"Crime and violence in jamaica" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 3 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Best Essays

    Homosexuality in Jamaica

    • 3877 Words
    • 11 Pages

    even on the television. This research is geared towards finding out how discrimination against sexual orientation is handled in the eyes of the law versus that of societies in the Caribbean region. In all regions of the Caribbean‚ people experience violence and discrimination because of their sexual orientation. In many cases‚ even the thought of homosexual identity puts people at risk. Repercussion for homosexual acts may sometimes include killings‚ rape and physical attacks‚ torture‚ arbitrary detention

    Premium Homosexuality Human rights Gender

    • 3877 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Globalisation on Jamaica

    • 1607 Words
    • 7 Pages

    1. Causes of globalization affecting Jamaica: * For Jamaica‚ the main reason for globalization was darker. The energy Crisis of the early 1970s forced the Jamaican Government to take out loans from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to cover the rising expenses of fuel based imports. However they weren’t interested in cooperating with Jamaica in developing native infrastructure and resources‚ so they enforced a short-term repayment of the debt‚ budget cuts in areas supporting

    Premium International trade World Trade Organization Globalization

    • 1607 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Homeownership in Jamaica

    • 2063 Words
    • 9 Pages

    “MEETING NEEDS‚ MEANS AND DREAMS: THE HOME OWNERSHIP CHALLENGE IN JAMAICA.” The late Honourable Donald Buchanan‚ former Minister of Water and Housing‚ stated in the 2004 Sectoral Presentation‚ that “home ownership is a Jamaican dream. “It confers on our people a sense of self and identity and undermines the collective sense of rootlessness‚ displacement and wandering that characterize the socio-historical condition common to Africans in the Diaspora.” Home ownership is a “collective space defined

    Premium Real estate Loan Maslow's hierarchy of needs

    • 2063 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Juvenile Crime and the Influence of Media Violence With several arguments for both sides can we truly determine if there is only one main role in juvenile crime? There are many statistics that show there is a higher aggression level formed in people who watched a great deal of violent television or played violent video games as a child. People must begin to consider that there are several contributors to youth crime and violence. Youth crime is often fueled by media violence and can depend on how

    Premium Crime Criminology Sociology

    • 1463 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    guns‚ violence‚ and victims and the crime-fighting policies that are implied in these portrayals. What criminal justice policies are encouraged by the above portraits and which ones are discouraged? The media distorts the public’s view of violence‚ guns‚ and victims‚ and helps shape the criminal justice policies by doing so. Their portrayal of guns‚ violence‚ and victims is of law enforcement or private citizens fighting a constant war against crime‚ usually with an overabundance of violence from

    Premium Mass media Violence Crime

    • 291 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    As we all know‚ crimes against humanity have been increasing at a fast pace in the past few years. They have been committed by a wide range of people. Drug trafficking‚ frauds‚ human trafficking‚ poaching‚ prostitution‚ murder‚ theft‚ assault etc. are just a few of the crimes that exist in India. Many criminal operations also engage in black marketeering‚ religious and political violence‚ cyber crimes‚ terrorism‚ and abduction. Corruption is also a significant problem and is widespread in India

    Premium Human rights

    • 556 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Europeans in Jamaica

    • 1502 Words
    • 7 Pages

    When did they come? Jamaica was first colonized by a native group of South American origin who‚ in the early history of Jamaica‚ called their home a paradise of wood and water. The Arawak were there to greet Christopher Columbus when he arrived in Jamaica in 1494‚ beginning a long period of European colonization there. The history of Jamaica as a European outpost saw the island under Spanish rule for 150 years‚ during which the city now known as Spanish Town was established and flourished as the

    Premium Slavery British Empire Caribbean

    • 1502 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    novel‚ Crime and Punishment‚ riddles its characters with physical‚ sexual‚ and psychological violence. Thomas C. Foster asserts in the chapter “More than it’s Going to Hurt You: Concerning Violence” of How to Read Literature like a Professor that no violence exists for its own sake; Rather‚ violence is useful in contributing to the novel’s overall message. Crime and Punishment is powerful demonstrating the control of conscience‚ guilt and otherwise‚ over the life of man. Quite typically violence erupts

    Premium Gothic fiction Edgar Allan Poe English-language films

    • 414 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Best Essays

    Apiculture in Jamaica

    • 1977 Words
    • 8 Pages

    An Overview of the Beekeeping Industry in Jamaica Mona School of Business – University of the West Indies Course Title: Foundation Skills in Graduate Management Education Course Code: SBCO6000 Lecturer: Mr. Claude Robinson Due Date: July 8‚ 2012 ID#: 620051236 (Cohort 16) MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES‚ MONA To: Mr. Claude Robinson Associate Teaching Fellow‚ Mona School of Business From: La-Shaun Latore Student‚ Cohort 16‚ Mona School of Business

    Premium Beekeeping Honey Honey bee

    • 1977 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Good Essays

    War on Drugs and the Correlation to Crime and Violence Martha Mendoza Arizona State University CRJ 408 Drugs and Crime Word Count: 1‚186 “In the nine years from 1980 to 1989‚ the arrest rate for possession of drugs increased by 89%‚ from 199 to 375 per 100‚000 population” (Belenko and Spohn‚ 2015‚ p 117-118). The 1980’s contemporary War on Drugs established by Ronald Reagan lead us into a more retributive era of drug law enforcement. Changes in laws were rooted

    Premium Drug addiction Heroin Drug

    • 1250 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50