Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts - Softcover

Geneva Declaration Secretariat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107640199 ISBN 13: 9781107640191

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The 2015 edition of the Global Burden of Armed Violence provides a wealth of data relevant to security and the post-2015 sustainable development framework. It estimates that 508,000 people died violently - in both conflict and non-conflict settings - every year in 2007-12, down from 526,000 in 2004-09. This trend is visible in non-conflict settings, where the proportion of women and girls is also slightly reduced, from 17 to 16 per cent. Yet, the number of direct conflict deaths is on the rise: from 55,000 to 70,000 per year over the same periods. Firearms are used in close to half of all homicides committed and in almost one-third of direct conflict deaths. Nearly USD 2 trillion in global homicide-related economic losses could have been saved if the homicide rate in 2000-10 had been reduced to the lowest practically attainable levels - between 2 and 3 deaths per 100,000 population.

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Book Description:

This richly illustrated volume provides policy-makers and researchers with new tools for understanding and tackling armed violence. It presents country-level estimates of violent deaths worldwide; new findings on lethal violence against women; and analyses of the negative impact of lethal violence on social and economic development.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107640199
• ISBN 13: 9781107640191
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196