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Author Joosen, Katharina J, author

Title Caribbean Crime and Criminal Justice : Impacts of Post-colonialism and Gender / Katharina J Joosen
Edition First edition
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; SECTION A Historical perspectives; 1 Reframing criminalised resistance strategies of female slaves in the Dutch Caribbean and Suriname during the era of colonialism; 2 Honour, gender and violence in the Dutch Caribbean and Suriname; SECTION B Crime and victimisation; 3 Prevalence of public fraud and corruption in the Dutch Caribbean: impacts of (post)colonialism explored; 4 Ethnicity and crime victimisation in Trinidad and Tobago; 5 Child domestic slavery in Haiti
6 The language of partner violence in the Caribbean: a decolonial feminist analysis7 Participatory action research: identifying and addressing sexual violence in St. Lucia; SECTION C Causes and risk factors for offending; 8 The influence of gender on social capital resources and youth problem behaviour outcomes in Trinidad and Tobago; 9 Trouble in paradise? Pathways to prison among Caribbean women incarcerated in the Netherlands; 10 Constructing crime in Antigua: perceptions of structural explanations of crime in post-colonial era
11 Psychosis and crime among Caribbean migrants: a social defeat perspective12 Crime, identity and community: a post-colonial analysis on Kingston, Jamaica; SECTION D Criminal justice systems and policies; 13 Perceptions of familial responsibility as a practical constraint in judicial decision-making: focal concerns and gender bias in sentencing on the island of Barbados; 14 Intellectual disability among male prisoners in Bonaire: translating and validating psychological and intellectual diagnostic tools in the local Creole language
15 Crime control and punishment in Dominica: perspectives of community leaders and offenders16 Migrant sex work or sex trafficking? Reflections on "trafficking in women": a Caribbean post-colonial perspective; Discussion; Index
Summary "Despite high crime rates among men in the Caribbean, rising rates of violence against women in the region, and a significant number of Caribbean nationals incarcerated abroad due to drug smuggling, existing research has yet to offer explanations that are tailored to the unique Caribbean societies and the individuals in them. This edited volume adds to the existing body of scientific, empirical and theoretical work on crime (victimization), and criminal justice in the Caribbean, with a specific focus on impacts of post-colonialism and gender. To investigate these impacts on a developing Caribbean criminology, the contributions in this volume focus on how impacts of post-colonialism, associated racial stereotypes, and/or gender throughout the Caribbean impact on (a) types of offending, (b) victimization, and (c) criminal justice system responses and policies. Bringing together a broad range of experts, this book sheds light on key criminological topics in the Caribbean, including victimization, risk factors for offending, subcultures of violence and particularly gendered violence, and the role of motherhood within matrifocal societies. It is essential reading for those engaged with Caribbean - or decolonial - Criminology and those engaged with comparative and international studies in crime and justice more generally."--Provided by publisher
Subject Crime -- Caribbean Area
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Caribbean Area
Crime
Criminal justice, Administration of
Caribbean Area
Form Electronic book
Author Bailey, Corin A
ISBN 9781315403786
1315403781