

sta

keh

old

er a

nal

ysis

an

d p

ote

ntia

l par

tner

s in

sid

e th

e st

ate

mo

bili

zed

to

be

par

t o

f an

alli

ance

with

co

mm

un

ities

an

d f

amili

es t

o

pre

ven

t vi

ole

nce

ag

ain

st r

isk

gro

up

s;

b)

Imp

ort

ant

stat

e o

ffici

als

nee

d t

o r

eflec

t at

titu

des

to

war

ds

risk

gro

up

s th

at a

re b

ased

o

n s

ou

nd

un

der

stan

din

g o

f th

e p

rob

lem

s o

f th

e ri

sk g

rou

ps

rath

er t

han

ste

reo

typ

ical

n

otio

ns

of

dan

ger

an

d m

ora

l co

nta

min

atio

n s

aid

to

be

emb

od

ied

in t

he

risk

gro

up

s;

c)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s sh

ou

ld a

ssu

me

thei

r re

spo

nsi

bili

ties

as d

uty

bea

rers

to

war

ds

risk

g

rou

ps,

fam

ilies

an

d c

om

mu

niti

es a

s p

art

of

and

in

teg

ral

to t

hei

r o

rder

-mai

nta

inin

g

activ

ities

rat

her

th

an p

laci

ng

th

em in

op

po

sitio

n t

o o

rder

; an

d

d)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s sh

ou

ld e

ng

age

in w

elfa

re a

ctiv

ities

an

d p

rog

ram

mes

in

par

tner

ship

s w

ith fa

mili

es a

nd

co

mm

un

ities

, an

d s

up

po

rt th

em in

pra

ctic

es th

at e

ase

the

pre

ssu

re o

n

them

an

d e

nab

le t

hem

to

par

ticip

ate

in s

oci

ety

as f

ull

citiz

ens.

Con

clu

sion

an

d r

ecom

men

dat

ion

s

Bas

ed o

n w

ork

in

po

or

urb

an n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s b

y B

ALA

Y, D

IGN

ITY,

CSV

R a

nd

LA

PS,

in

th

is

pap

er w

e h

ave

arg

ued

fo

r th

e n

eed

to

dev

elo

p p

sych

oso

cial

ap

pro

ach

es w

hic

h f

ocu

s o

n

com

bin

ing

pre

ven

tati

ve a

nd

hea

ling

wo

rk t

hro

ug

h c

om

mu

nit

y-le

d i

nte

rven

tio

ns

wit

h r

isk

gro

up

s, t

he

com

mu

nit

ies

in w

hic

h t

hey

live

, th

eir

fam

ilies

an

d t

he

auth

ori

ties

th

at p

erp

etra

te

vio

len

ce t

o m

ain

tain

ord

er.

Wh

ile h

igh

ly s

pec

ializ

ed (

leg

al)

pre

ven

tio

n a

nd

(h

ealt

h-r

elat

ed)

reh

abili

tati

on

pra

ctic

es h

ave

con

trib

ute

d t

o a

dd

ress

ing

to

rtu

re a

nd

ill-

trea

tmen

t, t

hey

als

o

leav

e g

aps,

no

t le

ast

wh

en w

e b

egin

ad

dre

ssin

g w

hat

we

hav

e te

rmed

au

tho

rity

-bas

ed

vio

len

ce, t

hat

is, v

iole

nce

em

plo

yed

to

pre

serv

e lo

cal s

oci

al, l

egal

an

d m

ora

l ord

ers

in p

oo

r,

urb

an n

eig

hb

ou

rho

od

s. T

his

vio

len

ce is

oft

en c

arri

ed o

ut

by

the

stat

e b

ut

in m

any

con

text

s,

no

n-s

tate

fo

rms

of

auth

ori

ty a

ssu

me

the

resp

on

sib

ility

to

mai

nta

in a

nd

pre

serv

e o

rder

oft

en

in c

om

ple

x re

lati

on

s to

th

e st

ate.

