Introduction / by Sherill Morris-Francis, Camille Gibson and Lorna Grant -- A profile of the Caribbean Region : recent trends in crime and violence / by Marika Dawkins -- Causes and consequences of crime and violence : an overview / by Sherill Morris-Francis -- Geospatial aspects of crime in Jamaica and governmental responses / by Jacqueline Rhoden-Trader -- An analysis of recent homicide trends in Jamaica : a case study / by Camille Gibson and Lorna Grant -- Gangs on the caribbean / by Andy Bain -- Drug trafficking in the caribbean : a Jamaican case study / by Marika Dawkins -- Cases of murder suicide among Jamaican immigrants in the United States / by Christopher Charles and Shau-Kim McLean -- An analysis of money laundering in the Caribbean / by Lorna Grant -- Securing the financial sector: combating money laundering in Jamaica / by Tameka Samuels-Jones and Taneisha Brown -- Deportation and crime in the Caribbean: an overview / by Sherill Morris-Francis -- The socio-cultural nature of crime and deportee in the Caribbean / by Orville Beckford -- Index -- About the editors -- About the contributors.