Crime and Violence in the Caribbean

Lessons from Jamaica

Edited by Sherill V. Morris-Francis; Camille A. Gibson and Lorna E. Grant - Contributions by Andrew J. Bain; Orville Wayne Beckford; Taneisha P. Brown; Christopher A.D. Charles; Marika Dawkins; Camille A. Gibson; Lorna E. Grant; Shua-Kym McLean; Sherill V. Morris-Francis; Jacqueline M. Rhoden-Trader and Tameka G. Samuels-Jones

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.

Lexington Books

Pages: 256 • Trim: 6⅛ x 9¼

978-1-4985-4929-5 • Hardback • December 2018 • $95.00 • (£65.00)

978-1-4985-4930-1 • eBook • December 2018 • $90.00 • (£60.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Criminology, Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Violence in Society, Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American

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Lessons from Jamaica

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Summary

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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Lexington Books

Pages: 256 • Trim: 6⅛ x 9¼

978-1-4985-4929-5 • Hardback • December 2018 • $95.00 • (£65.00)

978-1-4985-4930-1 • eBook • December 2018 • $90.00 • (£60.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Criminology, Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Violence in Society, Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American

Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Reviews

This book provides an excellent historical overview of crime and violence in the Caribbean. The contributors identify and present many of the forces that contribute to this phenomenon.
— Zelma Henriques, John Jay College

Crime and Violence in the Caribbean

Lessons from Jamaica

Crime and Violence in the Caribbean

Lessons from Jamaica

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