It

is m

un

dan

e an

d c

hro

nic

rat

her

th

an s

ud

den

tra

um

atic

eru

pti

on

s o

f vi

ole

nce

an

d h

as o

ften

bee

n n

orm

aliz

ed,

even

by

its

vict

ims.

In

terv

enti

on

s in

su

ch c

on

text

s d

eman

d t

hat

we

reco

nsi

der

so

me

of

ou

r b

asic

ass

um

pti

on

s ab

ou

t h

ow

to

go

ab

ou

t w

ork

ing

ag

ain

st t

ort

ure

an

d il

l-tr

eatm

ent.

Th

is p

aper

is a

firs

t st

ep f

or

us

– a

nd

mig

ht

insp

ire

oth

ers

wo

rkin

g in

sim

ilar

con

dit

ion

s –

to

rec

on

cep

tual

ise

ou

r w

ork

in w

ays

that

mak

e se

nse

fo

r a

focu

s o

n a

uth

ori

ty-b

ased

vio

len

ce i

n p

oo

r, u

rban

nei

gh

bo

urh

oo

ds.

Th

e p

aper

d

oes

no

t –

can

no

t –

pro

du

ce a

set

of

bes

t p

ract

ices

an

d m

od

els

to b

e im

ple

men

ted

. Rat

her

it

set

s o

ut

ou

r re

flec

tio

ns

on

ho

w t

o u

nd

erst

and

th

e co

nte

xts

of

vio

len

ce, t

he

targ

et g

rou

ps

of

inte

rven

tio

ns

and

th

e th

eori

es o

f ch

ang

e re

leva

nt

in t

he

diff

eren

t co

nte

xts.

Ho

wev

er,

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

pro

ject

, sev

eral

pro

ject

s an

d a

pp

roac

hes

are

tes

ted

an

d w

ill b

e d

escr

ibed

in

sub

seq

uen

t p

ub

licat

ion

s.

Au

tho

rity

-bas

ed v

iole

nce

in

co

nte

xt t

akes

man

y fo

rms

bu

t it

mu

st a

rgu

ably

co

nfo

rm t

o

cert

ain

un

der

lyin

g c

rite

ria

in o

rder

fo

r it

to

be

leg

itim

ate:

it

nee

ds

to b

e co

nst

rued

as

self

-d

efen

ce a

nd

it

mu

st b

e p

rop

ort

ion

ate

to t

he

thre

at t

hat

it

pu

rpo

rts

to c

ou

nte

r. H

ow

ever

, th

is f

orm

of

vio

len

ce d

oes

no

t ex

ist

in is

ola

tio

n a

nd

th

e p

aper

ou

tlin

ed t

he

rela

tio

n b

etw

een

d

iffer

ent

form

s o

f vi

ole

nce

incl

ud

ing

yo

uth

vio

len

ce, i

nti

mat

e vi

ole

nce

, co

mm

un

al v

iole

nce

, st

ate

vio

len

ce a

nd

rev

olu

tio

nar

y vi

ole

nce

. Fu

rth

erm

ore

, w

e ex

plo

red

ho

w t

hes

e re

lati

on

s p

rod

uce

d c

on

dit

ion

s co

nd

uci

ve f

or

auth

ori

ty-b

ased

vio

len

ce. C

entr

al t

o t

his

un

der

stan

din

g

is t

he

abili

ty t

o c

om

bin

e d

iffer

ent

app

roac

hes

to

vio

len

ce a

s p

rod

uct

ive

of

soci

al r

elat

ion

s an

d a

s d

estr

uct

ive

of

life

and

lim

b.

Th

is a

nal

ysis

of

vio

len

ce is

ab

solu

tely

cen

tral

an

d, w

e ar

gu

e, o

ften

fo

rgo

tten

or

rep

lace

d b

y as

sum

pti

on

s o

f vi

ole

nce

as

des

tru

ctiv

e o

nly

, o

r as

vio

lati

on

s o

f le

gal

no

rms.

