Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea

Crime and violence are widely viewed as posing a considerable challenge to development in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The full scale of crime and violence in PNG is difficult to assess, given the scarcity of national-level studies and a distinct urban...

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Main Authors:	Lakhani, Sadaf, Willman, Alys M.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABDUCTION ABUSE ALCOHOL ARSON ASSAULT BRIBERY BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPENSATION CONFIDENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES COURT COURTS CRIME CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL CODE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CUSTODY DEATH PENALTY DEATHS DEGRADING TREATMENT DETAINEES DETENTION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG DRUGS FAMILIES FEMALE FIREARM FIREARMS FRAUD GANG GENDER GENDER BASED VIOLENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GUN GUNS HIGH CRIME HOME HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES INITIATIVE INJURIES INJURY INSECURITY INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATION JURISDICTION JUSTICE SYSTEM JUVENILES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW REFORM LEGISLATION LEVELS OF CRIME MANSLAUGHTER MEDIA MINISTER MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES OFFENCES OFFENDERS OFFENSES PENALTY PERPETRATOR PERPETRATORS PHYSICAL ABUSE POLICE POLICE CUSTODY POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PRISONERS PRISONS PROPERTY CRIME PROPERTY CRIMES PROSECUTION PROSTITUTION PUNISHMENT RAPE RATES OF CRIME ROBBERY SANCTIONS SEX SEXES SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL CRIMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STEALING THEFT TORTURE URBAN CRIME VANDALISM VICTIMS VICTIMS OF CRIMES VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES WEAPON WEAPONS WILL YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19631144/trends-crime-violence-papua-new-guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18971

