Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: Lessons from Jamaica - Hardcover

 
9781498549295: Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: Lessons from Jamaica

Inhaltsangabe

This volume provides an overview of the Caribbean countries, its colonial history, causes, costs and consequences of crime and violence in the Caribbean. The contributors pull from primary research and the available data from multiple sources including national and country specific reports to assess the magnitude, characteristics, and the changing nature of crimes in various Caribbean countries. Discussion is offered on the following crime issue: gender-based violence, homicides, drugs, gangs, money laundering, murder suicided, deportation and the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) to fight crime. In addition, the book provides a discussion of the crime prevention capabilities of selected countries looking at the nature of the crime problem, offers an assessment of the crime prevention capabilities and makes suggestions for policy development.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis is associate professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Criminal Justice at Mississippi Valley State University.

Camille A. Gibson is interim dean of the College of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University and executive director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center.

Lorna E. Grant is professor and director of the MS Criminal Justice Program in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.

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