Organized crime and politics in Jamaica : breaking the nexus / Anthony Harriott.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-198) and index.

Introduction: the challenges presented by organized crime -- Politics and the rise of organized crime in Jamaica -- Controlling organized crime: elements of a strategy -- Political corruption and organized crime / Lloyd Waller and Anthony Harriott -- Who pays the piper calls the tune? Party financing, political debts and organized crime networks -- In lieu of a conclusion: prospects for controlling organized crime.

"The relationship between politics and crime has stimulated the curiosities of criminologists, who understand crime, and political scientists, who understand the nature of the political system. In this volume, an attempt is made to bridge both lines of inquiry. The book represents a dedicated attempt to treat in particular a most troubling and current expression of this nexus between politics and crime, that is, organized crime. It describes the rise of organized crime in Jamaica, its internationalization, and the efforts to consolidate its hold in the cities and towns of Jamaica. Discussions of crime in Jamaica are impatient of "solutions." An attempt is therefore made to press the discussion beyond an analysis of the problem to approaches to solving it."--BOOK JACKET.

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