Essays on the Crime and the Politics of Jamaica |
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| Author:
| Headley, Bernard |
| ISBN: | 978-976-8184-35-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $6.99 |
Book Description:
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Despite the growing drug culture in Jamaica, its,reputation as a trans-shipment capital and its,increasingly violent crime scene cannot be,understood as narcoterrorism. While the drug,culture does provide the druglords with economic,benefits, their work is not affiliated with a,political cause in the same way as drug barons in,South American countries. This is a thoughtful,exposition of the Jamaican crime scene and what,needs to be done to bring it under control.
Despite the growing drug culture in Jamaica, its,reputation as a trans-shipment capital and its,increasingly violent crime scene cannot be,understood as narcoterrorism. While the drug,culture does provide the druglords with economic,benefits, their work is not affiliated with a,political cause in the same way as drug barons in,South American countries. This is a thoughtful,exposition of the Jamaican crime scene and what,needs to be done to bring it under control.