George Hosking
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George Hosking, Quaker, economist, accountant, psychologist and Clinical Criminologist, founded WAVE Trust
in 1996.
in internet chat rooms, to being WAVE adviser to the UK Home Office
, Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
, Metropolitan Police
, Centre for Social Justice
and Scottish Violence Reduction Unit
on violence reduction. The World Health Organisation have commended WAVE’s groundbreaking work and WAVE has become part of WHO’s global Violence Prevention Alliance.
Hosking's approach to the huge issue of how to tackle violence at it roots has been one that he used to use throughout his career as an international business strategist: changing performance through identifying and understanding root causes, rather than operating on symptoms. This had previously enabled his consultancy to transform profitability for well-known international companies, adding over £30 million per annum to their business profitability.
Drawing on his psychologist and clinical criminologist training Hosking has been doing therapeutic work with violent criminals both in prison and after release. To date none of his clients have re-offended with violence, in or out of prison. Hosking puts this unusual success down to the approach of tackling root causes.
Hosking has been one of the first to be bestowed with companion membership of the Most Noble Order of Zand reflecting the enormity of his contribution to the humane development of mankind and the creation of a truly peaceful society for us and our children to live in.
WAVE Trust
WAVE Trust was formed in 1996 and registered as an international educational charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under Number 1080189 in 1999. The charity is dedicated to reducing the key root causes of interpersonal violence: child neglect and maltreatment...
in 1996.
Background
Hosking has been successful in taking WAVE Trust from a small organization chatting about how to tackle the root causes of violenceViolence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
in internet chat rooms, to being WAVE adviser to the UK Home Office
Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
, Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
Prime Minister's Strategy Unit
The Prime Minister's Strategy Unit was an elite unit based in the UK Cabinet Office between 2002 and 2010...
, Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan police
Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...
, Centre for Social Justice
Centre for Social Justice
The Centre for Social Justice is an independent, not-for-profit thinktank set up by the Rt. Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, to advance the education of the public in the subject of social justice and to promote the role of the voluntary sector...
and Scottish Violence Reduction Unit
Violence Reduction Unit
The Violence Reduction Unit was established in January 2005 by the Strathclyde, Scotland, police to target all forms of violent behaviour. Adopting the public health approach as described in the WHO’s World Report On Violence and Health , the unit developed simple aims: to reduce violent crime and...
on violence reduction. The World Health Organisation have commended WAVE’s groundbreaking work and WAVE has become part of WHO’s global Violence Prevention Alliance.
Hosking's approach to the huge issue of how to tackle violence at it roots has been one that he used to use throughout his career as an international business strategist: changing performance through identifying and understanding root causes, rather than operating on symptoms. This had previously enabled his consultancy to transform profitability for well-known international companies, adding over £30 million per annum to their business profitability.
Drawing on his psychologist and clinical criminologist training Hosking has been doing therapeutic work with violent criminals both in prison and after release. To date none of his clients have re-offended with violence, in or out of prison. Hosking puts this unusual success down to the approach of tackling root causes.
Hosking has been one of the first to be bestowed with companion membership of the Most Noble Order of Zand reflecting the enormity of his contribution to the humane development of mankind and the creation of a truly peaceful society for us and our children to live in.