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This compilation of works highlights the historical, economic, and human dynamics behind youth offending in the nations of the West Indies. Youth Crime and Violence in the Caribbean offers insights into the slow rate of system change yet leaves readers with an optimistic picture of possibilities. Recent events in Haiti and neighboring Venezuela demonstrate how quickly dynamics in the Caribbean area can shift if crime is not addressed and people increasingly disengage from systems in a manner that allows despots to rise to power. When this happens, the impacts are not localized.
List of contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis
Chapter 1: An Overview of Youth Crime and Violence in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by Marika Dawkins
Chapter 2: Prevalence and Cost of Youth Violence in The Caribbean: An Overview by Alaba Oludare
Chapter 3: Youth Crime and Violence in the Cayman Islands by Howard A. Kurtz
Chapter 4: Youth Crime and Violence in Haiti: Trends and Risk Factors by Nelseta Walters-Jones
Chapter 5: The Causes, Consequences, and Response to Juvenile Delinquency in Puerto Rico by Myrna Cintron
Chapter 6: Profile of Adolescents in Conflict with Criminal Law in the Dominican Republic: A Multivariable Approach Regarding Participation in Criminal Acts by Wayne Pitts, Raquel Ovalle and Virginia Vallejo
Chapter 7: Violence Against Children in Jamaica and the Legal Response by Lorna Grant
Chapter 8: Jamaica's Children in Conflict with the Law by Camille B. Gibson
Chapter 9: The Sexual Abuse of Children in Jamaica by Christopher A. D. Charles and Gleasia Reid
Chapter 10: The Impact of Parental Incarceration on Children in Jamaica by Lorna E. Grant
Chapter 11: Human Trafficking of Children and Youth in The Caribbean by Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader
Chapter 12: The Evolution of the Drug/Gang Syndrome in Trinidad and Tobago by Indira Rampersad
Chapter 13: Contemporary Dynamics of Drugs and Gang Activism in Trinidad and Tobago by Inderia Rampersad
Chapter 14: The Impact of Violence and Victimization in Schools across the Caribbean by Lorna E. Grant
Chapter 15: School Violence in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study by Leslie-Ann C. Robertson Foncette and Charlene Harris
Chapter 16: Youth Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in the English-speaking Caribbean by Latoya Smart and Monique Grant
About the Contributors
About the author
Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis is associate professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Criminal Justice at Mississippi Valley State University. Camille A. Gibson is interim dean of the College of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University and executive director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center. Lorna E. Grant is professor and director of the MS Criminal Justice Program in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.Camille A. Gibson is interim dean of the College of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University and executive director of the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center. Lorna E. Grant is professor and director of the MS Criminal Justice Program in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis is associate professor and graduate coordinator in the Department of Criminal Justice at Mississippi Valley State University.
