The police are normally considered the first source of information on crimes committed. However, police crime statistics are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to measuring and understanding crime. In the Caribbean, according to a forthcoming IDB publication, only 44% of common crimes were reported to the police in 2014. Globally it is estimated that less than half of … [Read more...] about Could everything we think we know about crime be wrong?
Social Systems
It’s only spanking! Isn’t it?
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Author, PicFreak If you ask Caribbean adults if corporal punishment is OK, 66% (65% of males and 68% of females) say yes. Of these, 91% (93% males and 89% females) admit to suffering corporal punishment as children. Of the latter only 13% (14% males and 11% females) respond by declaring corporal punishment as unacceptable. Thus, there is a … [Read more...] about It’s only spanking! Isn’t it?
Non-Communicable Disease – don’t let it take you out!
A Child from the Garrison
Elsa accepting her award. Photo courtesy by Navita Anguna As chair of the Rotary Club of Kingston (RCOK) Scholarship Committee, I am always on the lookout for students who have performed exceptionally well while being financially challenged. This is the story of one of our 2015/2016 awardees. … [Read more...] about A Child from the Garrison
Boot camps to kickstart public-private partnerships in the Caribbean
Image by the Financial Gazette http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ppps-help-reconstruction-efforts/ by David Bloomgarden and Dennis Blumenfeld The concept of public-private partnerships is in vogue in the Caribbean. Some governments mistakenly believe that PPPs allow the private sector to build and maintain infrastructure like roads, and provide public services like wastewater … [Read more...] about Boot camps to kickstart public-private partnerships in the Caribbean