The phrase "a decrease in violence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing trends, statistics, or changes in behavior related to violent acts or crime rates.
Example: "The city has reported a significant decrease in violence over the past year, leading to a safer environment for its residents."
Alternatives: "a reduction in violence" or "a decline in violence".
Steven Pinker has pointed out that there is a decrease in violence generally and I attribute that partly to international law, starting with the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
The areas where prostitution is allowed are equipped with CCTV cameras and regularly patrolled, leading to a decrease in violence, campaigners say.
Thursday's announcement by the IRA is a timely reminder that we have our own recent history of political panic causing miscarriages of justice resulting in an increase, not a decrease, in violence.
Mr. Wolfowitz, the deputy defense secretary, told the Senate panel that while a new United Nations resolution might inspire more nations to contribute troops to Iraq, that was not as important as a decrease in violence.
Conclusions: violent schizophrenia patients treated with fish oil (360 mg DHA + 540 mg EPA) demonstrated a decrease in violence, but improvement in positive and negative symptoms was no greater than patients treated with the placebo after twelve weeks.
"They're hoping to negotiate a decrease in violence with that one group".Officials insist there is no going back to the old practice in which Mexican governments turned a blind eye to drug gangs provided they acted discreetly.
Congregations can address working with other communities of faith in working for a decrease in community violence, including gun violence.
* Federal data was released showing a decrease in school violence and an increase in students feeling safer at their schools.
But we do know, as Adam Gopnik has reminded us repeatedly, that gun-control laws correlate with a decrease in gun violence.
"I'd be surprised if these changes lead to a substantial decrease in drugs going to the U.S. or a decrease in the violence and power of the cartels".
The objective of this study was to examine the effects of happy Muslim family activities on a decrease in domestic violence against Thai-Muslim spouses in Satun province, Thailand.
