Small Arms Survey 2013
Everyday Dangers

Highlights emerging trends and concerns regarding armed violence and small arms proliferation as well as related policies and programming.

Small Arms Survey, Geneva (Author)

9781107041967, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 July 2013

335 pages, 88 colour illus. 10 maps 33 tables
26.3 x 19.6 x 2.2 cm, 1.11 kg

'The 2013 edition of the Small Arms Survey provides valuable insight into the uses of firearms by organized criminal groups. The information it contains will be of interest to those looking to understand and ultimately prevent armed violence by such groups.' Don Luigi Ciotti, President, Libera (Italy)

The Small Arms Survey 2013 explores the many faces of armed violence outside the context of armed conflict. Chapters on the use of firearms in intimate partner violence, the evolution of gangs in Nicaragua, Italian organised crime groups, and trends in armed violence in South Africa describe the dynamics and effects of gun violence in the home and on the street. Many of the chapters in the 'weapons and markets' section zero in on the use of specific weapons by particular armed actors, such as drug-trafficking organisations and insurgents. These include chapters on the prices of arms and ammunition at illicit markets in Lebanon, Pakistan and Somalia; illicit weapons recovered in Mexico and the Philippines; and the impacts of improvised explosive devices on civilians. Chapters on the Second Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action and the industrial demilitarisation industry round out the 2013 volume.

Introduction
1. Everyday dangers: non-conflict armed violence
2. Too close to home: guns and intimate partner violence
3. Turning points: gang evolution in Nicaragua
4. Guns in the family: Mafia violence in Italy
5. Survival at stake: violent land conflict in Africa
6. Trend lines: armed violence in South Africa
7. Second wind: the PoA's 2012 review conference
8. Trade update: authorised small arms transfers
9. Burning the bullet: industrial demilitarisation of ammunition
10. 'Infernal machines': improvised explosive devices
11. Price watch: arms and ammunition at illicit markets
12. Captured and counted: illicit weapons in Mexico and the Philippines.

Subject Areas: International humanitarian law [LBBS], Armed conflict [JPWS], International relations [JPS]