Understanding crime in Jamaica : new challenges for public policy / edited by Anthony Harriott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harriott, Anthony, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Jamaica.

Crime.

Crime prevention--Jamaica.

Crime prevention.

Crime--Political aspects--Jamaica.

Crime--Economic aspects--Jamaica.

Women--Crimes against--Jamaica.

Women.

Tourists--Crimes against--Jamaica.

Tourists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jamaica : University of the Wet Indies Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this text the authors assert that the Jamaican state is a form of predatory state that incorporates contradictory social forces into an arrangement that is hierarchical, often brutal and ultimately debilitating to democracy.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Overview

1 The Jamaican Crime Problem: New Developments and New Challenges for Public Policy

2 Badness-Honour

3 The Historical Roots of Violence in Jamaica: The Hearne Report 1949

4 Garrison Politics and Criminality in Jamaica: Does the 1997 Election Represent a Turning Point?

5 Social Identities and the Escalation of Homicidal Violence in Jamaica

6 From the Footnotes and into the Text: Victimization of Jamaican Women

7 The Impact of Crime on Tourist Arrivals in Jamaica: A Transfer Function Analysis

8 Perceptions of Crime and Safety among Tourists Visiting the Caribbean

9 Tourist Harassment: Review and Survey Results

10 Crime and Public Policy in Jamaica

Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 22, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4356-2793-8

OCLC:

191872158