Improving Security in Violent Conflict Settings

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Spear, Joanna, Harborne, Bernard
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-11-01
Subjects:	ABUSE, ABUSES, ACCOUNTABILITY, ALCOHOL, ALLIANCE, ARMED CONFLICT, ARMED FORCES, ARMED GROUPS, ARMS CONTROL, ASSETS, BATTLE, BOUNDARIES, CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, CESSATION OF HOSTILITY, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, CIVIL WARS, CIVILIAN POPULATIONS, COCAINE, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, CONFIDENCE, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT, CONFLICTS, CORRUPT, CORRUPTION, COUNTERINSURGENCY, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, DEATHS, DEMOBILIZATION, DEMOCRACIES, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISARMAMENT, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, DONOR COUNTRIES, DRUG, DRUGS, ECONOMIC REINTEGRATION, ELECTIONS, EX-COMBATANT, EX-COMBATANTS, EX-FIGHTERS, EXCOMBATANTS, EXTERNAL INTERVENTIONS, EXTORTION, FIGHTING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FOREIGN POLICY, FORMER FIGHTERS, GANG, GANG MEMBER, GANG MEMBERS, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, GENOCIDE, GRAVE, GUERRILLA, GUN, GUNS, HIGH RISK YOUTH, HOMICIDE, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN SECURITY, INCARCERATION, INITIATIVE, INSECURITY, INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, INTERNATIONAL DONORS, INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE, INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION, INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT, JAIL, JUDICIAL REFORM, JUDICIARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWS, LEADERSHIP, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, MASS VIOLENCE, MEDIATION, MENTAL HEALTH, MERCENARY, MILITARY INTERVENTIONS, MILITARY OFFICERS, MILITARY REFORM, MILITIA, MINISTER, MISCONDUCT, MONOPOLY, MUGGING, NATIONS, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NEGOTIATIONS, OFFENDERS, ORGANISED CRIME, ORGANIZED CRIME, PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT, PEACE, PEACE ACCORDS, PEACE AGREEMENTS, PEACE PROCESSES, PEACE RESEARCH, PEACEBUILDING, PEACEKEEPING, POLICE, POLITICAL REFORM, POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, POLITICAL TRANSITIONS, POLITICAL VIOLENCE, PRISON, PRISONS, PRIVATE ARMY, PRIVATIZATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, RAPE, REBEL, REBEL FORCES, RECONCILIATION, RECONSTRUCTION, REFUGEES, REHABILITATION, ROAD, RULE OF LAW, SERVICE DELIVERY, SLUM, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, SOCIAL REINTEGRATION, SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIAL WELL-BEING, SOLDIERS, SOVEREIGNTY, STATE INSTITUTIONS, TEENAGERS, TERRORISM, TRAFFICKING, TRANSPARENCY, UNDP, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, VIOLENT CONFLICT, VIOLENT CONFLICTS, VIOLENT CRIME, WAR, WARS, WEAPON, WEAPONS, WORLD DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH, YOUTH GANGS, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/833741468337161208/Improving-security-in-violent-conflict-settings-security-and-justice-thematic-paper https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27513
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