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13 total results foundAuthor: Cooke, David J. Title: Violence in Barbados Prisons: past, Present, and Future Summary: On March 30 2005, according to local media reports, a fight broke out among a small group of prisoners in HMP Glendairy, Barbados. The fight, reportedly a retaliatory response by a group of younger prisoners on the perpetrator of a sexual assault on one of their number, was the catalyst for widespread prisoner disruption. Over the next three days, this single violent incident escalated to the point where a significant proportion of the prisoner population ─ which stood at the time at just over 1000 ─ took control of the prison and systematically engaged in a campaign of widespread destruction and arson. The consequence of this three-day riot was that the prison was damaged to such an extent that it was no longer habitable and Barbados lost its only prison. It is tempting to look for an explanation for such events in the actions of individual prisoners, and while there is no doubt that the events were sparked by individual action, our interviews with prisoners and staff would lead us to conclude that the reasons are more complex than that. Many prisoners chose to become part of the disruption because a sense of injustice pervaded the prison, a sense of injustice about the operation of the justice system in Barbados and the functioning of the regime in Glendairy. The main body of this report will explore these situational factors in more detail; this short section will set out our observations. Details: Ottawa: International Corrections and Prisons Association, 2007. 3 vols. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 17, 2012 at: http://www.icpa.ca/tools/download/477/Violence_in_Barbados:_Past,_Present_and_Future Year: 2007 Country: Barbados Keywords: Collective Violence Shelf Number: 126061 |
Author: Bailey, Corin Title: Crime and Violence in Barbados Summary: This report is part of the Inter-American Development Bank's 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 available data from multiple sources to provide a diagnostic of the size, characteristics, and changing nature of the problem in Barbados in recent years. In addition, the report provides a survey of the various crime-prevention and suppression policies, programs, and projects adopted by the government, private companies, and nongovernmental organisations. In performing the aforementioned tasks, the report (a) offers an assessment of the data collection, analysis, and crime response capabilities in Barbados; and (b) makes suggestions about the most effective plans for corrective action. Details: Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank, 2016. 120p. Source: Internet Resource: IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: (IDB Technical Note ; 1059) Accessed April 27, 2017 at: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/7774/Crime-and-Violence-in-Barbados-IDB-Series-on-Crime-and-Violence-in-the-Caribbean.pdf?sequence=4 Year: 2016 Country: Barbados Keywords: Crime Prevention Shelf Number: 145169 |
Author: Nuttall, Christopher P. Title: The Barbados crime survey 2002: international comparisons Summary: Main findings - Barbados has one of the lowest crime rates of the 35 industrialised and developing countries which recently took part in the International Crime Victimisation Survey. - The countries with the lowest crime rates were Barbados, Japan and Northern Ireland. - Barbados has below average rates of vehicle theft, theft from vehicles, vehicle vandalism, robbery and assault. - Barbados has well below average crime rates for personal theft, sex offences, consumer fraud and corruption. - The only crime where Barbados has a relatively high rate is burglary (including attempts). - Victims of crime in Barbados judge the crimes they have been victims of as more serious than victims in industrialised countries but less serious than victims in developing countries. - Barbados has a much higher rate of reporting crime to the police than most other countries. - Barbados has the highest reporting rates of all countries surveyed for robbery, sex offences and assaults and threats. - Barbadians were more likely than people in most countries to think the police do a good job in controlling crime and in being helpful. - Victims' satisfaction with the police handling of their case is about average for the countries surveyed - being lower than in the industrialised countries but higher than the developing countries. - Sex offence victims had a very low opinion of the police handling of their case compared with other countries. - Barbadians have an average feeling of safety in their area after dark but are more likely than people in industrialised countries to feel unsafe at home. - Barbadians are more likely than people in most countries to see prison as a fitting sentence for a recidivist burglar. Details: St. Michael, Barbados: Attorney General, 2002. 72p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 1, 2017 at: http://www.oas.org/dsp/documents/victimization_surveys/barbados/2002_international_comparisons.pdf Year: 2002 Country: Barbados Keywords: Crime Statistics Shelf Number: 122509 |