Understanding crime in Jamaica
Subtitle: new challenges for public policy
By: edited by Anthony Harriott.
Contributors: Harriott, Anthony.
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Kingston, Jamaica
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Crime -- Jamaica.; Crime prevention -- Jamaica.; Crime -- Political aspects -- Jamaica.; Crime -- Economic aspects -- Jamaica.; Women -- Crimes against -- Jamaica.; Tourists -- Crimes against -- Jamaica.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Jamaican crime problem : new developments and new challenges for public policy / Anthony Harriott; title: Badness-honour / Obika Gray; title: The historical roots of violence in Jamaica : the Hearne Report 1949 / Amanda Sives; title: Garrison politics and criminality in Jamaica : does the 1997 election represent a turning point? / Mark Figueroa and Amanda Sives; title: Social identities and the escalation of homicidal violence in Jamaica / Anthony Harriott; title: From the the footnotes and into the text : victimization of Jamaica women / Marlyn J. Jones; title: the impact of crime on tourist arrivals in Jamaica : a transfer function analysis / Dillon Alleyne and Ian Boxill; title: Perceptions of crime and safety among tourists visiting the Caribbean / John W. King; title: Tourist harassment : review and survey results / Jerome L. McElroy; title: Crime and public policy in Jamaica / Don Robotham.