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Youth Members are an Achilles Heel of Haiti’s Gangs
Using young gang members to reduce gang power and rebuild communities. Continue reading
The Story Hunters
The Story Hunters An Anthropologist’s Conversation with a Caribbean Peasant Rice Farmer Inspires an Innovative Civic Project. The author, Bertrand Laurent, is an anthropologist who works on governance, workforce development and crime reduction in the Caribbean. He is Executive Chair … Continue reading
Haiti-Caribbean Gang Crime Relationships
This article was previously published under the title “Beyond the Box” @BHLaurent1 By Bertrand Laurent 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 … Continue reading
Civic Education Through the Arts
By Bertrand Laurent @BHLaurent1 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. … Continue reading
Perfect Storms in Haiti and Jamaica: Community Policing is a Governance Strategy.
By Bertrand Laurent @BHLaurent1 In February Andrew Holness, Jamaica’s Prime Minister, recently announced that his country would be willing to join an international effort in Haiti to address its gang problems. Many observers felt that Jamaica, with severe gang problems … Continue reading
The Caribbean Institute for Sustainable Development 