ABSTRACT
The decade up to 2003 saw SALW issues emerge from neglect to become a major focus for international negotiations and programmes, with closely associated increases in applied research. By that time, the policy agendas relating to addressing inadequate regulations and controls on SALW had largely been enduringly framed. However, the chapters of this book demonstrate that there have been further substantial advances in research-based knowledge since 2003 on the interrelationships between SALW availability, flows and uses, on the one hand, and violence, conflict, crime and poverty on the other.
