Economic Costs

Small Arms Survey Publications

Aguirre, Katherine, Robert Muggah, Jorge A. Restrepo and Michael Spagat. 2006. Colombia's Hydra: The Many Faces of Gun Violence in Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

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

Muggah, Robert. 2005. Securing Haiti's Transition: Reviewing Human Insecurity and the Prospects for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Disarmament. Occasional Paper 14.

Florquin, Nicolas and Christina Wille. 2004. A Common Tool: Firearms, Violence, and Crime in Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk.


Other Articles, Books, and Journals

Corso, Phaedra S et al. 2007. Medical Costs and Productivity Losses Due to Interpersonal and Self-Directed Violence in the United States. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 32, No. 6, 474-482.

Taback, Nathan and Robin Coupland. 2005. Towards Collation and Modelling of the Global Cost of Armed Violence on Civilians. Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol. 21, No. 1, 19 – 27.

Allard, Denis and V. C. Burch. 2005. The Cost of Treating Serious Abdominal Firearm-related Injuries in South Africa. South African Medical Journal. Vol. 95, No. 8.

Lindgren, Göran. 2005. The Economic Costs of Civil War. Paper Prepared for the Ninth Annual International Conference on Economics and Security. Bristol, 23-25 June.

Paniagua, Ignacio, Emperatriz Crespin, Ademar Guardado, and Ana Mauricio. 2005. Wounds Caused by Firearms in El Salvador, 2003-2004: Epidemiological Issues. Medicine, Conflict and Survival. Vol. 21, No. 3.

Richmond, Therese, Rose Cheney, and C. William Schwab. 2005. The Global Burden of Non-conflict Related Firearm Deaths. Injury Prevention. Vol. 11.

Collier, Paul and Anke Hoeffler. 2004. The Challenge of Reducing the Global Incidence of Civil War. Copenhagen Consensus Challenge Paper. Revised.

MSF (Médecins sans Frontières). 2004. Accès aux soins de santé au Burundi: résultats de trois enquêtes épidémiologiques. Bujumbura: MSF Belgique.

WHO (World Health Organization). 2004. The Economic Dimensions of Interpersonal Violence. Geneva: WHO.

De Leon Beltrán, Isaac, Ana Maria Fernandez, Maria Victoria Llorente, and Eduardo Salcedo Albaran. 2003. Homicidio e intencion letal: un studio exploratoria de heridas mortals a partir de los protocolos de necropsia en Bogotá. Borradores de MÉTODO: área de crimen y conflicto. Bogotá: Grupo Transdisciplinario de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales, MÉTODO.

Hoeffler, Anke and Marta Reynal-Querol. 2003. Measuring the Costs of Conflict. Oxford: Centre for the Studies of African Economies.

Zohoori, Namvar, Elizabeth Ward, Georgiana Gordon, Rainford Wilks, Deanna Ashley, and Terrence Forrester. 2002. Non-fatal Violence-related Injuries in Kingston, Jamaica: A Preventable Drain on Resources. Injury Control Safety Promotion. Vol. 9, No. 4.

Brand, Sam and Richard Price. 2000. The Economic and Social Costs of Crime. Home Office Research Study. No. 217.

Cook, Philip and Jens Ludwig. 2000. Gun Violence: The Real Costs. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Rice, Dorothy P. 2000. Cost of Illness Studies: What Is Good about Them? Injury Prevention. Vol. 6.

Collier, Paul. 1999. On the Economic Consequences of Civil War. Oxford Economic Papers. No. 51. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Harris, Geoff. 1999. The Costs of Armed Conflict in Developing Countries. In Recovery from Armed Conflict in Developing Countries: An Economic and Political Analysis. London: Routledge, pp. 12-28.

Londoño, Juan Luis and Rodrigo Guerrero. 1999. Violencia en America Latina: epidemiologia y costos. Documento de Trabajo R-375. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.

Ludwig, Jens and Philip Cook. 1999. The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-valuation Data. Working Paper Series No. 7166. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research.

Fanslow, Janet, Carolyn Cognan, Brent Miller, and Robyn Norton. 1997. The Economic Cost of Homicide in New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 45, No. 7.

Miller, Ted and Mark A. Cohen. 1997. Costs of Gunshot and Cut/Stab Wounds in the United States with Some Canadian Comparisons. Accident Analysis and Prevention. Vol. 29.

Stewart, Frances and Frank Humphreys. 1997. Civil Conflict in Developing Countries Over the Last Quarter of a Century: An Empirical Overview of Economic and Social Consequences. Oxford Development Studies. Vol. 25, No. 1.

Miller, Ted, Mark Cohen, and Brian Wiersema. 1996. Victim Costs and Consequences: A New Look. National Institute of Justice Report. Landover: National Institute of Justice.

Vassar, Mary and Kenneth Kizer. 1996. Hospitalizations for Firearm-related Injuries: A Population-based Study of 9562 Patients. Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. 275, No. 22.

Miller, Ted. 1995. Costs Associated with Gunshot Wounds in Canada in 1991. Canadian Medical Association Journal. Vol. 153, No. 9.

Ordog, Gary, Jonathan Wasserberger, and Greg Ackroyd. 1995. Hospital Costs of Firearm Injuries. Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. Vol. 38, No. 2.

Grobar, Lisa Morris and Shiranti Gnanaselvam. 1993. The Economic Effects of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Economic Development and Cultural Change. Vol. 41, No. 2.

Max, Wendy and Dorothy P. Rice. 1993. Shooting in the Dark: Estimating the Costs of Firearm Injuries. Health Affairs. Vol. 12.


Further Resources

World Health Organization (WHO) Violence and Injury Prevention (VIP)