The document summarizes the speaker's 25 years of research on violence. Some key findings include: 1) Violence stems from a combination of factors like insecure attachments, limited choices, and automatic activation of schemas rather than conscious choices. 2) Secure attachments to prosocial individuals lead to protective processes like executive functions and beliefs that help avoid violence. 3) Certain interventions and prevention programs aim to help develop automatic protective processes in service users to reduce violence. 4) An evaluation framework focuses on justice, care, common understandings, and whose interests are being served to continuously improve responses to issues like sexual abuse.

1. This Much I Know: Reflections on 25 Years of Research on Violence Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW Professor, School of Social Work University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA Issues from the Frontline of Sexual Assault Melbourne, Australia 24 November 2011

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18. Stimulus, Dysregulation, Outcome Hot Buttons Dysregulation Human Agency/Automatic Activation of Schemas Outcomes Pro-social Anti-Social Self- destructive i Inappropriate Stimuli Search for Coping Strategies

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