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Building Brains in Early Intervention City (2009)

George Hosking

A PowerPoint presentation by George Hosking at an Early Intervention International Conference in Nottingham in April 2009.

Violence: a curable disease

Bob Johnson

The views of WAVE member and psychiatrist Bob Johnson, as presented to the Annual Conference of the UK Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) in York, July 1996. It particularly discusses his experiences and treatment results in a United Kingdom maximum security prison.

Media Influence on Young People

George Hosking

That a correlation between screen violence and violent behaviour in real life is now demonstrated beyond doubt.

Digging Up The Roots of Violence (1999)

George Hosking

Reports that a major cause of violence is early life experience within the family and that a principal method of instilling violence is parental discipline practices.

An Ounce of Prevention

George Hosking

Summarises research findings reporting that early intervention and the teaching of parenting skills reduces violence in later life.

Nursery Crimes (2001)

George Hosking

A discussion of how a breakdown in the relationship between parents and babies can 'hardwire' antisocial and aggressive children who later turn to crime and abusive behaviour.

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