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Exploring policy linkages between poverty, crime and violence: a look at three Caribbean states

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Exploring policy linkages between poverty, crime and violence: a look at three Caribbean states

Autor institucional: NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe Descripción física: 45 páginas. Editorial: ECLAC Fecha: julio 2008 Signatura: LC/L.2916-P ISBN: 9789211216745

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This discussion paper seeks to contribute to the body of knowledge on crime and violence through an exploration of the possible policy linkages between poverty, crime and violence, using data from Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. It does so against the backdrop of increasing concern for the impact of violence on the social and economic development and human welfare of Caribbean societies. In addition to the primary objective of exploring the policy and programming linkages between poverty reduction programming and that aimed at reducing crime and violence, the study includes an overview of crime and poverty statistics in the three countries under investigation as well as a review of literature which examines the crime, violence and poverty nexus. Finally the paper seeks to generate discussion regarding future research that could inform public policy in this sensitive area.

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