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The End of Violence
  • Published: 23 May 2026
  • ISBN: 9781911709121
  • Imprint: Torva
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $55.00

The End of Violence

Eliminating the World’s Most Dangerous Epidemic

  • Gary Slutkin
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11 Aug 2026
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16 Apr 2026
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23 Apr 2026
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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?

Drawing on decades spent fighting infectious disease before founding Cure Violence Global, Dr Gary Slutkin shows that violence behaves like any other epidemic – it spreads through exposure, but it can also be interrupted, contained and ultimately eliminated. By treating violence as a contagious illness rather than a moral failing, he reveals how communities around the world have begun to heal themselves, by following the basic epidemic playbook. These methods have dramatically reduced or eliminated violence in communities in the US, Latin America, and around the world.

With clear-sighted pragmatism, The End of Violence uncovers the invisible logic of violence – and how it works on our brains and bodies – offering an inspiring and time-tested roadmap for our recovery. Incisive, far-reaching and profoundly hopeful, it challenges the idea that violence is inevitable and shows us a concrete way to a more peaceful world.
  • Published: 23 May 2026
  • ISBN: 9781911709121
  • Imprint: Torva
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $55.00
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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