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Understanding crime in Jamaica : new challenges for public policy / edited by Anthony Harriott.
Van Pelt Library HV6868.5 .U64 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Jamaica.
- Crime.
- Crime prevention--Jamaica.
- Crime prevention.
- Crime--Political aspects--Jamaica.
- Crime--Economic aspects--Jamaica.
- Women--Jamaica--Crime against.
- Women.
- Crime--Economic aspects.
- Crime--Political aspects.
- Jamaica.
- Tourists--Jamaica--Crime against.
- Tourists.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- "Understanding Crime in Jamaica examines the growing crime problem in Jamaica and explores the relationship between crime, politics and the economy and analyses the impact of crime on tourism. The authors in this volume are committed to better understanding the problem in order to contribute to a more effective solution. The articles collected here provide a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and control of crime, and they point the way to solving Jamaica's escalating criminal activity.
- Contents:
- The Jamaican crime problem : new developments and new challenges for public policy / Anthony Harriott
- Badness-honour / Obika Gray
- The historical roots of violence in Jamaica : the Hearne Report 1949 / Amanda Sives
- Garrison politics and criminality in Jamaica : does the 1997 election represent a turning point? / Mark Figueroa and Amanda Sives
- Social identities and the escalation of homicidal violence in Jamaica / Anthony Harriott
- From the the footnotes and into the text : victimization of Jamaica women / Marlyn J. Jones
- the impact of crime on tourist arrivals in Jamaica : a transfer function analysis / Dillon Alleyne and Ian Boxill
- Perceptions of crime and safety among tourists visiting the Caribbean / John W. King
- Tourist harassment : review and survey results / Jerome L. McElroy
- Crime and public policy in Jamaica / Don Robotham.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9766401446
- OCLC:
- 54854551
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