| The mission of the Center for Advancement of Nonviolence and Social Justice at the Drexel University School of Public Health is to transform current policies, systems and practice toward a more trauma-informed model. The objective of the Center is to reduce violence by applying an innovative approach, to transform the way that health care and behavioral healthcare addresses the needs of young victims of violence and trauma. This shift in approach will also stimulate a transformation of the public conversation about violence from the current criminal justice perspective toward a broader public health dialogue. This new dialogue, in turn, will lead to new ways to reduce violence in the inner city, while simultaneously developing more effective helping institutions and more compassionate care for traumatized people. |
