Police And Crime Control In Jamaica: Problems Of Reforming Ex-colonials Constabularies - Couverture souple

Harriott, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9766400768 ISBN 13 : 9789766400767

Editeur : University of the 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 dedicated to the state of 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anthony Harriott is a lecturer 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of the West Indies Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9766400768
• ISBN 13: 9789766400767
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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