INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY
UWI Institute Established Caribbean Working Group on Crime and COVID-19: In May 2020, the Institute brought together a group of researchers to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on crime trends within the Caribbean region. The multi-country study includes researchers from Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia, and colleagues from George Mason University (USA). Results from this collaboration are expected to be published in 2021. UWI Institute Supports Two-Party Consensus on Evidence-Based Crime Control Policy in Jamaica: In October 2019, the Government, Opposition, civil society and the private sector industry associations agreed to support a bipartisan process of developing a National Consensus on Crime to transform Jamaica into a safe, secure and investment-friendly society. ICJS, through its Director, participated in the civil society-led working group to help to bring about a two-party consensus on crime prevention and control policy in Jamaica. Year-long efforts of the working group bore fruit when the National Consensus on Crime was signed on August 3, 2020 by the Prime Minister of Jamaica and the Leader of the Opposition.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), in discussion with President, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, Lloyd Distant (second right), during the National Consensus on Crime stakeholder meeting at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on June 25. Others taking part (from second left) are Attorney General, Marlene Malahoo Forte; Chairman of the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), Dr. ElizabethWard; and Director of ICJS at The UWI, Professor Anthony Harriott. Other stakeholders who joined virtually can be seen in the background. PHOTO CREDIT: JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE
Prime Minister Andrew Holness (left), addresses the National Consensus on Crime stakeholder meeting. AG Malahoo Forte is pictured at right. PHOTO CREDIT: JAMAICA INFORMATION SERVICE
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