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spelling	okr-10986-189712021-04-23T14:03:50Z Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea Lakhani, Sadaf Willman, Alys M. ABDUCTION ABUSE ALCOHOL ARSON ASSAULT BRIBERY BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPENSATION CONFIDENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES COURT COURTS CRIME CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL CODE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CUSTODY DEATH PENALTY DEATHS DEGRADING TREATMENT DETAINEES DETENTION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG DRUGS FAMILIES FEMALE FIREARM FIREARMS FRAUD GANG GENDER GENDER BASED VIOLENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GUN GUNS HIGH CRIME HOME HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES INITIATIVE INJURIES INJURY INSECURITY INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATION JURISDICTION JUSTICE SYSTEM JUVENILES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW REFORM LEGISLATION LEVELS OF CRIME MANSLAUGHTER MEDIA MINISTER MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES OFFENCES OFFENDERS OFFENSES PENALTY PERPETRATOR PERPETRATORS PHYSICAL ABUSE POLICE POLICE CUSTODY POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PRISONERS PRISONS PROPERTY CRIME PROPERTY CRIMES PROSECUTION PROSTITUTION PUNISHMENT RAPE RATES OF CRIME ROBBERY SANCTIONS SEX SEXES SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL CRIMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STEALING THEFT TORTURE URBAN CRIME VANDALISM VICTIMS VICTIMS OF CRIMES VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES WEAPON WEAPONS WILL YOUTH Crime and violence are widely viewed as posing a considerable challenge to development in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The full scale of crime and violence in PNG is difficult to assess, given the scarcity of national-level studies and a distinct urban bias in the available studies. Yet various commentators and surveys estimate that violence victimization rates in PNG are among the highest in the world. This briefing note presents some preliminary findings regarding the prevalence of crime and violence in PNG. It was prepared as part of a broader study to understand the socioeconomic costs of crime and violence to businesses, government agencies, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and households in PNG. The different data sources reviewed and the most significant challenges with the data available are noted in Annex 1. The challenges in partial data and questions concerning the methodology used for collecting and collating some of the data sets and data integrity call for some caution in interpreting the findings, in particular making generalizations about the wide diversity of provincial experiences on the basis of geographically limited data sets. 2014-07-22T17:18:24Z 2014-07-22T17:18:24Z 2014-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19631144/trends-crime-violence-papua-new-guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18971 English en_US Research and dialogue series;no. 1 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Papua New Guinea
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topic	ABDUCTION ABUSE ALCOHOL ARSON ASSAULT BRIBERY BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPENSATION CONFIDENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES COURT COURTS CRIME CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL CODE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CUSTODY DEATH PENALTY DEATHS DEGRADING TREATMENT DETAINEES DETENTION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG DRUGS FAMILIES FEMALE FIREARM FIREARMS FRAUD GANG GENDER GENDER BASED VIOLENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GUN GUNS HIGH CRIME HOME HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES INITIATIVE INJURIES INJURY INSECURITY INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATION JURISDICTION JUSTICE SYSTEM JUVENILES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW REFORM LEGISLATION LEVELS OF CRIME MANSLAUGHTER MEDIA MINISTER MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES OFFENCES OFFENDERS OFFENSES PENALTY PERPETRATOR PERPETRATORS PHYSICAL ABUSE POLICE POLICE CUSTODY POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PRISONERS PRISONS PROPERTY CRIME PROPERTY CRIMES PROSECUTION PROSTITUTION PUNISHMENT RAPE RATES OF CRIME ROBBERY SANCTIONS SEX SEXES SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL CRIMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STEALING THEFT TORTURE URBAN CRIME VANDALISM VICTIMS VICTIMS OF CRIMES VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES WEAPON WEAPONS WILL YOUTH
spellingShingle	ABDUCTION ABUSE ALCOHOL ARSON ASSAULT BRIBERY BURGLARY CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMPENSATION CONFIDENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES COURT COURTS CRIME CRIME RATES CRIME STATISTICS CRIME VICTIMIZATION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL ACTIVITY CRIMINAL CODE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CUSTODY DEATH PENALTY DEATHS DEGRADING TREATMENT DETAINEES DETENTION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRUG DRUGS FAMILIES FEMALE FIREARM FIREARMS FRAUD GANG GENDER GENDER BASED VIOLENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GUN GUNS HIGH CRIME HOME HOMICIDE HOMICIDE RATE HOMICIDE RATES HOMICIDES INITIATIVE INJURIES INJURY INSECURITY INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATION JURISDICTION JUSTICE SYSTEM JUVENILES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW REFORM LEGISLATION LEVELS OF CRIME MANSLAUGHTER MEDIA MINISTER MURDER MURDER RATE MURDER RATES OFFENCES OFFENDERS OFFENSES PENALTY PERPETRATOR PERPETRATORS PHYSICAL ABUSE POLICE POLICE CUSTODY POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PRISONERS PRISONS PROPERTY CRIME PROPERTY CRIMES PROSECUTION PROSTITUTION PUNISHMENT RAPE RATES OF CRIME ROBBERY SANCTIONS SEX SEXES SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL CRIMES SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STEALING THEFT TORTURE URBAN CRIME VANDALISM VICTIMS VICTIMS OF CRIMES VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION VIOLENT CRIME VIOLENT CRIMES WEAPON WEAPONS WILL YOUTH Lakhani, Sadaf Willman, Alys M. Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Papua New Guinea
relation	Research and dialogue series;no. 1
description	Crime and violence are widely viewed as posing a considerable challenge to development in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The full scale of crime and violence in PNG is difficult to assess, given the scarcity of national-level studies and a distinct urban bias in the available studies. Yet various commentators and surveys estimate that violence victimization rates in PNG are among the highest in the world. This briefing note presents some preliminary findings regarding the prevalence of crime and violence in PNG. It was prepared as part of a broader study to understand the socioeconomic costs of crime and violence to businesses, government agencies, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and households in PNG. The different data sources reviewed and the most significant challenges with the data available are noted in Annex 1. The challenges in partial data and questions concerning the methodology used for collecting and collating some of the data sets and data integrity call for some caution in interpreting the findings, in particular making generalizations about the wide diversity of provincial experiences on the basis of geographically limited data sets.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	Lakhani, Sadaf Willman, Alys M.
author_facet	Lakhani, Sadaf Willman, Alys M.
author_sort	Lakhani, Sadaf
title	Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea
title_short	Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea
title_full	Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea
title_fullStr	Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea
title_full_unstemmed	Trends in crime and violence in Papua New Guinea
title_sort	trends in crime and violence in papua new guinea
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19631144/trends-crime-violence-papua-new-guinea http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18971
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