It

also

en

able

s a

reco

nsi

der

atio

n o

f ta

rget

an

d r

isk

gro

up

s. In

mu

ch a

nti

-to

rtu

re w

ork

, to

rtu

re is

co

nsi

der

ed

to b

e an

ext

rao

rdin

ary

even

t (J

ense

n, K

elly

et

al, 2

017

). O

nce

we

real

ize

the

mu

nd

ane

nat

ure

o

f m

uch

to

rtu

re a

nd

ill-

trea

tmen

t, n

ew r

isk

gro

up

s em

erg

e lik

e yo

un

g m

en o

r ch

ildre

n

in c

on

flic

t w

ith

th

e la

w a

nd

th

e co

mm

un

ity

they

in

hab

it;

sexu

al m

ino

riti

es,

refu

gee

s an

d

mig

ran

ts o

r, a

s h

as b

een

th

e ca

se i

n b

oth

So

uth

Afr

ica

and

Lib

eria

, su

rviv

ors

or

vict

ims

of

dis

ease

s (H

IV o

r E

bo

la).

Th

ese

gro

up

s, a

nd

oth

ers

like

them

, ar

e se

en a

s aff

ron

ts t

o p

ub

lic

mo

ralit

y, s

om

etim

es b

ecau

se o

f th

eir

acti

on

s an

d s

om

etim

es b

ecau

se o

f a

dan

ger

th

ey a

re

seen

to

rep

rese

nt

(cri

me,

dru

gs,

ter

ror,

mo

ral d

ecay

, th

reat

s to

live

liho

od

s, e

tc.).

Wh

ile t

hey

ar

e ta

rget

ed v

iole

ntl

y b

y p

ub

lic o

ffici

als,

in w

ays

that

may

co

nst

itu

te to

rtu

re a

nd

ill-

trea

tmen

t,

com

mu

nit

ies

and

eve

n t

hei

r o

wn

fam

ilies

wh

o c

on

sid

er t

hem

in n

eed

of d

isci

plin

ing

als

o u

se

and

co

nd

on

e vi

ole

nce

ag

ain

st t

hem

.

e)

Wh

ile f

ocu

sin

g o

n l

egal

rig

hts

of

child

ren

, w

om

en,

mig

ran

ts a

nd

th

e ri

gh

ts n

ot

to

be

tort

ure

d o

r ki

lled

as

imp

ort

ant

ben

chm

arks

, it

is

no

t en

ou

gh

to

sim

ply

to

hea

l th

e w

ou

nd

s o

f vi

ctim

s o

r to

lec

ture

offi

cial

s o

f th

eir

du

ties

. O

ur

wo

rk d

emo

nst

rate

s th

e cr

uci

al i

mp

ort

ance

of

rela

tio

ns

as b

oth

pro

tect

ive

and

per

pet

rati

ve.

Th

is i

nsi

gh

t su

gg

ests

a t

heo

ry o

f ch

ang

e w

hic

h f

ocu

ses

on

rel

atio

ns

bet

wee

n r

isk

gro

up

s, t

hei

r fa

mili

es, t

he

com

mu

nit

ies

in w

hic

h t

hey

live

an

d t

he

loca

l pu

blic

offi

cial

s. Im

po

rtan

tly,

fa

mili

es,

com

mu

nit

ies

and

p

ub

lic

offi

cial

s m

igh

t co

nst

itu

te

the

mo

st

imp

ort

ant

pro

tect

ive

net

wo

rks

that

ris

k g

rou

ps

hav

e. H

ow

ever

, th

ey m

igh

t al

so p

erp

etra

te

vio

len

ce o

r al

low

it t

o t

ake

pla

ce.

