Non-conflict Armed Violence

Gender Counts: Assessing Global Armed Violence Datasets for Gender Relevance, by Anna Alvazzi del Frate, Gergely Hideg, and Emile LeBrun. Briefing Paper. March 2020. (Also available in French)

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Darkening Horizons: Global Violent Deaths Scenarios, 2018–30, by Gergely Hideg and Anna Alvazzi del Frate. Briefing Paper, May 2019.

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Global Violent Deaths 2017: Time to Decide, by Claire Mc Evoy and Gergely Hideg. Small Arms Survey Report, December 2017.

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Firearms and Violent Deaths, October 2016. Research Note No. 60.

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Monitoring Trends in Violent Deaths, September 2016. Research Note No. 59.

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The Value of Hospital Data: Understanding and Preventing Intentional Injury in Liberia, by Lucie Collinson, Andrew Winnington, and Mary Vriniotis, January 2016. Working Paper No. 22.

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Violent Deaths due to Legal Interventions, July 2015. Research Note No. 53, Armed Violence.

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Unprotected: Young People in Post-conflict Burundi, by Claudia Seymour, 2015. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World.

Digging for Trouble: Violence and Frontier Urbanization, by Oliver Jütersonke and Hannah Dönges, 2015. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World.

In the Line of Fire: Elephant and Rhino Poaching in Africa, by Khristopher Carlson, Joanna Wright, and Hannah Dönges, 2015. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World.

Handgun Ownership and Armed Violence in the Western Balkans, September 2014. Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 4.

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Firearm Suicides, August 2014. Research Note No. 44, Armed Violence.

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In War and Peace: Violence Against Women and Girls, by Dariusz Dziewanski, Emile LeBrun, and Mihaela Racovita, 2014. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2014: Women and Guns.

On the Record: Illicit Weapons in the United States, by Matt Schroeder, 2014. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2014: Women and Guns.

Inclusive Security, Inclusive Cities, April 2014, by Emilia Frost and Matthias Nowak, published by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat.  Policy Paper No.1. (also available in French and Spanish). 

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Firearms and Violence in Honduras, March 2014. Research Note No. 39, Armed Violence (also available in Spanish).

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Risky Business? Crime and Security Perceptions in the Nepali Private Sector, November 2013. Nepal Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 3 (also available in Nepali).

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Geospatial Technologies and Crime: The Jamaican Experience, October 2013. Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 3.

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Dividing lines: Grazing and conflict along the Sudan–South Sudan border, by Joshua Craze, July 2013. Working Paper No. 30

Too Close to Home: Guns and Intimate Partner Violence, by Margaret Shaw, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

Trend Lines: Armed Violence in South Africa, by Natalie Jaynes, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

Survival at Stake: Violent Land Conflict in Africa, by Jennifer M. Hazen, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

Guns in the Family: Mafia Violence in Italy, by Monica Massari, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

Everyday Dangers: Non-conflict Armed Violence, by Anna Alvazzi del Frate and Luigi De Martino, 2013. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2013: Everyday Dangers.

The Missing Middle: Examining the Armed Group Phenomenon in Nepal, May 2013. Nepal Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 1 (also available in Nepali).

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In Search of Lasting Security: An Assessment of Armed Violence in Nepal, by Mihaela Racovita, Ryan Murray, and Sudhindra Sharma, a joint publication of the  Interdisciplinary Analysts, and the Small  Arms Survey's Nepal Armed Violence Assessment project, supported by Australian Aid, AusAID. May 2013. Special Report No. 20. (This report is also available in Nepali)

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At War's End: Armed Violence in Nepal, May 2013. Research Note No. 29, Armed Violence (also available in Nepali).

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Armed Violence Monitoring Systems, March 2013. Research Note No. 27, Armed Violence (also available in Arabic and in Spanish).

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Political Conflict and Vulnerabilities: Firearms and Electoral Violence in Kenya, December 2012. Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 2.

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Urban Armed Violence, November 2012. Research Note No. 23, Armed Violence. 

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Peace without Security: Violence against Women and Girls in Liberia, September 2012. Liberia Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 3.

A Fatal Relationship: Guns and Deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean, by Elisabeth Gilgen, 2012. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets.

A Heavy Hand: The Use of Force by India's Police, August 2012. India Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 3 (also available in Hindi).

Guatemala en la encrucijada. Panorama de una violencia transformada (in Spanish), by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat, CERAC, and the Small Arms Survey (Executive Summary in English and Spanish, and Press Release in English and Spanish also available). Published by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat and CERAC.

Availability of Small Arms and Perceptions of Security in Kenya: An Assessment, by Manasseh Wepundi, Eliud Nthiga, Eliud Kabuu, Ryan Murray, and Anna Alvazzi del Frate, a joint publication of Kenya National Focus Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons, and the Small Arms Survey, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. June 2012. Special Report No. 16. (This report is also available in Swahili. An Executive Summary including recommendations is also available in English and Swahili.)

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Armed Violence: Spotlight on Lethal Effects, May 2012. Research Note No. 17, Armed Violence.

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Blue Skies and Dark Clouds: Kazakhstan and Small Arms, by Nicolas Florquin, Dauren Aben, and Takhmina Karimova, May 2012. Occasional Paper No. 29 (also available in Kazakh and Russian; Executive Summary available in English, Kazakh, and Russian)

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Enquête nationale sur les armes légères et de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire: les défis du contrôle des armes et de la lutte contre la violence armée avant la crise post-électorale, by Savannah de Tessières, a joint publication of the UNDP, the Commission Nationale de Lutte contre la Prolifération et la Circulation Illicite des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Small Arms Survey, April 2012. Special Report No. 14 (Summary available in English).

