Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface 1
4. Setting the Context
5. Introduction 6
6. Violence, Cities, and Prevention: A Conceptual Framework for Reducing Violence in the Urban Realm 24
7. Lessons Learnt from Africa
8. Ethnopolitics, Fear and Safety in a Johannesburg Neighbourhood 42
9. Land Transformation and Criminal Violence in Dandora Neighbourhood, Nairobi, Kenya 62
10. Communities and the Prevention of Crime and Violence in Douala, Cameroon 78
11. “There is no Justice in Guinea-Bissau” Strategies of Preventing, Handling, and Aggravating Conflicts in Local Dispute Settlement 98
12. A Lesson from China
13. Urban Violence and the Chinese State in the Post-Mao Reform 118
14. Lessons Learnt from Latin America
15. Local Civil Society and the New Puzzle of Violence in Central America 128
16. Meanings and Practices of Non-violence 150
17. Integrated Urban Upgrading and Violence Prevention in San Salvador Results of an Impact Evaluation 164
18. Drug-Related Violence in Mexico: State and Community Responses. A qualitative Approach 182
19. Youth and Gang Violence
20. Youth as Key Actors in the Social Prevention of Violence 202
21. Overcoming the Invisible Boundaries of an Informal Neighborhood: A Youth Initiative in Itagüi, Colombia 222
22. Targeting Adolescence Vandalism in a Refugee Camp 234
23. Alternative Approaches to Combat Urban Violence
24. Religious Procession as a Mediator for Social Intimacy: Building Communal Harmony in Dharavi after the 1992 Mumbai Riot 268
25. Violence and the Enchantment of Everyday Life in Johannesburg: Preliminary Insights 280
26. Embracing the Complexity of Community Safety Challenges 294
27. The Contributors 307