Restoring Paradise in the Caribbean: Combatting Violence with Numbers
While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This volume analyses new data collected in household and business victimization surveys. These surveys allow us to understand crime from a primary source - the victims themselves. As such, this study goes beyond much of the existing literature, which relies primarily on police data. It contributes new information to our understanding of crime patterns, victim profiles, drivers of particular types of crime, and directions for crime reduction in the region.
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| Format: | Monographs biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Citizen Safety, Youth Violence, Victim of Violence, Crime Rate, Crime Prevention, Violence Against Women, Domestic Violence, Cost of Crime, crime prevention;youth violence;crime rate, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012654 https://publications.iadb.org/en/restoring-paradise-caribbean-combatting-violence-numbers |
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| Summary: | While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This volume analyses new data collected in household and business victimization surveys. These surveys allow us to understand crime from a primary source - the victims themselves. As such, this study goes beyond much of the existing literature, which relies primarily on police data. It contributes new information to our understanding of crime patterns, victim profiles, drivers of particular types of crime, and directions for crime reduction in the region. |
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