If f

amili

es a

re n

ot

will

ing

to

pro

tect

th

eir

child

ren

, fo

r in

stan

ce b

ecau

se o

f d

rug

ab

use

, th

ey a

re m

uch

mo

re a

t ri

sk o

f b

ein

g h

arm

ed

by

com

mu

nit

y m

emb

ers

and

by

the

stat

e. T

his

en

tails

wo

rkin

g w

ith

th

e yo

un

g

peo

ple

th

emse

lves

– t

o d

eal

wit

h t

he

vio

len

ce p

erp

etra

ted

ag

ain

st t

hem

, an

d o

ften

th

e vi

ole

nce

th

ey p

erp

etra

te o

n o

ther

s an

d t

o a

tten

d t

o t

he

rela

tio

ns

they

hav

e w

ith

fa

mili

es, c

om

mu

nit

ies

and

pu

blic

offi

cial

s. T

his

mig

ht

incl

ud

e th

e fo

llow

ing

ele

men

ts:

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a.

Imp

rove

d

self

-est

eem

, ab

ility

to

d

eal

wit

h

trau

ma,

h

ealin

g,

awar

enes

s o

f th

e p

sych

oso

cial

im

pac

t o

f to

rtu

re a

mo

ng

ris

k g

rou

ps

in g

ener

al a

nd

am

on

g v

icti

ms

in

par

ticu

lar;

b.

Imp

rove

d u

nd

erst

and

ing

am

on

g v

icti

ms

and

ris

k g

rou

ps

of

the

issu

es t

hat

pu

t th

em a

t ri

sk a

nd

th

e ab

ility

to

dea

l wit

h t

he

risk

co

nst

ruct

ivel

y;

c.

Imp

rove

d s

kills

to

en

gag

e in

mea

nin

gfu

l so

cial

act

ivit

ies

in r

elat

ion

to

th

e la

bo

ur

mar

ket,

ed

uca

tio

n a

nd

oth

er s

oci

al a

ren

as;

and

d.

Vic

tim

s an

d a

t-ri

sk g

rou

ps

wh

o a

re m

ob

ilize

d a

nd

org

aniz

ed f

or

pre

ven

tio

n a

nd

fo

r en

gag

ing

in m

ean

ing

ful r

elat

ion

ship

s w

ith

au

tho

riti

es, c

om

mu

nit

ies

and

fam

ilies

.

Wo

rk w

ith

ris

k g

rou

ps

mu

st b

e co

mp

lem

ente

d w

ith

in

terv

enti

on

s in

rel

atio

n t

o f

amili

es,

com

mu

nit

ies

and

pu

blic

offi

cial

s. I

n t

he

Glo

bal

Alli

ance

, n

ot

all

org

aniz

atio

ns

wo

rk e

qu

ally

w

ith

all

leve

ls.

For

exam

ple

, DIG

NIT

Y w

ork

s m

ore

wit

h p

ub

lic o

ffici

als,

co

mm

un

ity

mem

ber

s an

d v

olu

nta

ries

, w

her

eas

BA

LAY

wo

rks

mo

re w

ith

fam

ilies

an

d y

ou

ng

peo

ple

. D

epen

din

g o

n

the

con

text

an

d t

he

org

aniz

atio

n, t

he

follo

win

g e

lem

ents

may

be

rele

van

t:

The

fam

ilies

:

a)

Imp

rove

d

fam

ily

coh

esio

n

and

fu

nct

ion

ing

to

es

tab

lish

re

hab

ilita

tive

and

h

ealt

hy

rela

tion

s, in

clu

din

g w

ith r

isk

gro

up

s an

d t

arg

et g

rou

ps;

b)

Imp

rove

d s

oci

al p

rote

ctio

n a

nd

pre

ven

tion

of

vio

len

ce b

y su

pp

ort

ing

fam

ilies

in

th

eir

rela

tion

ship

s w

ith n

eig

hb

ou

rs a

nd

sta

te a

uth

ori

ties;

an

d

c)

Fam

ilies

mo

bili

zed

to

en

gag

e in

ad

voca

cy f

or

no

n-v

iole

nt

and

hea

lth

y re

latio

nsh

ips

with

sta

te a

uth

ori

ties,

an

d in

ad

voca

cy f

or

stat

e au

tho

ritie

s to

ass

um

e th

eir

role

as

du

ty

bea

rers

.

