ISBN:
9781107069930
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (198 p)
Series Statement:
Global Burden of Armed Violence
Parallel Title:
Print version Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015 : Every Body Counts
DDC:
303.6
Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Copyright information; Foreword; Table of contents; List of Illustrations; About the Geneva Declaration; Acknowledgements; Executive Summary; The post-2015 debate; Chapter highlights; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter One Violence, Security, and the New Global Development Agenda; Armed violence and development: shifting frames; Armed violence and development: approaching the evidence; Violence, security, and development: moving the agenda forward; Peace and security in the MDG review process; Conclusion; List of abbreviations; Endnotes; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Two Lethal Violence UpdateA global snapshot of lethal violence; Changes in lethal violence, 2004-12; Firearms and lethal violence; Conclusion; List of abbreviations; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter Three Lethal Violence against Women and Girls; Beyond the numbers: challenges to collecting data on homicide and violence against women and girls; The state of female homicide in the world; Female homicide through the years: trends and patterns; Women killed in conflict settings: difficulties in establishing trends; Weapons used in lethal violence against women
Description / Table of Contents:
Death in the family: intimate partner and intimate circle femicideConclusion; List of abbreviations; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter Four Unpacking Lethal Violence; Local dimensions of lethal violence; The urban factor; Who is at risk?; Conclusion; List of abbreviations; Endnotes; Bibliography; Chapter Five The Economic Cost of Homicide; Lowering rates, but increasing costs of homicide; Estimating the cost of homicide; The aggregate cost of homicide and life expectancy gains from reducing it; Costs of excess homicide by demographic group; The cost of firearm-related homicides; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
List of abbreviationsEndnotes; Bibliography
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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