Welcome to the website of the Caribbean
Conference on Crime and Criminal Justice. The conference,
hosted by the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona
Campus, is intended to bring together scholars doing research
on crime in the Caribbean and among Caribbean peoples, and
all other scholars engaged in current criminological research
that might contribute to the development of the discipline.
There have been two Caribbean conferences
thus far. The first was held in Barbados in 1998, and the
second, in Jamaica at the Mona Campus of the UWI in 2001.
They were attended by researchers from Latin America, Europe,
North America and the Caribbean.
Objectives
• To share research findings on crime in Caribbean
societies and among Caribbean peoples.
• To discuss important criminological issues in both
regional and international contexts.
• To explore new issues and new directions for criminological
research in the Caribbean.
• To establish a research network among persons and
institutions with an interest in Caribbean crime.
The Conference will examine the
following broad issues in both regional and international
context:
Efforts are being made to compose panels on the following
themes:
• Conceptual aspects of the study of crime.
• Regional and international trends in crime.
• The relevance of metropolitan theorising about crime
and criminal justice in the Caribbean.
• The relationship between crime and development
• Criminal victimization and victim related issues.
• The need to transform criminal justice systems in
the Caribbean/developing world
• Law enforcement: operations, problems and new directions.
• Community crime prevention.
• Private policing.
• The Courts and the adjudication of crime.
• The punishment and treatment of offenders in the
correctional system.
• Human rights.
The Conference Director is Anthony Harriott
Department of Government
UWI
The Presenters and Abstracts
Note: All participants and Observers are
advised to travel with their medical
Registration Fees
Participants - US $100.00
Students - US $40
UWI Students - No charge
