Global Journal of Transformation in Law, Human Rights and Social Justice [ISSN: 2581-4001]

A Jamaican Security Phenomenon: Crime Rates & Public Safety between 2020 and 2024

2025-02-19T16:32:44+00:00

Introduction: Crime poses a significant threat to public safety and socioeconomic development, affecting the well-being of citizens, the stability of society, and the effectiveness of public institutions. Different types of crime, including violent, economic, and cybercrime, pose multi-layered challenges. However, public perceptions of the threat of crime often differ from actual statistics due to media influence and social stereotypes.

Purpose: This study provides an in-depth and systematic examination of crime, its perception, and how understanding the issues frames policies. Methods: The systematic literature review was based on an analysis of theoretical concepts, such as Deterrence Theory, Routine Activity Theory, and economic models of crime, as well as empirical evidence on socioeconomic factors influencing crime rates. The revised studies used statistical data, law enforcement reports, and surveys of crime threat perceptions among the population. Results: The literature review found that improving the perception of safety only sometimes accompanies decreasing crime rates. In some regions, such as Jamaica, low crime detection rates reduce the overall level of trust in law enforcement. Cybercrime was highlighted as a growing threat requiring increased technical and educational measures. Social factors, such as income inequality and access to education, significantly influence crime dynamics.

Conclusion: Effective crime reduction requires a comprehensive approach, which includes tailored social programs, technological innovations, and active engagement with local communities. Particular attention should be paid to preventing cybercrime and improving digital literacy. Future research should consider cultural specificities and the long-term influence of the strategies used.

Prejudices against Children with Learning Disabilities in Jamaica: Using a Jigsaw Classroom as an Intervention Strategy to address the learnt bias

2025-03-13T10:40:15+00:00

Understanding why humans construct prejudices and stereotypes towards other minority groups has been a social phenomenon. Many social scientists have explored this social phenomenon of prejudice and stereotype disposition in human behaviour to give us insight into this social dilemma. Learning disabilities affect one's ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention. Although learning disabilities occur in very young children, disorders are usually not recognised until a child reaches school age.A phenomenological research design was used for this study to examine prejudice towards children with learning disabilities within an educational setting in Jamaica.The intervention that will be used to reduce this prejudice against students with intellectual disabilities is called the Jigsaw classroom, engendered by Elliot Aronson in 1978. The “Jigsaw Method” is a ten-step teaching approach to organising student group work that helps students collaborate and rely on one another. Prejudice reduction signifies a causal outcome of the intervention, whether scientifically tested in the laboratory or natural setting, to reduce the prejudice level. The intervention that will be used to reduce this prejudice against students with intellectual disabilities is called the Jigsaw classroom, engendered by Elliot Aronson in 1978. The “Jigsaw Method” is a ten-step teaching approach to organising student group work that helps students collaborate and rely on one another. To ensure that the Jigsaw classroom model effectively achieves its goal of reducing prejudice within the classroom context concerning students with learning disabilities, a Jigsaw committee will be established to implement and monitor the programme over the four weeks.

A Socio Legal Study of Child Abuse in India with Special Reference to POCSO Amendment Bill 2019

2025-03-13T10:51:08+00:00

The study deals with the definition and various types of abuses with reference to children such as Physical abuse, mental abuse, emotional and sexual abuse. There are certain socio-legal factors that have been the reason for the abuse being inflicted on the children. Despite the abuse is prohibited by the Constitution of India being the supreme law of India, the abuse is still prevalent in the society, in addition to constitutional protection, there are other laws also such as Juvenile Justice Act, POCSO Act 2015, and provisions of Indian Penal Code 1860 that prevents and criminalizes sexual as well as moral abuse to children. There are also various historical factors which are reasoned for the increasing child abuse in India. The paper suggests that lack of awareness; education and other factors are responsible for the growing child abuse. Therefore, in order to protect the children from abuse, there must be awareness among all the stakeholders and implementation shall be monitored to avoid any kind of abuse being inflicted to children.