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Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011: Lethal Encounters, by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat. Published by Cambridge University Press. October 2011.

Reading between the Lines: Crime and Victimization in Liberia, September 2011. Liberia Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 2.

A Legacy of War? Perceptions of Security in Liberia, September 2011. Liberia Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 1.

Photo Essay: Gang Life: Between Belonging and Exclusion. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns.

Gang Violence Worldwide: Context, Culture, and Country, by Scott H.Decker and David C. Pyrooz, 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns.

Gangs, Groups, and Guns: An Overview, by Jennifer M.Hazen, 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns.

Large and Small: Impacts of Armed Violence on Children and Youth, by Jonah Leff and Helen Moestue, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.   

Firearm-related Violence in Mozambique, a joint publication of the Ministry of the Interior of Mozambique, the World Health Organization—Mozambique, and the Small Arms Survey, June 2009. Special Report No. 10

Gangs of Central America: Causes, Costs, and Interventions, by Dennis Rodgers, Robert Muggah, and Chris Stevenson, May 2009. Occasional Paper No. 23

Small Arms in Rio de Janeiro: The Guns, the Buyback, and the Victims, by Pablo Dreyfus, Luis Eduardo Guedes, Ben Lessing, Antônio Rangel Bandeira, Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento, and Patricia Silveira Rivero, a study by the Small Arms Survey, Viva Rio, and ISER, December 2008. Special Report No. 9

Global Burden of Armed Violence 2008, by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat, September 2008.

Reducing Armed Violence: The Public Health Approach, by Jennifer Hazen, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience.

Hazen, Jennifer. 2008. Risk and Resilience: Understanding the Potential for Violence. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience.

Targeting Armed Violence: Public Health Interventions, by Jennifer Hazen and Chris Stevenson, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience.

Armed Violence in Burundi: Conflict and Post-Conflict Bujumbura, by Nicolas Florquin and Stéphanie Pézard, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

Florquin, Nicolas, and Stéphanie Pézard. 2007. Armed Violence in Burundi: Conflict and Post-Conflict Bujumbura. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

Mapping the Divide: Firearm Violence and Urbanization In Brazil, by Rubem César Fernandes and Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.

Fernandes, Rubem César, and Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento. 2007. Mapping the Divide: Firearm Violence and Urbanization In Brazil. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City. 

Jumping the Gun: Armed Violence in Papua New Guinea, by Nicle Haley and Robert Muggah, 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

The Instrument Matters: Assessing the Costs of Small Arms Violence, by Nicolas Florquin, 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Few Options but the Gun: Angry Young Men, by James Bevan and Nicolas Florquin, 2006. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region, edited by Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman, May 2005 (also available in French).

Firearm-related Violence in Brazil, co-published with the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization, coordinated by Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres, November 2004. (Summary report also available)

Marco jurídico normativo internacional y regional sobre armas de fuego: armonización de la normativa nacional de armas de fuego, municiones, explosivos y otros similares, by Leyla Elisa Díaz López, February 2016. Violence and Security in Honduras, unpublished Policy Brief No. 1.

Reformas legales en materia de armas en Honduras: el discurso político en los medios, by Arabeska Sánchez, February 2016. Violence and Security in Honduras, unpublished Policy Brief No. 2.

La remilitarización de la seguridad pública en Honduras: control y regulación de armamentos, y prevención de la violencia armada, by Leticia Salomón, February 2016. Violence and Security in Honduras, unpublished Policy Brief No. 3.

Bateson, Regina. 2009. The Political Consequences of Crime Victimization in Latin America. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference. Chicago, 2 April.

Feldab-Brown, Vanda. 2009. The Violent Drug Market in Mexico and Lessons from Colombia. Policy Paper No. 12. Foreign Policy at Brookings. Washington D.C.: Brookings.

Calame, John and Esther Charlesworth. 2009. Divided Cities - 
Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Harrendorf, S., M. Heiskanen and S. Malby. 2009. International Statistics on Crime and Justice. Helsinki and Vienna: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). 2008. Crime and its impact on the Balkans and affected countries. Vienna: UNODC.

WHO (World Health Organization). 2008. Violence Prevention, the evidence. Geneva: WHO.

UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). 2007. Crime and Development in Central America - Caught in the Crossfire. Vienna: UNODC.

Richmond, T. S., R. Cheney, and C.W. Schwab. 2005. The global burden of non-conflict related firearm mortality. Injury Prevention, Vol. 11, No. 6. December, pp. 348–352.

Mathers, Colin D., et al. 2005. Counting the Dead and What They Died From: An Assessment of the Global Status of Cause of Death Data. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Vol. 83, No. 3. March, pp. 171-180.

Dahlberg, Linda, Robin M. Ikeda, and Marcie-Jo Kresnow. 2004. Guns in the Home and Risk of a Violent Death in the Home: Findings from a National Study. American Journal for Epidemiology, Vol. 160, No. 10. November, pp. 929–936.

Moser, Caroline. 2004. Urban Violence and Insecurity: An Introductory Roadmap. Environment and Urbanization. Vol. 16, Number 12. October.

Krug, Etienne G. et al., eds. 2002. World report on violence and health. Geneva: World Health Organization.

Reza, A., J. A. Mercy, and E. Krug. 2001. Epidemiology of violent deaths in the world. Injury Prevention, Vol. 7. Pp. 104–111.