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.
By:
Geneva Declaration Secretariat Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 218mm,
Width: 215mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 680g ISBN:9781107069930 ISBN 10: 1107069939 Series:Global Burden of Armed Violence Pages: 196 Publication Date:16 April 2015 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active