Gangs in the Caribbean : responses of state and society / edited by Anthony Harriott and Charles M. Katz ; contributors: Lilian Bobea [and eight others].

Includes bibliographical references.

An introduction to the gang problem in the Caribbean / Charles M. Katz -- The Emergence and Evolution of Organized Crime in Jamaica : New Challenges to Law Enforcement and Society / Anthony Harriott -- Organized and Disorganized Crime : Gangs, Naciones and Pandillas in the Dominican Republic / Lilian Bobea -- Gangs in Trinidad and Tobago / Randy Seepersad -- Entrepreneurial Experiences of a Jamaican Posse in the South Bronx / Christopher A.D. Charles and Basil Wilson -- Differences in Delinquency, Victimization and Risk, and Protective Factors for Gang and Non-Gang Youth from Trinidad and Tobago and the United States / Charles M. Katz and Andrew M. Fox -- Diagnosing Gang Violence in the Caribbean / Charles M. Katz and Edward R. Maguire -- Violence Reduction as Gang Reduction : Suppression and the Case of the Shower-Presidential Click / Anthony Harriott -- Gang Preventation and Control in Jamaica : Social and the Case of the Spanglers / Anthony Harriott -- Faith-Based Interventions for Reducing Gang Violence in the Caribbean : Retlections from a Professor and a Priest / Edward R. Maguire and C. Jason Gordon -- Moving Forward : Responding to Gangs and Organized Crime in the Caribbean / Anthony Harriott .

"For decades, gangs have been emerging across the globe, disrupting citizen security, the rule of law, health and education, and local economies. The Caribbean, like many other regions, has a significant gang problem. Unfortunately, however, there has been limited academic attention given to the issue. Gangs in the Caribbean is intended to fill this gap by providing sound research conducted by leading Caribbean criminologists that encourages thoughtful and data-driven discussions between researchers and policymakers. The articles range from those that focus on the scope and nature of the Caribbean gang problem, with cutting-edge descriptions of both organized crime groups and street gangs and an analysis of how these differences impact the types of problems that communities face, to those that explore the policies and programmes designed and implemented to respond to Caribbean gangs, as well as what we have learned about such policies and programmes in terms of their effectiveness and unintended consequences. In doing so, Gangs in the Caribbean provides researchers, policymakers and students with a foundation of knowledge on a core issue confronting the Caribbean and provides these readers with a clear roadmap for responding to gangs in the future"--Page 4 of cover

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