Research Catalog

Title

Global status report on violence prevention, 2014 / [written by] Alexander Butchart and Christopher Mikton.

Author

Butchart, Alexander, 1961-

Publication

• Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization : UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime : United Nations Development Programme, [2014]
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

• Mikton, Christopher
• World Health Organization, issuing body.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, issuing body.
• United Nations Development Programme, issuing body.

Description

x, 274 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 30 cm

Summary

The Global status report on violence prevention 2014, which reflects data from 133 countries, is the first report of its kind to assess national efforts to address interpersonal violence, namely child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner and sexual violence, and elder abuse. Jointly published by WHO, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the report reviews the current status of violence prevention efforts in countries and calls for a scaling up of violence prevention programmes, stronger legislation and enforcement of laws relevant for violence prevention, and enhanced services for victims of violence.--Publisher description

Subject

• Violence > Prevention > Cross-cultural studies
• Violence > Statistics
• Spousal abuse > Prevention > Cross-cultural studies
• Spousal abuse > Statistics
• Child abuse > Prevention > Cross-cultural studies
• Child abuse > Statistics
• Older people > Abuse of > Prevention > Cross-cultural studies
• Older people > Abuse of > Statistics
• Abused older people > Statistics
• Abused children > Statistics
• Cross-cultural studies
• World health
• Domestic Violence > prevention & control
• Domestic Violence > statistics & numerical data
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Global Health
• World health
• Cross-cultural studies
• Older people > Abuse of > Prevention
• Abused children
• Abused older people
• Child abuse
• Child abuse > Prevention
• Older people > Abuse of
• Spousal abuse
• Violence
• Violence > Prevention

Genre/Form

• Statistics
• Cross-cultural studies
• Statistics.
• Statistiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-56).

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Part I. Background -- Interpersonal violence--a universal challenge -- Part II. State of the problem -- Deaths and injuries are only a fraction of the burden -- Part III. Findings -- Knowledge of the true extent of the problem is hindered by gaps in data -- National action planning is underway in many countries -- Countries are investing in prevention but not on a level commensurate with the scale and severity of the problem -- Countries can do more to address key risk factors for violence through policy and other measures -- Laws relevant to violence have been widely enacted but enforcement is inadequate -- Availability of services to identify, refer, protect and support victims varies markedly -- Part IV. The way forward -- Conclusions -- Recommendations: national, regional and international -- References -- Part V. Explanatory notes -- Method for data collection and validation -- Estimating global homicide deaths -- Country profiles: explanation -- Part VI. At a glance -- Part VII. Glossary -- Part VIII. Country profiles -- Part IX. Statistical annex.

ISBN

• 9789241564793
• 9241564792

LCCN

2015380955

OCLC

• ocn905111709
• 905111709
• SCSB-1812113

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library