Police and Crime Control in Jamaica: Problems of Reforming Ex-Colonial Constabularies - Softcover

The University Of The West Indies Press

 
9789766400767: Police and Crime Control in Jamaica: Problems of Reforming Ex-Colonial Constabularies
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9766400768 ISBN 13: 9789766400767
Publisher: University of West Indies Press, 2000

Synopsis

Police and Crime Control in Jamaica is a valuable addition to the sparse literature on policing in developing states, and is the first study of its kind on a police force in a Caribbean territory. The work examines the extent and sources of police ineffectiveness in controlling crime. It assesses the quality of justice and declining public confidence in the criminal justice system. Police reform efforts, as well as sources of cynicism among members of the force, are analysed. This study of policing and citizen-state relations is especially relevant to the tourism-dependent countries of the Caribbean amid growing recognition of the negative impact of high rates of violent crime on these economies. This book will be much valued by students of criminology and criminal justice, especially those with an interest in the Caribbean, as well as the general reader who is concerned with issues of crime and policing.

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About the Author

Anthony Harriott is lecturer in the Department of Government, the University of the West Indies, Mona. He is currently Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

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Publisher
University of West Indies Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9766400768
ISBN 13 
9789766400767
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
277