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The “Social” of Crime Prevention: Meaning and Implications of Social Crime Prevention for Police in the Developing World

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Social Crime Prevention in the Developing World

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In Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), seven murders were committed in the first two days of 2014. However, this Eastern Caribbean country was no stranger to violent crime at the time: in 2013, the country had 407 murders with a population of 1.2 million. By January 8th, 2014 the government announced an “all-out attack” on criminal elements in Trinidad and Tobago as the island recorded its 19th murder in just 7 days. Much of this violence was youth-related and attributable to the country’s ongoing struggle with youths and gangs. This crime surge also continued to be concentrated mainly along the East-West corridor in several hot spot communities that are the subject of the most significant interventions: Lebrea, Embarcadero, South, Enterprise, St. James, Laventille, Harper Place (Rasta City), Canada, Africa, and St. Martin.

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  1. Department of law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA

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Grant, H. (2015). The “Social” of Crime Prevention: Meaning and Implications of Social Crime Prevention for Police in the Developing World. In: Social Crime Prevention in the Developing World. SpringerBriefs in Criminology(), vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13027-9_1

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