How Communities Manage Risks of Crime and Violence

How Communities Manage Risks of Crime and Violence

This report discusses principal causes and patterns of crime and violence; explains three theories of violence based on ideas, behaviors, and social interactions; and focuses on what distinguishes the communities that are more resilient to violence. Violence patterns have strong geographic, gender,...

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Main Author: Petesch, Patti
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
theories of violence
local violence
urban violence
rural violence
political conflict
state building
community development
collective violence
domestic violence
neighborhood inequality
societal fragility
dispute mediation
monitoring systems
redress mechanisms
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16340

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