ABSTRACT
Violence is a global public health issue, and it has been listed by the United Nations as a priority for the post-2015 international development agenda. Homicide, which refers to murder and manslaughter and represents serious violence that claims people's lives, is the third leading cause of death globally for males aged 15 to 44 years. Homicide, however, is always of great public concern due to the seriousness of the offence and the irreversible harm done to the affected families as well as to society. Fortunately, the considerable advances in risk assessment for violent offenders witnessed in the forensic literature offer sound empirical and theoretical support to guide violence risk assessment procedure and enhance risk prediction accuracy for various usages in the local jurisdiction. The Violence Prevention Programme is grounded in theories of violent behaviour and empirically informed risk factors associated with aggressive individuals.
