The economic dimensions of interpersonal violence
Abstract
This report, conducted by the World Health Organization in 2004, is based on an extensive review of peer reviewed articles and published and unpublished reports, treats the following hemes:
The economic effects of interpersonal violence in a variety of socioeconomic and cultural settings, the economic effects of interventions intended to reduce interpersonal violence, the effects of economic conditions and policies on interpersonal violence with particular reference to poverty, structural adjustment, income equality and social investment. This report showed that the consequences of interpersonal violence are extremely costly, prevention studies show evidence of cost effectiveness and for most of the developing world and many developed countries there is not even descriptive information about the direct costs of treating the consequences of interpersonal violence.
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Document Type
Report
Source
World health arganisation (OMS)
Keywords :
Sexual violence// Gender based violence//Violence against //Economic violence//Physical violence// Domestic violence// Psychological violence//Gender // Policies// Women and labor //Child abuse// United states//Gender equality// Laws/