Crime and Violence in the Caribbean (eBook)

Lessons from Jamaica

Camille A. Gibson, Lorna E. Grant, Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis (Herausgeber)

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2018
264 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-4930-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses the recent crime and violence trends in the Caribbean highlighting its history and current challenges that continue to impede its development. Theoretical explanations are offered for the existing conditions and discussion of the need of a paradigm shift in policy development to combat the crime problem.

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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.

Autor

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

Inhalt

Part 1: Crime and Violence Trends in the CaribbeanChapter 1: A Profile of the Caribbean Region: Recent Trends in Crime and Violence by Marika DawkinsChapter 2: Causes and Consequences of Crime and Violence: An Overview by Sherill Morris-FrancisChapter 3: Geospatial Aspects of Crime in Jamaica and Governmental Responses by Jacqueline Rhoden-TraderChapter 4: An Analysis of Recent Homicide Trends in Jamaica: A Case study by Camille Gibson and Lorna GrantChapter 5: Gangs on the Caribbean by Andy BainChapter 6: Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean: A Jamaican Case Study by Marika DawkinsChapter 7: Cases of Murder Suicide among Jamaican Immigrants in the United States by Christopher Charles and Shau-Kim McLeanPart 2: Transnational Crime in the CaribbeanChapter 8: An Analysis of Money Laundering in the Caribbean by Lorna GrantChapter 9: Securing the Financial Sector: Combating Money Laundering in Jamaica by Tameka Samuels-Jones and Taneisha BrownPart 3: Deportation and CrimeChapter 10: Deportation and Crime in the Caribbean: An Overview by Sherill Morris-FrancisChapter 11: The Socio-cultural Nature of Crime and Deportee in the Caribbean by Orville Beckford

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.12.2018
• Co-Autor: Andrew J. Bain, Jacqueline M. Rhoden-Trader, Tameka G. Samuels-Jones, Orville Wayne Beckford, Taneisha P. Brown, Christopher A.D. Charles, Marika Dawkins-Cavazos, Camille A. Gibson, Lorna E. Grant, Shua-Kym McLean, Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Caribbean Crime • Cost of crime • Deportations and Crime • Financial crime in the Caribbean • Gangs in the Caribbean • Geospatial Analysis • Homicide Trends • Illegal drugs • Jamaica Crime Plan • murder suicide • Transnational Crime in the Caribbean
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-4930-6 / 1498549306
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-4930-1 / 9781498549301