Crime, Violence, and Security in the Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9781138695962 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 280 str.

M. Raymond Izarali

Opis

Insecurity in the Caribbean defines numerous push factors both for its citizens and capital investments; it also diminishes morale among the youth, their education, and their future. This volume fills the gap in criminological and security studies on the Caribbean by drawing attention to the nexus of crime, violence, and in/security that is so overwhelming yet under-studied in the region. M. Raymond Izarali and his team of experts bridge that gap by presenting an interwoven interdisciplinary approach that succinctly addresses the nexus of crime, violence, and in/security, and the ways in which underdevelopment re/creates environments for crime, violence, and insecurity. This timely volume covering ten contributions organized around topics of types of crime and violence; sources of crime in the Caribbean; and structural and social elements of insecurity, will be valuable reading for scholars who share a critical interest on the scope, impact, and inter-relationality of crime, violence, and in/security in the region.

Spis treści

Foreword  Introduction  Part 1: Crime, Violence and Punishment  1. Crime, Violence, and Public Safety in the Caribbean  2. Drug Trafficking and Gang Violence in the Caribbean  3. Exploring the Link Between Corruption and the Rule of Law in Five Caribbean Countries  4. Prisons in the Caribbean: Structures, Conditions and Effectiveness  Part 2: Country Cases on Crime and Security  5. The Torture of Inner City Boys and its Contribution to the Construction of Repeat Killers in Jamaica  6. Risk and Fear of Crime Paradoxes in Trinidad  7. Cuba: Challenges of Security and Social Polarization  Part 3: Issues of Regional Security  8. An Emerging Regional Power: Trinidad and Tobago’s Role and Influence on Caribbean Security  9. Private Security in the Caribbean  10. Vulnerabilities and Security Threats in the Caribbean  11. The Caribbean in Current Global Security Affairs: The Issue of Terrorism

O autorze

M. Raymond Izarali is a philosopher and associate professor in the Department of Criminology, Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford Campus), Canada. His research interests include international crime and justice, globalization, global terrorism and security, human rights theory, Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia. He has published one co-edited book called The Contemporary Caribbean: Issues and Challenges (Shipra Publications, New Delhi, 2013) and another called Security, Education and Development in Contemporary Africa (Routledge, 2017). He has also published peer-reviewed articles in Critical Criminology, Global Studies Journal, International Journal of Social Inquiry, and Africa Review.