Crime and security
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- Can Pakistan's police force cope?
- ( International Crisis Group , 2008)
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Based on extensive interviews with current and retired police officers, this report analyses the existing system of policing in Pakistan. It seeks to identifiy flaws and proposes tangible ways of r...
Can environmental design make cities safer?: a tool for identifying good practice
- ( P. Higuera / Eldis Document Store , 2007)
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Many Latin American countries continue to experience a high incidence of crime and violence, especially in urban areas. While policy makers have tended to focus more on arrest and punishment than o...
- Addressing the needs of the Dhaka's urban poor
- ( World Bank Office, Dhaka , 2007)
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Dhaka is the fastest growing mega-city in the world, attracting an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 mostly poor migrants a year. This paper argues that urgent measures are required to address the vital...
- Are violence and poverty connected?
- ( C. Moser / Brookings Institution , 2006)
- This brief presents an integrated framework for understanding urban violence. It is informed by the findings from participatory urban appraisals of violence undertaken in 18 poor urban communities in ...
- Globalisation and cases of violence in areas undergoing rural-urban change
- ( C.O.N. Moser; D. Rodgers / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2005)
- This paper examines the relationship between levels of violence and insecurity in areas undergoing rural-urban change. This is a central issue for the security and development agenda. It is associate...
- How can communities manage conflict? Urban violence and post-war reconciliation
- ( Philip Scott Jones / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- How can communities solve problems of urban violent crime and regain equilibrium after the trauma of war? Research in urban Port Moresby and low-income neighbourhoods in post- war Bougainville, Papua ...
- Johannesburg: nightmarish future or potential model of inclusive urban governance?
- ( Jo Beall;Owen Crankshaw;Susan Parnell / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- Built on the sweat of black migrant workers, Johannesburg is synonymous with social fragmentation, environmental degradation, violent crime and rampant consumerism alongside grinding poverty. How is t...
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