This chapter examines the influence of race/ethnicity on criminal offending, victimization, fear of crime and perceptions of safety and police-citizen relations in Trinidad and Tobago. We rely on a variety of data to illustrate the intersection of race/ethnicity, crime and criminal justice, ...
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The discriminatory laws in both the Civil and the Criminal Code have been exposed by female Haitian jurists, who, in books and case files, have denounced the discriminatory aspects of the legislative framework governing the status of Haitian women (a list of the authors concerned can be found ...
In Jamaica, and more recently Trinidad and Tobago, episodes of violence and crime have been associated with sustained and increasing rates of criminal homicide, and the use of firearms in such homicide episodes. Despite the small size of these two countries, their rates of homicide have...
New Directions: Social and Criminal Justice in the Republic of Trinidad and TobagoCoyle, Michael J
Recommendations For Systematic Transformation Of The Criminal Justice System In Trinidad And TobagoHoldip, Malcolm P
Both statute law and common law are examined in the relevant jurisdictions, which include Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica and Grenada amongst others. The impact of statutory changes in the laws are analysed, as well as recent developments in the common law. Throughout the text ...