Small Arms, Crime and Conflict.

Small Arms, Crime and Conflict.

This book focuses on the use of small arms in violence and attempts by the state to govern the use and acquisition of these weapons. It is likely that hundreds of thousands of people are killed every year as a result of armed violence -- in contexts ranging from war zones to domestic violence. This...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greene, Owen
Other Authors: Marsh, Nic
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Series:Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution.
Subjects:
Violent crimes.
Firearms.
War.
Firearms
Violent crimes
War
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Small Arms, Crime and Conflict Global governance and the threat of armed violence; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; COST; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; PART I Warfare; 2 The tools of insurgency: a review of the role of small arms and light weapons in warfare; 3 Small arms and light weapons spread and conflict; 4 Lethal instruments: small arms and deaths in armed conflict; 5 Regaining state control: arms and violence in post-conflict countries; PART II Violence within societies; 6 Armed violence within societies; 7 Guns and deaths: a critical review.
  • 8 Armed violence taking place within societies: SALW and armed violence in urban areas9 Arms, private militias and fragile state dynamics; PART III Governance; 10 Governance and small arms and light weapons; 11 Governance and control of SALW after armed conflicts; 12 Small arms and light weapons production as part of a national and global defence industry; 13 What do the natives know? Societal mechanisms for controlling small arms; 14 Conclusions and priorities for further research; Bibliography; Index.

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