Safety and security : a proposal for internationally comparable indicators of violence
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2007
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Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, University of Oxford, Oxford, GB
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Violence impedes human freedom to live safely and securely, and can sustain poverty traps in many communities. A key challenge for academics, policy makers and practioners working broadly in programs aimed at poverty alleviation, including violence prevention, is the lack of reliable and comparable data on the incidence and nature of violence. This paper proposes a household survey module for a multi-dimensional poverty questionnaire which can be used to comlement the available data on the incidence of violence against property and the person, as well as perceptions of security and safety. Violence and poverty are inextricably linked, although the direction of causality is contested if not circular. The module uses standardised definitions which are clear, can be translated cross-culturally and clearly disaggregate different types of interpersonal violence, thereby bridging the crime-conflict nexus.
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Meeting: Missing Dimensions of Poverty Data, 29-30 May 2007, Oxford, GB
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HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, QUESTIONNAIRES, POVERTY, VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, CROSS CULTURAL ANALYSIS, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, GLOBAL