Crime and Violence in the Caribbean
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4929-5 (ISBN)
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.
Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis is assistant professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Criminal Justice at Mississippi Valley State University. Camille Gibson is Interim Dean of Juvenile Justice & Psychology and Executive Director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. Lorna Elaine Grant is associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University.
Part 1: Crime and Violence Trends in the Caribbean
Chapter 1: A Profile of the Caribbean Region: Recent Trends in Crime and Violence by Marika Dawkins
Chapter 2: Causes and Consequences of Crime and Violence: An Overview by Sherill Morris-Francis
Chapter 3: Geospatial Aspects of Crime in Jamaica and Governmental Responses by Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader
Chapter 4: An Analysis of Recent Homicide Trends in Jamaica: A Case study by Camille Gibson and Lorna Grant
Chapter 5: Gangs on the Caribbean by Andy Bain
Chapter 6: Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean: A Jamaican Case Study by Marika Dawkins
Chapter 7: Cases of Murder Suicide among Jamaican Immigrants in the United States by Christopher Charles and Shau-Kim McLean
Part 2: Transnational Crime in the Caribbean
Chapter 8: An Analysis of Money Laundering in the Caribbean by Lorna Grant
Chapter 9: Securing the Financial Sector: Combating Money Laundering in Jamaica by Tameka Samuels-Jones and Taneisha Brown
Part 3: Deportation and Crime
Chapter 10: Deportation and Crime in the Caribbean: An Overview by Sherill Morris-Francis
Chapter 11: The Socio-cultural Nature of Crime and Deportee in the Caribbean by Orville Beckford
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
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| Co-Autor | Andrew J. Bain, Orville Wayne Beckford |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 522 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-4929-2 / 1498549292 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-4929-5 / 9781498549295 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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