Police and Crime Control in Jamaica: Problems of Reforming Ex-Colonials Constabularies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789766400767)

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.

Author: Anthony Harriott
ISBN-10: 9766400768
ISBN-13: 9789766400767
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2000
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.86h x 6.02w x 0.81d