The

com

mun

ity:

a)

Th

e re

leva

nt

com

mu

nity

map

ped

th

rou

gh

sta

keh

old

er a

nal

ysis

an

d p

ote

ntia

l p

artn

ers

sho

uld

be

par

t o

f an

alli

ance

to

pre

ven

t vi

ole

nce

ag

ain

st r

isk

gro

up

s;

b)

Imp

rove

d c

om

mu

nity

effi

cacy

, wh

ere

ther

e ar

e fe

wer

inci

den

ts o

f vio

len

ce a

nd

co

nfli

cts,

an

d w

her

e co

nfli

cts

may

be

add

ress

ed in

co

nst

ruct

ive

way

s; a

nd

c)

Imp

rove

d

abili

ty

to

iden

tify

po

ssib

le

area

s o

f co

llab

ora

tion

an

d

crea

te

incl

usi

ve

com

mu

nal

pro

ject

s (e

spec

ially

th

ose

th

at p

rom

ote

pro

-so

cial

beh

avio

urs

), an

d t

o s

eek

sup

po

rt f

or

them

bo

th in

sid

e an

d o

uts

ide

the

com

mu

nity

.

The

stat

e an

d pu

blic

offi

cial

s:

a)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s ar

e m

app

ed t

hro

ug

h s

take

ho

lder

an

alys

is a

nd

po

ten

tial p

artn

ers

insi

de

the

stat

e m

ob

ilize

d;

b)

Imp

ort

ant

stat

e o

ffici

als

sho

uld

refl

ect

attit

ud

es t

ow

ard

s ri

sk g

rou

ps

that

are

bas

ed o

n

sou

nd

un

der

stan

din

g o

f th

e p

rob

lem

s o

f th

e ri

sk g

rou

ps;

c)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s sh

ou

ld a

ssu

me

thei

r re

spo

nsi

bili

ties

as d

uty

bea

rers

to

war

ds

risk

g

rou

ps,

fam

ilies

an

d c

om

mu

niti

es; a

nd

d)

Stat

e au

tho

ritie

s sh

ou

ld e

ng

age

in w

elfa

re a

ctiv

ities

an

d p

rog

ram

mes

in

par

tner

ship

s w

ith fa

mili

es a

nd

co

mm

un

ities

an

d e

nab

le t

hem

to

par

ticip

ate

in s

oci

ety

as fu

ll ci

tizen

s.

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Ref

eren

ces

Ari

as, D

. 20

06

. “T

he

Dyn

amic

s o

f C

rim

inal

Go

vern

ance

: Net

wo

rks

and

So

cial

Ord

er in

Rio

d

e Ja

nei

ro.” 

Jou

rnal

of

Latin

Am

eric

an S

tud

ies

38 (2

): 2

93-

325.

Bal

ibar

, E. 1

99

8. “

Vio

len

ce, I

dea

lity

and

Cru

elty

.” N

ew F

orm

atio

ns

35: 7

-18

.

Bja

rnes

on

, J. a

nd

S. J

ense

n. 2

014

. “V

iole

nce

an

d U

rban

Po

litic

s.”

In C

laim

ing

th

e C

ity:

Civ

il So

ciet

y M

ob

ilisa

tion

by

the

Urb

an P

oo

r, ed

ited

by

H. M

oks

nes

an

d M

. Mel

in, 1

63-

171.

U

pp

sala

: Up

psa

la U

niv

ersi

ty.

Blo

om

, S. 1

99

6. “

Ever

y T

ime

His

tory

Rep

eats

Itse

lf th

e P

rice

Go

es U

p: T

he

Soci

al

Ree

nac

tmen

t o

f Tr

aum

a.”

Ori

gin

ally

pu

blis

hed

in S

exu

al A

dd

ictio

n a

nd

Co

mp

uls

ivity

 3 (3

):

161-

194,

19

96

.

Dis

sel,

A.;

Jen

sen

, S. a

nd

Ro

ber

ts S

. 20

09.

