ISS Seminar, Cape Town: A Public Health Response to Crime and Violence

Date: 2010-09-16

Venue: Institute for Security Studies, Cape Town, 2nd Floor, The Armoury, Buchanan Square, 160 Sir Lowry Road

RSVP: by Tuesday 14 September 2010
Bonita Louis
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (021) 461 7211
Fax: (021) 461 7213

This event is jointly hosted by the Institute for Security Studies, the USA Embassy in South Africa and Gun Free South Africa.

Dr. Slutkin and Mr. Arthur are visiting South Africa to share and discuss the CeaseFire Program Model. Dr Slutkin is founder of CeaseFire, a proven successful initiative of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention, which seeks to reduce shootings and killings by approaching violence through a public health lens. The CeaseFire intervention and behavior change method is now statistically proven as effective at reducing shootings and killings by a three-year scientific and independent evaluation commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice. (For further information see: http://www.ceasefirechicago.org/cpvp.shtml)

Speakers:

Dr Gary Slutkin
Mr. Jalon Arthur

Respondent:

Dr. Cathy Ward is a clinical-community psychologist whose work focuses on crime and violence, and their associated problems (such as substance misuse).   She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town.