Thread by @SaffreyB

1/ I recommend everyone read the report - Assessing the cost-effectiveness of the Peace Management Initiative as an intervention to reduce the homicide rate in a community in Kingston, Jamaica, published in the International Journal of Public Health, Volume 63, Number 8...

2/ Here are a few results - Xtown (to preserve anonymity, it is called Xtown) is located in downtown Kingston, near one of the main arterial roads, and is a historic garrison community. In 2002, Xtown had an estimated population of 15,000. Total PMI intervention costs over...

3/ ...the 5-year period amounted to JMD $97M. In the community of Xtown, the PMI methodology resulted in a drop of 89.2% in the number of homicides in 1 year. Five years after the initial intervention, the murder rate dropped by a total of 96.9%. This represents a fall in...

4/ ...the annual murder rate from 433/100,000 in 2005 to 13/100,000 in '09. Comparatively the national murder rate reduced by only 1.61% over the 5-year period. Over this 5-year period, 87 people were killed in Xtown which, without the PMI intervention, was projected to...

5/ ... have been 325 people assuming a consistent murder rate. As a result, an estimated 238 lives could be claimed to have been saved as a result of the intervention. An estimated JMD $17M was saved in direct medical costs as a result of the intervention. Indirect costs...

6/ ... saved are estimated at JMD $3.7B which, after being discounted by 3% to give the present value of this sum of money, amounted to JMD $1.19B. As a result, the total direct and indirect costs saved have been estimated at JMD $1.20B. Given that the PMI programme costs...

7/ ... were JMD $97M over the same period, the cost/benefit ratio for the intervention has been estimated to be JMD $12.38 saved per dollar spent on intervention.... Historically, most public security in the Caribbean has invested in law enforcement and corrections with...

8/ ... little, though increasing, focus on violence prevention (UNDP 2012). While enforcement-based violence reduction methods are necessary, interventions using a public health approach would lead to deeper and lasting social change. To change negative community norms and...

9/ ...attitudes and to disrupt the underlying sociocultural conditions, law enforcement, corrections and prevention strategies must be employed collectively to build sustainable peace...

10/ Here is the link to the study. link.springer.com/article/10.100… @rosssheil @NestaJA @VPAJamaica @UNICEFJamaica @dennisgjones @christufton @davidmullings @Petchary @ManagementPeace @dmccaulay @AndrewHolnessJM @AliBJM @JDFSoldier @JamaicaConstab @DrNigelClarkeJa #violenceprevention

No prob. Gonna share a few more reports in the coming days

@rosssheil @NestaJA @VPAJamaica @UNICEFJamaica @dennisgjones @christufton @davidmullings @Petchary @ManagementPeace @dmccaulay @AndrewHolnessJM @AliBJM @JDFSoldier @JamaicaConstab @DrNigelClarkeJa @AbkaFitzHenley @ClydeWilliams46 @lizzielevy @marxshields

@rosssheil @NestaJA @VPAJamaica @UNICEFJamaica @dennisgjones @christufton @davidmullings @Petchary @ManagementPeace @dmccaulay @AndrewHolnessJM @AliBJM @JDFSoldier @JamaicaConstab @DrNigelClarkeJa There is evidence to support that PMI is effective. There is data and there are also stories of change.

blogs.unicef.org/jamaica/transf…

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