The nexus between economic deprivation and crime in Trinidad and Tobago.

• In Event: Roundtable: Caribbean Journal of Criminology Roundtable

Abstract

The complexity of defining and operationalizing economic deprivation in a Caribbean context will be discussed. This will include an examination of indicators such as poverty, inequality and relative deprivation. The presentation will focus on research in the Caribbean, with an emphasis on relative deprivation research.

Author

• Randy Seepersad, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine