1. Improving Security in Violent Conflict Settings : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
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Spear, Joanna and Harborne, Bernard
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CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES ,INTERNATIONAL LEVEL ,MISCONDUCT ,PEACEKEEPING ,WEAPONS ,RECONCILIATION ,ALCOHOL ,CIVILIAN POPULATIONS ,STATE INSTITUTIONS ,GUNS ,ORGANIZED CRIME ,ROAD ,MERCENARY ,GUERRILLA ,ARMED GROUPS ,WEAPON ,CIVIL SOCIETY ,TERRORISM ,ARMS CONTROL ,FOREIGN POLICY ,INCARCERATION ,INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION ,NATIONS ,CIVIL WAR ,RULE OF LAW ,REBEL FORCES ,SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ,VIOLENT CONFLICT ,TEENAGERS ,COMMUNITY VIOLENCE ,GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ,MASS VIOLENCE ,DEMOCRACIES ,INTEGRITY ,SOCIAL REINTEGRATION ,MENTAL HEALTH ,ASSETS ,ABUSES ,EXCOMBATANTS ,WAR ,CRIMINAL JUSTICE ,PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT ,VIOLENCE ,GRAVE ,HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ,REHABILITATION ,TRANSPARENCY ,LAW ENFORCEMENT ,SERVICE DELIVERY ,DEATHS ,CORRUPT ,PEACE AGREEMENTS ,POLITICAL REFORM ,PEACE RESEARCH ,DEMOCRACY ,ARMED CONFLICT ,OFFENDERS ,PEACE ,VIOLENT CRIME ,RAPE ,ARMED FORCES ,RECONSTRUCTION ,DISPUTE RESOLUTION ,CIVIL WARS ,EXTORTION ,PRIVATE ARMY ,DONOR COUNTRIES ,COUNTERINSURGENCY ,YOUTH GANGS ,FIGHTING ,VIOLENCE PREVENTION ,WARS ,INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ,NEGOTIATIONS ,VICTIMS ,YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ,HUMAN RIGHTS ,GANG MEMBERS ,MINISTER ,MUGGING ,PEACE PROCESSES ,EX-COMBATANTS ,EX-COMBATANT ,COCAINE ,FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ,REBEL ,MEDIATION ,SLUM ,CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ,MILITARY INTERVENTIONS ,HOMICIDE ,DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ,ALLIANCE ,GENOCIDE ,INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ,INTERNATIONAL DONORS ,INSECURITY ,GUN ,POLITICAL VIOLENCE ,PRISON ,JAIL ,EX-FIGHTERS ,HIGH RISK YOUTH ,DRUG ,SOCIAL SERVICE ,JUDICIARY ,CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ,BOUNDARIES ,MONOPOLY ,CESSATION OF HOSTILITY ,POLICE ,BATTLE ,JUDICIAL REFORM ,YOUTH ,POLITICAL TRANSITIONS ,INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ,SOCIAL WELL-BEING ,PUBLIC HEALTH ,CRIMINAL ,MILITIA ,CONFIDENCE ,INITIATIVE ,FORMER FIGHTERS ,MILITARY REFORM ,ECONOMIC REINTEGRATION ,PEACE ACCORDS ,PRIVATIZATION ,INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ,ELECTIONS ,VIOLENT CONFLICTS ,SOVEREIGNTY ,UNDP ,DRUGS ,TRAFFICKING ,CONFLICTS ,ABUSE ,INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE ,NEEDS ASSESSMENT ,PRISONS ,HUMAN SECURITY ,CORRUPTION ,LEGAL FRAMEWORK ,INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY ,GANG MEMBER ,GANG ,LAWS ,POLITICAL SETTLEMENT ,SOLDIERS ,REFUGEES ,DISARMAMENT ,PEACEBUILDING ,WORLD DEVELOPMENT ,LEADERSHIP ,DEMOBILIZATION ,ACCOUNTABILITY ,EXTERNAL INTERVENTIONS ,MILITARY OFFICERS ,ORGANISED CRIME - Abstract
Violent conflict is the multifaceted and cyclical problem that the international community is trying to grapple with. To date, there has been a clear hierarchy concerning what forms of violence are seen to matter most, with political violence that threatens the state taking pole position. In examining this argument, this paper sets out a number of issues relating to security and justice definitions. It will then examine some of the problems associated with placing conflict into a box-set typology: mass violence associated with war and genocide carries unique features but also spawns new challenges which are often being ignored. The paper will then examine in brief some of the measures used by communities, governmental actors and international partners in contending with violence before outlining some key conclusions and recommendations. In reading this paper two further points need be borne in mind: 1) this does not provide a comprehensive overview of violence and security - that is the role of the World Development Report (WDR) itself, and 2) this paper does not present fresh research, but more an overview, along with the other papers in the security-justice series, of some of the key issues confronting policy makers in the domain of security and development.
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- 2010