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Title: | From Fieldwork to Facts to Firearms Control: Research and Advocacy towards Stricter Firearm Control Legislation in South Africa |
Authors: | King, Maylene S. Proudlock, Paula Michelson, Lori |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | African Security Review |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 2-15 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | small arms legislation research centres Law, Human Rights and Violence Military, Defense and Arms Health and Nutrition Politics and Government |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2006.9627398 |
Abstract: | Children have special protection under the South African constitution, including the right to safety, health and an environment conducive to their wellbeing and optimal development. Yet, firearms contribute significantly to the high incidence of deaths and injuries among South African children and in young males in their late teens. This case study is about the participation of the Child Health Policy Institute (CHPI) in a law reform process ultimately aimed at reducing firearm injuries and deaths in the country by exercising stricter gun control through legislation and other reforms. This feature briefly describes the political context in which the project was initiated, the research on firearm injuries and deaths in children conducted by the CHPI, and the dissemination of the research findings. The role of the CHPI as an academic institution within the Gun Control Alliance is also examined as are the lessons learnt in trying the bridge the gap between research and law reform. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |