Crime, Violence and Security in the Caribbean
M. Raymond Izarali, "Crime, Violence and Security in the Caribbean "
English | ISBN: 1138695963 | 2017 | 306 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1138695963 | 2017 | 306 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nations. Public safety is threatened by high rates of crime – especially violent crime – in much of the region, the plague of the illicit drug trade, transnational organized crime, gangs, the current global proliferation of crimes of terrorism and related violent extremism and radicalization. The situation diminishes morale among the youth, their education and their future, and operates as a major push factor.
Yet, surprisingly, there has been a scarcity of scholarly work that addresses these conditions. This interdisciplinary volume succinctly responds to the gap in criminological and security studies on the Caribbean by drawing attention to the understudied nexus of crime, violence, and security that is so pervasive in the region, and the ways in which underdevelopment re/creates environments for insecurity.
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