Arms
The key role small arms play in fuelling conflict; different approaches of small arms control programmes; efforts to curb the small arms trade.
Latest Documents
- Weapons, Violence and the perpetrator-victim nexus in South Africa
- K. Thaler / Microcon, 2011
- Given the high levels of crime and violence in South Africa, there may be a temptation for citizens to arm themselves for protection. Using quantitative survey data from the Cape Area Panel Study and qualitative interviews with reside...
- Increasing a gender perspective in small arms control
- C. Buchanan; V. Farr; M. Flood / Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Switzerland, 2005
- This article, 'Women, men and gun violence: options for action', forms part of a larger publication on directions for the reduction of small arms control. In this piece the authors emphasise a gender equity approach to reduc...
- Building a framework for violence prevention
- World Health Organization, 2005
- This programme seeks to provide a broad variety of interventions, in a number of settings, as a complement to the security sector reform approach. The programme aims to reduce armed violence and demand for small arms in orde...
- What is the impact of armed violence on poverty and development?
- M. Turner; J. Ginifer; L. Cliffe / United Nations Development Programme, 2005
- This paper examines the extent to which armed violence and small arms and light weapons possession and usage, impoverishes individuals, groups, societies and states. The paper offers suggestions on how donors and agencies working in t...
- Armed violence and arms: detailing the effects
- United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- In this brief, it is estimated that more than 740,000 people die each year as a result of the violence associated with armed conflicts and large and small scale criminal violence. The majority of these deaths occur in non-conflict set...
- How can armed violence in African pastoral communities be tackled?
- J. Bevan / United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- Pastoral communities inhabit over 21 countries on the African continent. They are concentrated in some of the most arid regions of the continent, which necessitate semi- or wholly-nomadic livestock grazing. Many of these communities a...
- Analysing armed violence in Asia and the Pacific
- J.M. Hazen / United Nations Development Programme, 2008
- This paper presents a general overview of the risks and effects of armed violence in Asia. It also focuses in detail on the issue of armed violence arising from armed conflicts particularly its causes and impacts. The final section of...
- Estimating the costs of crime
- Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating Costs of Crime, 2009
- This site aims to bring together techniques developed for estimating the costs of crime. In this particular section the authors detail the different number of studies that have been undertaken in a number of countries - thes...
- Factors that influence the movement of small arms into Malawi from Mozambique
- G. Mthembu-Salter / Small Arms Survey, 2009
- In a region apparently awash with weapons and plagued with rising levels of armed crime, Malawi is a welcome exception to these characteristics. In early 2007 there were only 9,320 legally registered firearms in Malawi excluding those...
- How can the illicit brokering of arms be curbed?
- B. Wood / United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 2009
- A consequence of the globalization of the arms trade is the increasing reliance on the services of brokers, who find markets, negotiate deals and make logistical arrangements to meet the requirements of buyers, sellers and other ...
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