Gangs in the Caribbean

by Bissessar, Ann Marie Seepersad, Randy

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Title Statements

Full title :Gangs in the Caribbean / edited by Randy Seepersad and Ann Marie Bissessar.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Place of Publication:Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 290 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1443850578, 9781443850575
oclc:ocn856567138
LC Classification:HV6439.C27
Dewey Decimal:364.106/6/09729

Section One: Understanding gangs and violence in the Caribbean. Chapter One. Crime in the Caribbean / Randy Seepersad -- Chapter Two. The rise of gang violence in the Caribbean / Sheridon Hill -- Chapter Three. "Dons", so-called "community leaders" and the emergence of "un-civil" society in the Caribbean / Clifford Griffin and Rajesh Persad -- Chapter Four. Paradise lost: Gangs and gang violence in St. Kitts and Nevis / Janice Joseph -- Chapter Five. The nexus between structured adjustment and the emergence of gangs: the case of Trinidad and Tobago / Ann Marie Bissessar -- Chapter Six. White-collar crime in Trinidad / Dylan Kerrigan and Nirmala Sookoo -- Chapter Seven. A gang leader through the eyes of his mother / Simon Alexis -- Chapter Eight. Girls and gangs in Trinidad: an exploratory study / Wendell C. Wallace. Section Two: Interventions and policy. Chapter Nine. Gangs in Central America: an essay on evolution and changing dynamics / Anthony T. Bryan -- Chapter Ten. The usefulness and effectiveness of peacebuilding in reducing group-lead violence / Tarik Weekes -- Chapter Eleven. The impact of mediation on truce with rival gangs of East Port of Spain / Kathy-Ann Felix-John an…