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The End of Violence
  • Published: 16 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529903065
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304

The End of Violence

Eliminating the World’s Most Dangerous Epidemic

  • Gary Slutkin
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Tr. Paperback
11 Aug 2026
EBook
16 Apr 2026
Audiobook
23 Apr 2026
Hardback
23 May 2026
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We often talk about violence as if it was a disease - something that infects communities and spreads until it becomes an epidemic. So, what if we treated it that way? Could we slow it down? Could we even find a cure?

Rather than seeing violence as a question of morality, psychology, or the law, epidemiologist Dr Gary Slutkin shows us that both practically and scientifically, it is a contagious disease. Drawing on over forty years of experience in public health in dozens of countries across the world, Dr Slutkin unveils the insidious way violence works on our bodies and brains - from exposure to contagion to epidemic - and how we can break the cycle of trauma by interrupting the spread. Through moving stories of people and communities worldwide in which he has drastically reduced violence, he shows the extent to which violence has shaped modern global society-and, astonishingly, how it can be cured.

The End of Violence provides an immediately actionable framework to protect individuals and communities, stopping the spread before it becomes endemic. Incisive, far-reaching, and ultimately hopeful, The End of Violence is essential reading that challenges the idea that violence is inevitable and points the way to a more peaceful world.
  • Published: 16 April 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529903065
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 304
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Praise for The End of Violence

Gary Slutkin is one of the most important thinkers and activists in the vital effort to understand and reduce violence . . . an invaluable contribution.

Steven Pinker, Professor, Harvard University and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature

Violence is globally ubiquitous because like so many diseases, it doesn’t discriminate. With its evidence-based solutions that can reach hundreds of millions of people, The End of Violence can improve the health and lives of people all around the world.

Chris Elias, President, Global Development, Gates Foundation

Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin brings 25 years of deep experience and knowledge to show us how we can use the paradigm of public health to cure the world of this deadly epidemic. This book could not be more relevant or useful.

William Ury, author of Getting to Yes

Nothing short of a paradigm shift. Violence has been misdiagnosed and mismanaged for too long. The science and movement in this book will move us forward as a species.

Dr Peter Piot, Founding Executive Director of UNAIDS, formerly Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, co-discoverer of the Ebola virus

Pay close attention to the work Slutkin has done to separate violence from politics, poverty and morality and you will never see it the same way again.

Rafael Alvarez, former staff writer for The Wire

Our neighborhoods, our cities, and the world need this book now to change the tide of violence and build a world of peace.

Rima Salah, Former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations