Jamaican Dons, Italian Godfathers and the Chances of a ‘Reversible Destiny’

Johnson, Hume; Soeters, Joseph

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.2007.00682.x

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“…Previous efforts to arrest such high level traffickers were not always successful due a number of reasons, not the least of which was complicity at varying levels of the criminal justice system. Several researchers (for example, Johnson & Soeters, 2008;Harriott, 2003) linked the ineffectiveness of some police officers in fighting the drug trafficking to their own involvement in the illicit trade. Furthermore, drug enforcement endeavors were hamstrung by what some observers label the lack of political will (Jones, 2002;Johnson & Soeters, 2008).…”

Section: Outsourcing Justice: the Jamaican Rationalementioning

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“…Several researchers (for example, Johnson & Soeters, 2008;Harriott, 2003) linked the ineffectiveness of some police officers in fighting the drug trafficking to their own involvement in the illicit trade. Furthermore, drug enforcement endeavors were hamstrung by what some observers label the lack of political will (Jones, 2002;Johnson & Soeters, 2008). The 2010 INCSR exhorted the Jamaican government to "demonstrate its political will to address corruption by successfully investigating, prosecuting and convicting corrupt officials at all levels of government service and by the timely extradition of fugitives in accordance with the provisions of the bilateral extradition treaty, without regard to political influence or party affiliation.…”

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The Long Arm of the Law: Bringing International Drug Offenders to Justice in American Courts

Williams

2015

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The exportation of the US war on drugs to the international arena has relied on the deployment of various strategies designed to reduce the supply of illegal drugs to the American market, and to hold perpetrators in foreign countries accountable. This paper focuses on the use of extradition in facilitating the prosecution of foreign nationals, and, through a case study of Jamaica, examines some of the problems inherent in the process of arresting and transferring drug offenders from countries within Latin America and the Caribbean to "face justice" in American courts.

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The Long Arm of the Law: Bringing International Drug Offenders to Justice in American Courts

Williams

2015

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“…Andy left the last sentence unfinished but was apparently referring to a makeshift prison that General was alleged to have maintained in the neighbourhood (see Johnson & Soeters, 2008: 177). Other residents also affirmed the decreased level of safety in the neighbourhood without General.…”

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Criminal dons and extralegal security privatization in downtown Kingston, Jamaica

Jaffe

2012

Singap J Trop Geogr

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In cities across the world, neoliberal retrenchment, shrinking public expenditure and an emphasis on private‐public partnerships have resulted in the privatization of many services formerly provided by the state. The privatization of security has been one of the most significant shifts in this regard, with citizens becoming responsibilized for safeguarding their own physical integrity and material belongings. This transfer of state responsibility has had an important effect on the spatial organization of cities, as formerly public spaces become both privatized and militarized. Drawing on research in Kingston, Jamaica, this paper describes how new actors from criminal organizations to security companies move to fill these physical and social spaces. Arguing for an increased focus on spatial retreat from below, it highlights the extent to which an extralegal transformation of urban security and services takes place in marginalized areas, parallel to the better studied privatization of security services in affluent areas.

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“…Much of the literature (especially the early work) on criminal violence in Jamaica has focused on the impact on crime of various aspects of the political process (Sives 2010;Gray 2004;Headley 2002;Stone 1980), and the more recent impact (Charles 2012;Johnson and Soeters 2008;Morris and Graycar 2011). The methods of political mobilization were implicated in the extraordinary rise in violent crimes.…”

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Crime and Violence in Jamaica: IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean

Harriot¹,

Jones²

2016

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work is licensed under a Creative Commons IGO 3.0 AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the IDB and for any non-commercial purpose. No derivative work is allowed.Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license.Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the license.The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent.http://www.iadb.org 2016Heather Sutton: heathers@iadb.org i This publication was a joint collaboration between the Caribbean Economics Team (CCB/ CCB) and the Citizen Security Cluster of Institutional Capacity of the State (IFD/ICS). A special thanks to Laura Jaitman and Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa who reviewed and provided input for this report. Series Editor: Heather Sutton ii AbstractThis report is part of an IDB technical note series on crime and violence in the Caribbean. The overall aim is to establish a baseline of the crime prevention arena against which progress can be assessed. The report compiles the available data from multiple sources in order to provide a diagnosis of the size, characteristics, and changing nature of the crime problem in Jamaica over the last 10 years. In addition, the report provides a survey of the various crime prevention and suppression policies, programmes, and projects adopted by government, private organizations, and non-governmental organizations in recent years. In performing the above-mentioned tasks, the report offers an assessment of the data collection, analysis, and crime response capabilities in Jamaica, and makes suggestions regarding the most effective way forward.Key words: violence, crime, Jamaica, prevention JEL Codes: I39, Y80, J12, O54iii ..................................................................................... List of Acronyms EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCrime is now the main public safety issue for Jamaicans and a significant threat to the country's human and economic development. Data from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), public health data, and survey information show high levels of criminality and corruption on the island. Jamaica has homicide rates that are notably higher than both the regional and global averages, although since 2010 there has been a significant decline in violent crimes and indeed serious crimes in general.In 2010, there was a 7.5 per cent decline in major crimes over 2009 (from 437 to 409 per 100,000 inhabitants) and a 15 per cent decline in murder (from 62 to 5...

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Jamaican Dons, Italian Godfathers and the Chances of a ‘Reversible Destiny’

Cited by 23 publications

References 20 publications

The Long Arm of the Law: Bringing International Drug Offenders to Justice in American Courts

The Long Arm of the Law: Bringing International Drug Offenders to Justice in American Courts

Criminal dons and extralegal security privatization in downtown Kingston, Jamaica

Crime and Violence in Jamaica: IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean

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