Gangs in the Caribbean / edited by Randy Seepersad and Ann Marie Bissessar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seepersad, Randy.

Bissessar, Ann Marie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs--Caribbean Area.

Gangs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present volume represents the first published book on gangs in the Caribbean. The study of criminal gangs is both timely and of the utmost importance to policy and security in the region. In many countries across the Caribbean, criminal gangs are increasing in number and prominence, and official crime data indicate that they are responsible for an increasing proportion of violent crimes. The Caribbean region experienced a dramatic increase in murder rates from 14.3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2000 to 28.1 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010. In some of the countries with compara

Contents:

section one. Understanding gangs and violence in the Caribbean

section two. Interventions and policy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 7, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4438-5279-1

OCLC:

859833796