Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence

This study aims to understand how urban residents cope with violence, or the threat of it, in their everyday lives, to inform the design of policies and programs for violence prevention. The study is the first global study on urban violence underta...

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Published: Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524341468331181450/Violence-in-the-city-understanding-and-supporting-community-responses-to-urban-violence
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spelling okr-10986-274542021-04-23T14:04:42Z Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence World Bank URBAN VIOLENCE SOCIAL STRESS SOCIAL COHESION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY HOMICIDE RATES URBAN POOR This study aims to understand how urban residents cope with violence, or the threat of it, in their everyday lives, to inform the design of policies and programs for violence prevention. The study is the first global study on urban violence undertaken by the World Bank and covers three regions. It emerged from the growing demand within the Bank and client governments for a more comprehensive understanding of the social dimensions of urban violence. The study is not an exhaustive review of the topic, but rather is an exploration of the social drivers of violence, and its impact on social relations. The report consists of six chapters. In chapter one, the topic of urban violence is introduced as a pressing development issue. Chapter two discusses the complex relationship between cities and violence. In chapter three, the report reviews the literature to develop an analytical framework for understanding community capacities for violence prevention. Chapter four reviews interventions to prevent violence in terms of their impact on these key community capacities. The empirical findings from the five case studies are presented in chapter five, followed by strategic policy orientations in chapter six. 2017-06-28T18:47:05Z 2017-06-28T18:47:05Z 2011-04 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524341468331181450/Violence-in-the-city-understanding-and-supporting-community-responses-to-urban-violence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27454 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study Economic & Sector Work
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topic URBAN VIOLENCE
SOCIAL STRESS
SOCIAL COHESION
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
HOMICIDE RATES
URBAN POOR
spellingShingle URBAN VIOLENCE
SOCIAL STRESS
SOCIAL COHESION
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
HOMICIDE RATES
URBAN POOR
World Bank
Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence
description This study aims to understand how urban residents cope with violence, or the threat of it, in their everyday lives, to inform the design of policies and programs for violence prevention. The study is the first global study on urban violence undertaken by the World Bank and covers three regions. It emerged from the growing demand within the Bank and client governments for a more comprehensive understanding of the social dimensions of urban violence. The study is not an exhaustive review of the topic, but rather is an exploration of the social drivers of violence, and its impact on social relations. The report consists of six chapters. In chapter one, the topic of urban violence is introduced as a pressing development issue. Chapter two discusses the complex relationship between cities and violence. In chapter three, the report reviews the literature to develop an analytical framework for understanding community capacities for violence prevention. Chapter four reviews interventions to prevent violence in terms of their impact on these key community capacities. The empirical findings from the five case studies are presented in chapter five, followed by strategic policy orientations in chapter six.
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title Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence
title_short Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence
title_full Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence
title_fullStr Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence
title_full_unstemmed Violence in the City : Understanding and Supporting Community Responses to Urban Violence
title_sort violence in the city : understanding and supporting community responses to urban violence
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publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/524341468331181450/Violence-in-the-city-understanding-and-supporting-community-responses-to-urban-violence
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