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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spelling	okr-10986-163402021-04-23T14:03:28Z How Communities Manage Risks of Crime and Violence Petesch, Patti 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 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, and generational dimensions. Rates of crime and violence are usually higher in cities than rural areas, and within cities violence frequently clusters in poorer communities. While young men are the chief perpetrators and victims of crime and violence, problems of domestic violence against women continue to be severe in many localities around the world. Five broad areas of good practices may help communities struggling with crime and violence: (1) Provide crime and violence monitoring systems; (2) Advance policy frameworks to reduce societal fragility and social group inequalities; (3) Strengthen local institutional capacities to provide law and order and mediate disputes; (4) Prioritize local men's and women's economic opportunities; and (5) Require timely redress mechanisms for community development interventions. 2013-12-02T21:48:37Z 2013-12-02T21:48:37Z 2013-09-04 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16340 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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description	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, and generational dimensions. Rates of crime and violence are usually higher in cities than rural areas, and within cities violence frequently clusters in poorer communities. While young men are the chief perpetrators and victims of crime and violence, problems of domestic violence against women continue to be severe in many localities around the world. Five broad areas of good practices may help communities struggling with crime and violence: (1) Provide crime and violence monitoring systems; (2) Advance policy frameworks to reduce societal fragility and social group inequalities; (3) Strengthen local institutional capacities to provide law and order and mediate disputes; (4) Prioritize local men's and women's economic opportunities; and (5) Require timely redress mechanisms for community development interventions.
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title	How Communities Manage Risks of Crime and Violence
title_short	How Communities Manage Risks of Crime and Violence
title_full	How Communities Manage Risks of Crime and Violence
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How Communities Manage Risks of Crime and Violence

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