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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, c2003.Description: xx, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9766401446 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.972 72
Contents:
The Jamaican crime problem : new developments and new challenges for public policy / Anthony Harriott -- Badness-honour / Obika Gray -- The historical roots of violence in Jamaica : the Hearne Report 1949 / Amanda Sives -- Garrison politics and criminality in Jamaica : does the 1997 election represent a turning point? / Mark Figueroa and Amanda Sives -- Social identities and the escalation of homicidal violence in Jamaica / Anthony Harriott -- From the the footnotes and into the text : victimization of Jamaica women / Marlyn J. Jones -- the impact of crime on tourist arrivals in Jamaica : a transfer function analysis / Dillon Alleyne and Ian Boxill -- Perceptions of crime and safety among tourists visiting the Caribbean / John W. King -- Tourist harassment : review and survey results / Jerome L. McElroy -- Crime and public policy in Jamaica / Don Robotham.
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Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library West Indian Collection Reference W.I. 364.972 72 Und (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Processing Not For Loan PORT20100068
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The Jamaican crime problem : new developments and new challenges for public policy / Anthony Harriott -- Badness-honour / Obika Gray -- The historical roots of violence in Jamaica : the Hearne Report 1949 / Amanda Sives -- Garrison politics and criminality in Jamaica : does the 1997 election represent a turning point? / Mark Figueroa and Amanda Sives -- Social identities and the escalation of homicidal violence in Jamaica / Anthony Harriott -- From the the footnotes and into the text : victimization of Jamaica women / Marlyn J. Jones -- the impact of crime on tourist arrivals in Jamaica : a transfer function analysis / Dillon Alleyne and Ian Boxill -- Perceptions of crime and safety among tourists visiting the Caribbean / John W. King -- Tourist harassment : review and survey results / Jerome L. McElroy -- Crime and public policy in Jamaica / Don Robotham.

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