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The Palgrave Handbook of Caribbean Criminology


ISBN13: 9783031523809
Published: August 2025
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Format: Paperback
Price: £199.99



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This handbook explores crime, deviance and punishment in the Caribbean with a focus on marginalized perspectives from scholars in the Caribbean. It explores the region's unique cultural context and challenges, particularly the ongoing influence of colonialism. It also covers types of criminal activities and punishment, including contemporary and emerging areas such as cybercrime and white collar crime, as well as discussing victims and victimization, and crime and justice policies. This handbook builds on the growing field of interest in this region to establish a Caribbean Criminology. It speaks to both students and practitioners.

Subjects:
Other Jurisdictions , Caribbean
Contents:
Introduction: Towards a Caribbean Criminology

PART I: Criminology in the Caribbean
1. The state of Criminology in the Caribbean - Dr. Wendell C. Wallace
2. Criminal Law and Human Rights: A paradoxical relationship - Justice Avason QuinlanWilliams and Justice Charmaine Pemberton
3. Corporate, Financial and White Collar Crime in the Cayman Islands/Caribbean - Dr. Kadesha Swearing
4. Gendered Violence and Crime in the Caribbean - Halimah DeShong
5. Then and now: The need for Caribbean criminological theories

PART II. Typologies of Contemporary Criminal Activities and Punishment in Caribbean Jurisdictions
6. Delinquency Among Juveniles in the Caribbean: Trends, Factors and Determinants - Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard
7. Homicides in the Caribbean - Mr. Sheridon M. Hill
8. Exploring crime typologies in Trinidad and Tobago - Dr. Wendell C. Wallace
9. Transnational Organized Crime in the Caribbean - Dr. Camille Gibson
10. Prison Conditions in the Contemporary Caribbean - Dr. Dacia L. Leslie
11. Cybercrime and cybervictimization - Mr. Andre Norton
12. Crimes by and against Tourists in Barbados
13. An Overview of Gangs and Criminal activities in Haiti - Guyma Noel
14. The decriminalization of cannabis offences in the Caribbean: Criminal Justice System and Public Health Implications - Dr. Alana Griffith
15. Impacts of Gangs and Gang violence on Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean - Charles Katz
16. Gangs and Gang Dynamics: Exploring Gangs in Jamaica - Mr. Tarik Weekes

PART III: Victims and Victimization
17. Rethinking School Discipline in the Caribbean: The moveaway from Punishment - Dr. Sherill V.C. MorrisFrancis
18. School Violence: Implications for Teachers and Education in the Caribbean - Dr. Lisa Jaggernauth
19. Caribbean Peoples and the Retention of the Death Penalty - Mr. Sheridon M. Hill
20. The War on Terrorism: Human Rights Issues, Implications, and Recommendations - Dr. Malisa NeptuneFigaro
21. Domestic Violence (DV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Review of Perspectives of DV and IPV among Caribbean Women and Men - Dr. Leah Cleghorn and Miss Keel County
22. Political Crimes, Political Violence and Victimization in Caribbean Contexts - Dr. Peter St. Jean
23. Police Corruption in the Caribbean/Trinidad and Tobago - Mr. Danny Carr
24. The Invisible Victims of Crime: Children of Incarcerated Parents - Dr. Aveka Mano
25. Gender and Crime in Barbados - Dr. KaiAnn Skeete
26. Race, Class and Crime in Guyana - Dr. Mellissa Ifill
27. Human Trafficking as a Crime against Humanity: Patterns, Evolution, and Implications for the Caribbean - Professor Suzette Haughton

PART IV: Slavery and Colonialism as Crimes Against Caribbean Peoples
28. Colonialism in the Caribbean: A Forgotten Crime against Humanity - Dr. Rita Pemberton
29. Outward movement of Caribbean Peoples as tools of Colonial (British) Development - Dr. Ronald Noel
30. The transmission of violence from colonialism to independence and Beyond: Myth or reality for the Caribbean - Dr. Winston Phulgence
31. Reparation for the Crime of Slavery against African/Caribbean Peoples
32. How Colonialism Criminalized Religion (and Culture) in the Caribbean - Dr. Marcia Burrowes
33. The Windrush Generations, 1948 to now: crimmigration of necessity in the sociology of knowledge and law - Dr. Michael Toussaint

PART V: Critiques of Colonialism in Caribbean Criminology
34. Follow Fashion: Britain's continuing influence on the Death Penalty in the Caribbean - Dr. Timothy Affonso
35. Theoretical Criminology: Peacemaking and the Policing of Public Order in Guyana - Dr. Joanne Mars
36. Police and Policing in the Caribbean: Centralization, Pluralization and Caribbeanization
37. Policing Homophobia in the Caribbean: The Colonial Genesis - Dr. Perry Stanislas
38. Language Romanticized: The monopoly of English language usage in the criminal justice system in the bilingual society of St. Lucia - Dr. R. Sandra Evans
39. The intersection of colonialism and indentureship in the Caribbean (or a specific Caribbean country)

Part VI: Crime and Justice Policie
40. Norms in Contention: Human Rights Across Social, Gendered and Religious Conformity and NonConformity - Dr. SueAnn Barratt
41. Reformation of Caribbean Judicial Systems - Master Gillian Scotland
42. Use of ADR Mechanisms in Caribbean Judiciaries - Miss Ann Diaz and Cheri Lewis
43. The State of Data Collection in Caribbean Police Departments - Mrs. Karen LancasterEllis
44. Police Indiscipline: Police Oversight Agencies as Agents of External Police Control - Mr. David West
45. The Police Complaints Process - Dr. Wendell C. Wallace, Mr. Russel Mason and Miss Gisann Ramharack
46. Criminal Activities as threats to National Security in the Caribbean - Dr. Marika Dawkins
47. Venezuelan Migration to the Caribbean in the 21st Century: Policy Implications - Dr. Mauricia John
48. The Criminalization of Homosexuality in St. Kitts and Nevis/Caribbean - Dr. Moyia Rowtham
49. Policy Responses to Criminality: Sexual Predation as a Biproduct of Protracted Curfews - Dr. Herbert S. Gayle 50. Sentencing Practices and Trends in Barbados - Miss Rochelle Lashley
51. Penal reform or penal abolitionism in the Caribbean?
Conclusion: Caribbean Criminology: At the centre or at periphery and for how long?