Sorcery Accusation–Related Violence in Papua New Guinea Part 2: Key Characteristics of Incidents, Victims and Perpetrators
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2017
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Forsyth, Miranda
Putt, Judy
Bouhours, Thierry
Bouhours, Brigitte
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Canberra, ACT: Dept. of Pacific Affairs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Abstract
It is extremely difficult to gauge the nature and extent of
sorcery accusation–related violence (SARV) at a national
level in any country. In part this is due to under-reporting and
because official health and justice records do not typically
monitor whether incidents are linked to sorcery accusations.
Papua New Guinea poses particular challenges because of
its language and cultural diversity, and poor reach and
reliability of data collection in government services that
respond to SARV. The vast majority of literature on SARV
in Papua New Guinea is qualitative in nature, and most is
localised, with very few quantitative studies.
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10.25911/5f2005029f897