Behind the Headlines - Tackling Youth Violence Together

In this wide ranging live talk from Falkirk Stadium, Karyn McCluskey, lead of Community Justice Scotland, explores contributing and developing societal factors around that can negatively impact young people today and how we offer support in this changing world.

Speaking with Dr Linda de Caestecker, Karyn shares powerful insights from her career; from shaping Scotland’s public health approach, helping tackle violence, to building community-led initiatives that foster empathy, opportunity and hope.

This event has now taken place. Please find below the video from the talk and also the audio podcast below. 

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More About Our Guest:

Karyn McCluskey

Chief Executive, Community Justice Scotland

Karyn trained as a nurse, and then in psychology. She spent 21 years with the Police and helped establish the Violence Reduction Unit in 2003 with a Public Health approach to preventing violence, which is replicated in the UK and internationally. She helped set up the Medics Against Violence charity in Scotland with three Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, which runs Navigators in emergency rooms throughout Scotland and speaks to school children about violence reduction, injury and keeping safe.

Karyn leads Community Justice Scotland with the aim of preventing offending and reoffending, involving work around addiction, homelessness, mental health, and family support. Looking at innovations and evidence to assist people into wellbeing and away from the criminal justice system.

She has published work on Armed Robbery teams, Alcohol and Violence Interventions in a clinical setting and Violence Reduction. In addition, Karyn is a Non-Executive Director at Scottish Professional Football League, Trustee of Medics Against Violence and the Centre for Justice Innovation and a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health.