• E4J University Module Series: Firearms

• Module 1: Introduction to Firearms, their Availability, Illicit Trafficking and Criminal Use

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Framing the issue of firearms and the consequences of their illicit trafficking and use
  • Direct impact of firearms
  • Indirect impacts of firearms on states or communities
  • International and national responses and approaches to addressing the problem of illicit trafficking and access of firearms
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• First published in October 2019

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   This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Core reading

 

This section provides a list of materials that the lecturer could ask the students to read before taking a class based on this Module.

• Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development (2015). Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015: Every Body Counts . Geneva: Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.
• McEvoy, Claire and Gergely Hideg (2017). Global Violent Deaths 2017: Time to decide. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.
• The World Bank (2011). World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development  . Washington DC: The World Bank.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2013). Global Study on Homicide: Trends, context, data . Vienna: UNODC.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2019). Global Firearms Programme . Vienna: UNODC.

 

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