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  • Functional Family Therapy (FFT)  

    A family-based therapy which helps to promote positive communication between parents and children.
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    MODERATE
  • Street lighting

    Using street lighting to prevent violence.
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    NO
    EFFECT
  • CCTV

    Using closed-circuit television (CCTV) to prevent violence.
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    LOW
  • Knife crime education programmes

    Programmes that aim to prevent knife crime by educating children about the risks and harms caused by carrying a knife.
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    Impact
  • Bystander interventions to prevent sexual assault

    Programmes that help young people to identify and intervene in potential sexual assaults
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    MODERATE
  • Relationship violence prevention lessons and activities

    Programmes that aim to prevent violence in intimate relationships.  
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    MODERATE
  • Knife surrender schemes

    Initiatives to enable people to safely hand in weapons at designated locations.
    Cost
    ?
    Evidence quality
    Impact
  • Adventure and Wilderness Therapy

    Challenge-based activities and therapies undertaken in outdoor settings.
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    LOW
  • Mentoring

    Mentors provide children and young people with guidance and support.
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    MODERATE
  • Media campaigns

    Raising awareness of the risks and consequences of involvement in violence.
    Cost
    ?
    Evidence quality
    Impact
  • Trauma-specific therapies  

    Specialist therapies which aim to support individual recovery from trauma.
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    HIGH
  • Multi-Systemic Therapy

    A family therapy programme for children at risk of placement in either care or custody
    Cost
    Evidence quality
    1 2 3 4 5
    Impact
    MODERATE