Small Arms Survey

Small Arms Survey 2008:
Risk and Resilience


Small Arms Survey 2007:
Guns and the City


Small Arms Survey 2006:
Unfinished Business


Small Arms Survey 2005:
Weapons at War


Small Arms Survey 2004:
Rights at Risk


Small Arms Survey 2003:
Development Denied


Small Arms Survey 2002:
Counting the Human Cost


Small Arms Survey 2001:
Profiling the Problem

The Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience presents two thematic sections.
The first examines the problem of diversion as related to stockpiles, international transfers, and end-user documentation. It includes a case study on South Africa and a comic strip illustrating the potential ease by which someone with access to forged documentation can make arrangements to ship munitions virtually anywhere.
The second thematic section analyses the public health approach to armed violence, scrutinizing risk and resilience factors and considering related interventions. It includes an overview of the burden of armed violence, and two case studies of armed violence in El Salvador and the United States.
A chapter on light weapons production rounds out the volume.

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About the Small Arms Survey Project
Arabic 54 KB
English 57 KB
French 81 KB
German 80 KB
Portuguese 79 KB
Russian 90 KB
Spanish 79 KB

About the Small Arms Survey 2008
Arabic 197 KB
English 209 KB
French 211 KB
German 222 KB
Portuguese 213 KB
Russian 187 KB
Spanish 212 KB

Press release
Arabic 38 KB
English 116 KB
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German 120 KB
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Chapters

1. Light Weapons: Products, Producers, and Proliferation
Summary in Arabic 1769 KB
Summary in English 2.7 MB
Summary in French 2.7 MB
Summary in German 1 MB
Summary in Portuguese 1 MB
Summary in Russian 2.7 MB
Summary in Spanish 969 KB

2. Arsenals Adrift: Arms and Ammunition Diversion
Summary in Arabic 56 KB
Summary in English 112 KB
Summary in French 114 KB
Summary in German 80 KB
Summary in Portuguese 71 KB
Summary in Russian 125 KB
Summary in Spanish 71 KB

3. A Semi-automatic Process? Identifying and Destroying Military Surplus
Full chapter 4.8 MB
Summary in Arabic 52 KB
Summary in English 110 KB
Summary in French 109 KB
Summary in German 73 KB
Summary in Portuguese 71 KB
Summary in Russian 119 KB
Summary in Spanish 68 KB

4. Deadly Deception: Arms Transfer Diversion
Full chapter 7.4 MB
Annexes 225 KB
Summary in Arabic 810 KB
Summary in English 2.2 MB
Summary in French 2.2 KB
Summary in German 363 KB
Summary in Portuguese 349 KB
Summary in Russian 2.3 MB
Summary in Spanish 354 KB

5. Who’s Buying? End-user Certification
Summary in Arabic 1783 KB
Summary in English 2.4 MB
Summary in French 2.4 KB
Summary in German 414 KB
Summary in Portuguese 412 KB
Summary in Russian 2.5 MB
Summary in Spanish 414 KB

6. The Meaning of Loss: Firearms Diversion in South Africa
Summary in Arabic 1223 KB
Summary in English 2.7 MB
Summary in French 2.7 KB
Summary in German 701 KB
Summary in Portuguese 692 KB
Summary in Russian 2.7 MB
Summary in Spanish 695 KB

Comic strip: Adventures of a Would-be Arms Dealer 3.7 MB

7. Reducing Armed Violence: The Public Health Approach
Summary in Arabic 1511 KB
Summary in English 2.6 MB
Summary in French 2.6 MB
Summary in German 787 KB
Summary in Portuguese 798 KB
Summary in Russian 2.7 MB
Summary in Spanish 778 KB

8. Risk and Resilience: Understanding the Potential for Violence
Summary in Arabic 1107 KB
Summary in English 1.7 MB
Summary in French 1.7 KB
Summary in German 485 KB
Summary in Portuguese 480 KB
Summary in Russian 1.7 MB
Summary in Spanish 481 KB

9. Targeting Armed Violence: Public Health Interventions
Full chapter 2.9 MB
Summary in Arabic 266 KB
Summary in English 324 KB
Summary in French 328 KB
Summary in German 429 KB
Summary in Portuguese 326 KB
Summary in Russian 411 KB
Summary in Spanish 327 KB