Crime and Violence in the Caribbean (eBook)

Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis is assistant professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Criminal Justice at Mississippi Valley State University.Camille Gibsonis Interim Dean of Juvenile Justice & Psychology and Executive Director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University in Texas.Lorna Elaine Grant is associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University.

Part 1: Crime and Violence Trends in the CaribbeanChapter 1: A Profile of the Caribbean Region: Recent Trends in Crime and Violence by Marika DawkinsChapter 2: Causes and Consequences of Crime and Violence: An Overview by Sherill Morris-FrancisChapter 3: Geospatial Aspects of Crime in Jamaica and Governmental Responses by Jacqueline Rhoden-TraderChapter 4: An Analysis of Recent Homicide Trends in Jamaica: A Case study by Camille Gibson and Lorna GrantChapter 5: Gangs on the Caribbean by Andy BainChapter 6: Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean: A Jamaican Case Study by Marika DawkinsChapter 7: Cases of Murder Suicide among Jamaican Immigrants in the United States by Christopher Charles and Shau-Kim McLeanPart 2: Transnational Crime in the CaribbeanChapter 8: An Analysis of Money Laundering in the Caribbean by Lorna GrantChapter 9: Securing the Financial Sector: Combating Money Laundering in Jamaica by Tameka Samuels-Jones and Taneisha BrownPart 3: Deportation and CrimeChapter 10: Deportation and Crime in the Caribbean: An Overview by Sherill Morris-FrancisChapter 11: The Socio-cultural Nature of Crime and Deportee in the Caribbean by Orville Beckford