To

rtu

re in

So

uth

Afr

ica:

Exp

lori

ng

to

rtu

re

and

cru

el, i

nh

um

an a

nd

deg

rad

ing

tre

atm

ent

or

pu

nis

hm

ent

thro

ug

h t

he

med

ia.

Joh

ann

esb

urg

: Cen

tre

for

the

Stu

dy

of

Vio

len

ce a

nd

Rec

on

cilia

tion

.

Gal

tun

g, J

oh

an. 1

99

6. P

eace

by

Pea

cefu

l Mea

ns:

Pea

ce a

nd

Co

nfli

ct, D

evel

op

men

t an

d

Civ

iliza

tion

. Lo

nd

on

, UK

: SA

GE

Pu

blic

atio

ns.

Gar

bar

ino

, Jam

es. 2

015

. Lis

ten

ing

to

Kill

ers:

Les

son

s Le

arn

ed f

rom

my

20 Y

ears

as

a P

sych

olo

gic

al E

xper

t W

itnes

s in

Mu

rder

Cas

es. U

niv

ersi

ty o

f C

alifo

rnia

Pre

ss.

Ho

rnb

erg

er, J

. (20

14) “

We

Nee

d a

Co

mp

licit

Po

lice!

Po

litic

al P

olic

ing

Th

en a

nd

No

w.”

SA

Cri

me

Qu

arte

rly

48

: 17-

24.

Jen

sen

, S. 2

00

5. “A

bo

ve t

he

Law

: Pra

ctic

es o

f So

vere

ign

ty in

Su

rrey

Est

ate,

Cap

e To

wn

.” In

So

vere

ign

Bo

die

s, e

dite

d b

y T.

Han

sen

an

d F

. Ste

pp

uta

t, 2

18-2

38. P

rin

ceto

n: P

rin

ceto

n

Un

iver

sity

Pre

ss.

Jen

sen

, S. 2

00

8. G

ang

s, P

olit

ics

& D

ign

ity in

Cap

e To

wn

. Oxf

ord

: Jam

es C

urr

ey

Pu

blis

her

s.

Jen

sen

, S. 2

014

. “C

on

flict

ing

Lo

gic

s o

f Ex

cep

tion

ality

: New

Beg

inn

ing

s an

d t

he

Pro

ble

m

of

Po

lice

Vio

len

ce in

Po

st-A

par

thei

d S

ou

th A

fric

a.”

Dev

elo

pm

ent

and

Ch

ang

e 4

5 (3

): 4

58-

478

.

Jen

sen

, S. a

nd

D. R

od

ger

s. 2

00

9. “

Rev

olu

tion

arie

s, B

arb

aria

ns

or

War

Mac

hin

es?

Gan

gs

in

Nic

arag

ua

and

So

uth

Afr

ica.

” So

cial

ist

Reg

iste

r 4

5: 2

20-2

38.

Jen

sen

, S. K

. Hap

al a

nd

J. M

od

vig

. 20

13. “

Vio

len

ce in

Bag

on

g S

ilan

g.”

DIG

NIT

Y P

ub

licat

ion

Se

ries

on

To

rtu

re a

nd

Org

anis

ed V

iole

nce

; no

. 2.

Jen

sen

, S, T

. Kel

ly e

t al

. 20

17. “

Tort

ure

an

d Il

l-Tr

eatm

ent

Un

der

-Per

ceiv

ed: H

um

an R

igh

ts

Do

cum

enta

tion

an

d t

he

Po

or.”

acc

epte

d f

or

Hu

man

Rig

hts

Qu

arte

rly.

Joh

anse

n, M

.L. 2

013

. “In

th

e B

ord

erla

nd

s: P

ales

tinia

n P

aren

ts N

avig

atin

g D

anis

h W

elfa

re

Stat

e In

terv

entio

ns.

” P

hD

th

esis

, Aar

hu

s U

niv

ersi

ty.

Kye

d, H

. 20

12. “

Intr

od

uct

ion

to

th

e Sp

ecia

l Iss

ue:

Leg

al P

lura

lism

an

d In

tern

atio

nal

D

evel

op

men

t In

terv

entio

ns.

