Crime and Policy in Jamaica
On this episode, we spoke to Shenae, a criminology researcher, on the issue of crime and policy in Jamaica. Shenae spoke on the effectiveness of policies in Jamaica to combat crime and thus provided context on recent policies by GOJ to combat crime and their effectiveness. She also spoke on the relationship between crime and poverty in Jamaica; and the social and economic reform needed in Jamaica to deal with the crime situation.
Notes
Organizational Crime and Politics in Jamaica by Anthony Harriott
Police and Crime Control in Jamaica: Problem of Reforming Ex-Colonial Constabularies by Anthony Harriott
CAPRI: Guns Out: The Splintering of Jamaica's Gangs
Inter - American Development Bank: Survey of Individuals Deprived of Liberty - Caribbean 2016–2019
UWI Institute of Criminal Justice and Security: Youth Violence And Organized Crime In Jamaica
The Jamaica Gleaner: Light on violence | Here's why boys join gangs
The Jamaica Gleaner: Sustainable solutions to Jamaica’s crime
The Jamaica Gleaner: Gov't redoubling efforts on crime legislative agenda - Chang
The Jamaica Gleaner: Solving crime will require long-lasting social transformation - Chang
The Jamaica Observer: Criminal factories
The Jamaica Observer: We are facing a crime epidemic, says PSOJ president
The Tivoli Gardens Story (podcast)