Focus Projects
Recent Publications
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Geospatial Technologies and Crime: The Jamaican Experience, October 2013, Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 3
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Non-lethal Firearm Violence, July 2013. Research Note No. 32, Armed Violence.
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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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Multimedia
Podcast: Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011
Photo Essay: Perilous Lens: Guns in an Urban Landscape
Armed Violence
The Geneva Declaration defines armed violence as ‘the intentional use of illegitimate force (actual or threatened) with arms or explosives, against a person, group, community, or state that undermines people-centred security and/or sustainable development’. Although the incidence of armed conflict has declined in recent years, the number of people killed by armed violence has not. Every year, armed violence kills around 526,000 people, more than three-quarters of whom die in non-conflict settings.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Many non-fatal injuries cause significant long-term costs. These include long-term hospitalization, extensive rehabilitation and care, negative impacts on household investments, disruption in social and community relations, and severe gender inequalities.
- Social and Economic Costs
- Conflict Armed Violence
- Non-conflict Armed Violence
- Gender and Armed Violence
