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Beyond the Box
Inter-Island Crime Links in the Western Caribbean Gangs are effective at collaborating across jurisdictions, but police forces and civil society aren’t. Recent reviews have documented that crime and violence are the greatest threats to democracy and sustainable development in the … Continue reading
Civic Education Through the Arts
It was a warm spring evening as Yves, my sociologist colleague, and I, an agricultural anthropologist, visited Remèd, a rice farmer near Acul du Nord in Northern Haiti to expand our understanding of local governance relationships. As my colleague, a … Continue reading
Perfect Storms in Haiti and Jamaica: Community Policing is a Governance Strategy.
In many Caribbean communities over the past five years, gang wars have been increasing in number and level of casualties, exacerbating insecurity and social tensions. Jamaica and Haiti are two of the most extreme cases, though their organized crime profiles … Continue reading
