Tuesday, February 01, 2005

We should embrace the holistic approach towards crime / Jamaica Observer, 31 Jan 2005

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20050130T180000-0500_74227_OBS_WE_SHOULD_EMBRACE_THE_HOLISTIC_APPROACH_TOWARDS_CRIME.asp
Christopher Burns
"One can understand the frenzy associated with the current debate about the crime problems in Jamaica. Nevertheless, there is no need to create panic, or give the impression that solutions to the current crime wave depend entirely on the minister of national security and the newly installed police commissioner. It is true that hardly anyone feels safe, not with an average of four killings per day. It is also true that we cannot exempt the minister of national security or his police commissioner from blame for obvious policy failures or for tactical errors. However, we have to begin to put things in context."