” Jo

urn

al o

f Le

gal

Plu

ralis

m a

nd

Un

offi

cial

Law

43:

1-2

3.

Led

erac

h, J

oh

n P

aul.

199

8. “

Bey

on

d V

iole

nce

: Bu

ildin

g S

ust

ain

able

Pea

ce”,

In T

he

Han

db

oo

k o

f In

tere

thn

ic C

oex

iste

nce

, ed

ited

by

Eug

ene

Wei

ner

, 236

-24

5. N

ew Y

ork

: A

bra

ham

Fu

nd

Pu

blic

atio

n.

Mo

gap

i, N

. 20

11. “

Co

llect

ive

Vio

len

ce a

nd

Co

llect

ive

Trau

ma:

Th

e Tr

aum

atic

Pas

t o

f A

par

thei

d a

nd

th

e P

arad

ox

of

the

New

Dem

ocr

acy.

” In

Th

e Sm

oke

th

at C

alls

: In

surg

ent

Citi

zen

ship

, Co

llect

ive

Vio

len

ce a

nd

th

e St

rug

gle

fo

r a

Pla

ce in

th

e N

ew S

ou

th A

fric

a,

edite

d b

y K

arl v

on

Ho

ldt,

Mal

ose

Lan

ga,

Sep

etla

Mo

lap

o, N

om

fun

do

Mo

gap

i, K

ind

iza

Ng

ub

eni,

Jaco

b D

lam

ini a

nd

Ad

ele

Kir

sten

, 119

-129

. Jo

han

nes

bu

rg: C

SVR

an

d S

WO

P.

Ro

dg

ers,

D. a

nd

J. H

azen

. 20

14. G

lob

al G

ang

s: S

tree

t V

iole

nce

acr

oss

th

e W

orl

d.

Min

nea

po

lis: U

niv

ersi

ty o

f M

inn

eso

ta P

ress

.

Van

Ho

ldt,

K.;

Lan

ga,

K.;

Mo

lap

o, S

; Mo

gap

i, N

.; N

gu

ben

i, K

.; D

lam

ini,

J. a

nd

Kir

sten

, A.

2011

. Th

e Sm

oke

th

at C

alls

: In

surg

ent

Citi

zen

ship

, Co

llect

ive

Vio

len

ce a

nd

th

e St

rug

gle

fo

r a

Pla

ce in

th

e N

ew S

ou

th A

fric

a. J

oh

ann

esb

urg

: CSV

R a

nd

SW

OP.

Vig

h, H

. 20

16. “

Life

’s T

ram

po

line:

On

Nu

llific

atio

n a

nd

Co

cain

e m

igra

tion

in B

issa

u.”

In

Aff

ectiv

e C

ircu

its: A

fric

an M

igra

tion

to

Eu

rop

e an

d t

he

Pu

rsu

it o

f So

cial

Reg

ener

atio

n,

edite

d b

y C

. Gro

es a

nd

J. C

ole

. Ch

icag

o: C

hic

ago

Un

iver

sity

Pre

ss.

War

d, C

. L. W

ard

, A. M

erw

e an

d A

. Daw

es. 2

012

. Yo

uth

Vio

len

ce: S

ou

rces

an

d S

olu

tion

s in

So

uth

Afr

ica.

Cap

e To

wn

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The Global Alliance is a strategic alliance established in 2014 between likeminded civil society organisations working towards building a global alliance of communities against torture and urban violence. We conduct country-based, as well as collaborative intervention and knowl-edge generating projects across partners, focusing on countering authority-based violence in poor urban neighbourhoods.

The Global Alliance consists of four partner organizations from four different countries:

CSVR - The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa; www.csvr.org.za

Balay Rehabilitation Center, the Philippines; www.balayph.net

LAPS – Liberia Association of Psychosocial Services, Liberia; www.lapsliberia.com

DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture, Denmark; www.dignityinstitute.org