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Missing the Point: Violence Reduction and Policy Misadventures in Nairobi's Poor Neighbourhoods.

Evidence Report No 39 - Addressing and Mitigating Vioence

Publisher: Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

Acc. No: 5018

Class No: 303.6 RUT

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Conflict

This report examines prevailing understandings of violence in Nairobi and how it is addressed, as well as the limitations of existing violence mitigation measures. Violence and crimes are endemic in Nairobi's poor neighbourhoods, where they enmesh with wider problems of vulnerability. Widespread pov