Crime and security
How can communities manage conflict? Urban violence and post-war reconciliation
How can communities manage conflict? Urban violence and post-war reconciliation
Authors:
Philip Scott Jones; Centre for International Development and Training, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Publisher:
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 New Guinea (PNG), shows that community-managed conflict mediation, if well supported, can help build trust, confidence and stability.
