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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793247603321

Titolo

Crime and violence in the Caribbean : lessons from Jamaica / / edited by Sherill Morris-Francis, Camille Gibson, and Lorna Grant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-4985-4930-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

364.109729

Soggetti

Crime - Jamaica

Violence - Jamaica

Crime - Caribbean Area

Violence - Caribbean Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / by Sherill Morris-Francis, Camille Gibson and Lorna Grant -- A profile of the Caribbean Region : recent trends in crime and violence / by Marika Dawkins -- Causes and consequences of crime and violence : an overview / by Sherill Morris-Francis -- Geospatial aspects of crime in Jamaica and governmental responses / by Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader -- An analysis of recent homicide trends in Jamaica : a case study / by Camille Gibson and Lorna Grant -- Gangs on the caribbean / by Andy Bain -- Drug trafficking in the caribbean : a Jamaican case study / by Marika Dawkins -- Cases of murder suicide among Jamaican immigrants in the United States / by Christopher Charles and Shau-Kim McLean -- An analysis of money laundering in the Caribbean / by Lorna Grant -- Securing the financial sector: combating money laundering in Jamaica / by Tameka Samuels-Jones and Taneisha Brown -- Deportation and crime in the Caribbean: an overview / by Sherill Morris-Francis -- The socio-cultural nature of crime and deportee in the Caribbean / by Orville Beckford -- Index -- About the editors -- About the contributors.