TY - BOOK ID - 77923813 TI - Gangs in the Caribbean AU - Seepersad, Randy AU - Bissessar, Ann Marie PY - 2013 SN - 1443852791 9781443852791 1299974341 9781299974340 1443850578 9781443850575 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Cambridge Scholars Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Gangs KW - Crews (Gangs) KW - Crime syndicates KW - Street gangs KW - Teen gangs KW - Teenage gangs KW - Criminals KW - Juvenile delinquents KW - Hoodlums UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77923813 AB - The present volume represents the first published book on gangs in the Caribbean. The study of criminal gangs is both timely and of the utmost importance to policy and security in the region. In many countries across the Caribbean, criminal gangs are increasing in number and prominence, and official crime data indicate that they are responsible for an increasing proportion of violent crimes. The Caribbean region experienced a dramatic increase in murder rates from 14.3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2000 to 28.1 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010. In some of the countries with compara ER -