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Crime and Violence in the Caribbean : (Record no. 7085)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781498549301
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781498549295
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC5614046
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System control number (Au-PeEL)EBL5614046
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System control number (OCoLC)1076374943
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Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number HV6868.5 .C756 2019
082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 364.109729
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Morris-Francis, Sherill V. C.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Crime and Violence in the Caribbean :
Remainder of title Lessons from Jamaica.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Lanham :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Lexington Books/Fortress Academic,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2018.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2018.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (257 pages)
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Cover -- Crime and Violence in the Caribbean -- Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: Lessons from Jamaica -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- A Profile of the Caribbean Region -- An Overview of the Caribbean -- Crime and Violence: Patterns and Trends -- Criminal Justice Systems -- Challenges and Solutions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 -- Causes, Consequences, and Cost of Crime and Violence in the Caribbean -- Causes and Determinants of Crime and Violence -- Cost and Consequences of Violence -- Estimates of Costs of Crime and Violence -- Crime Victimization in Jamaica -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 -- Geospatial Aspects of Crime in Jamaica and Governmental Responses -- Geographic Information Systems -- GIS Usage in Jamaica -- Homicide Problem in Jamaica -- Lottery Scam -- Social Structural Impacts on Homicide Rates in Jamaica -- Garrison Communities -- Governmental Response -- Recommendations and Policy Implications -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 -- An Analysis of Recent Homicide Trends in Jamaica -- Homicide in Post-independent Jamaica, 1962 to the 1970s -- The 1980s to 1990 -- From 1990 to 2000 -- The 2000s Era -- Scamming-Related Violence -- Domestic Violence and Guns -- Understanding the Homicide Trends -- Changing the Direction of the Homicide Rate -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 -- Gangs in the Caribbean -- The Islands, the Crime, and their Gangs -- Gang Theory and Life in the Caribbean -- A Crime Control Model and Rational Choice -- Society's Role and Circumstance -- Attachment between the Individual and the Society -- Conclusion -- Recommendation -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 -- Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean -- Background: Drug Trafficking -- Jamaica: A Case Study -- Informal Economies and Crime.
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Formatted contents note Drug Trafficking and Control -- Control Measures -- Legalization -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 7 -- Cases of Murder-Suicide among Jamaican Immigrants in the United States -- Murder-Suicide -- Murder-Suicide in the Caribbean -- The Immigrant Experience -- Acculturation -- Method -- The Cases -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 -- An Analysis of Money Laundering in the Caribbean -- Defining Money Laundering -- Money Laundering in the Caribbean -- Legislative Framework to Combat Money Laundering -- Caribbean Citizens Knowledge about Money Laundering -- The Process of Money Laundering within Banking -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 -- Securing the Financial Sector -- Financial Crime and the Caribbean -- Money Laundering Control in Jamaica: Overview -- The Anti-Money Laundering Regime -- The Legislative Framework -- Regulated NDFIs and AML Control under POCA -- The Role of the Asset Recovery Agency -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 -- The Deportation of Caribbean Nationals and Crime -- Migration Trends in the Caribbean -- Caribbean Nationals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom -- U.S. Immigration Laws and Deportation -- Canadian Immigration Laws and Deportations -- British Immigration Laws and Deportations -- Estimating the Effect of Criminal Deportation on Caribbean Countries -- Deportation and Crime -- Conclusions -- Recommendations and Policy Implications -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 -- The Sociocultural Nature of Crime and Violence in the Caribbean -- The Need for a Sociocultural Analysis of Deportation and Crime -- The Failure of a World System Approach to Crime in the Caribbean -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book discusses the recent crime and violence trends in the Caribbean highlighting its history and current challenges that continue to impede its development. Theoretical explanations are offered for the existing conditions and discussion of the need of a paradigm shift in policy development to combat the crime problem.
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590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Crime-Caribbean Area.
655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Personal name Gibson, Camille A.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Grant, Lorna E.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bain, Andrew J.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Beckford, Orville Wayne.
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Personal name Brown, Taneisha P.
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Personal name Charles, Christopher A. D.
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Personal name Dawkins-Cavazos, Marika.
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Personal name McLean, Shua-Kym.
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Personal name Rhoden-Trader, Jacqueline M.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Morris-Francis, Sherill V. C.
Title Crime and Violence in the Caribbean
Place, publisher, and date of publication Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic,c2018
International Standard Book Number 9781498549295
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5614046">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5614046</a>
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