ABSTRACT
Assessing the number of casualties and fatalities as a result of warfare has proven a key focus of studies into the destructive potential of small arms and light weapons (SALW). Estimates of conflict deaths have been used as a means of mobilising attention around the need to control the proliferation of SALW. Nevertheless, there is a need to review our existing findings and refine the methods used by researchers to estimate both the number of people killed by armed conflict and those deaths attributable to SALW.
