Every year too many people are injured in violent attacks in Scotland, below is a message from Jack McConnel MSP... “Scotland is too violent. Too many lives are lost and too many people are seriously injured through needless, preventable violent attacks. It is not only the victim who is affected: the impact is felt by the families of both victim and attacker, as well as by the wider community. Violence whether in the home, in the street or after a football game is totally unacceptable. We will not sit back and accept that violence is simply a way of life in some parts of Scotland. As well as giving the police and courts more powers to deal with those who are violent we must challenge the attitudes of those who think it acceptable to carry and use weapons and to attack others. Excellent work is already being done by the Violence Reduction Unit and I am delighted to be supporting the Unit in its expansion as a national centre of expertise. We need to work together to find effective ways of reducing violence and, over the long term, to change behaviour so that we can all live alongside one another in a culture of safety and respect”.

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