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Armed Violence in SA

Natalie Jaynes. Armed Violence in SA. SaVI Colloquium - 2 November 2013. Small Arms Survey. Introduction. Provides reliable and impartial policy-relevant analysis on small arms and armed violence. Support from governments:. Australia Belgium Canada Denmark. Finland Germany

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Armed Violence in SA

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  1. Natalie Jaynes Armed Violence in SA SaVI Colloquium - 2 November 2013

  2. Small Arms Survey Introduction • Provides reliable and impartial policy-relevant analysis on small arms and armed violence. • Support from governments: • Australia • Belgium • Canada • Denmark • Finland • Germany • Netherlands • Norway • Sweden • Switzerland • United Kingdom • United States • Works closely with UN system & partners

  3. Yearbook 2013 – Everyday dangers • 526,000 people die violently each year • Only 10 % can be considered direct conflict deaths

  4. What is Armed Violence? “the use or threatened use of weapons to inflict injury, death or psychosocial harm, which undermines development” (OECD, 2009)

  5. South Africa

  6. Contributing/Inhibitingfactors • Legislation • Policing Practices • Socio-economic policies • Programming • Data / monitoring

  7. Policing Practices • Use of force • Firearms • Leadership crisis

  8. Inequality “the most well established environmental determinant of levels of violence is the scale of income differences between rich and poor” (Wilkinson, 2004, p. 1).

  9. Thank you natalie.jaynes@smallarmssurvey.org Small Arms Survey 2012 Moving Targets www.smallarmssurvey.org

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