Which Caribbean Nation has the least Crimes and Why?

[Zpan]

With a population of One point something million, Trinidad's heading towards extinction in the next millenium, so is Jamaica and other Caribbean Nations, who is going to survive?

[KFCSpicy]

St. Vincent? Me eh know is basing dis on no particular research but on de fact dat i doh hear bout dem ah tall ah tall in de media wid no negative vibes.

[Scorpio]

Which Caribbean has the least Crimes and Why?

It have more than one Caribbean ?? :shock: :shock:

[KFCSpicy]

lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o :lol:

Yuh know yu does reallllllllllll vex me? :shock: Dis is why ah love de man dread. He knows eh flare like a bell bottom pants leg for nothing nah...he smart too.

I eh even realise dat he leave out de word island. lmao Scorps yuh make meh morning. kisses to u!

[vaio]

Which Caribbean has the least Crimes and Why?

It have more than one Caribbean ?? :shock: :shock:

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Scorpio]

Sorry dey Zpan, it was late at night and ah couldn't resist that one...de mods could fix up yuh title fuh yuh.

I really don't know the answer to your question though, but I'd like to see others' comments.

[jacques]

I believe the islands which are still colonies (French or English) have a much lower crime rate than the independent islands.

[KFCSpicy]

^^^and yuh go say that without any sort of reasoning? or facts to support yuh point of views? This is a discussion board all ah we here to discuss and learn from each other so run wid de info nah Jackie Boy ;)

[BW]

St. Vincent? Me eh know is basing dis on no particular research but on de fact dat i doh hear bout dem ah tall ah tall in de media wid no negative vibes.

From what I've heard, St. Vincent is actually pretty bad with all the serious crimes over there. St. Lucia is also trying to deal with more violent crimes, see link (http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000014/001406.htm). They aren't alone; many other small islands are also feeling the effects of a rise in serious crimes. Grenada, as far as I can tell, is pretty safe (not that I'll go out on the beach past dark, mind you!).

The Caribbean has always had crimes of convenience (pickpocketing, snatch-and run, burglary, and occasional hijacking), but the worrying trend now is the the move towards serious crimes (like murders, rapes, kidnappings, assaults, etc). Not everyone is feeling it equally as bad, but nobody seems immune.

[sylvestter]

who measures that anyway? there's crime everywhere - maybe not violent crime like we have here.

[Scorpio]

Trinidad's heading towards extinction in the next millenium

Zpan, don't you think this is a bit overdramatic ?

....and I know you know this, it must have just slipped you, but it should be "Trinidad is" not "Trinidad's "

[jacques]

^^^and yuh go say that without any sort of reasoning? or facts to support yuh point of views? This is a discussion board all ah we here to discuss and learn from each other so run wid de info nah Jackie Boy ;)

Well I believe the statistics like murder rates show that for instance over the last 5 years there are around 15-20 times more murders per head of population in Trinidad than in Martinique.

I believe that the reasons for the difference between independent islands and those still controlled from Europe include:

- people are generally better educated, so the propensity for violence is reduced

- the colonies are artificially maintained at a higher economic level than they would be otherwise be at, and in particular there is a social safety net

- the local police and justice system in the colonies are submitted to outside checks - this enforce standards and reduces corruption

- it would be politically unacceptable in the "mother country" for things in the colonies to degenerate to the Jamaican or Trinidadian level

[KFCSpicy]

Well done hun.

[Triniboy108]

i dunno if it's related to crime, but i was looking on encarta encyclopedia, and the projected population for trinidad in the year 2025 is 873,030 and for the year 2050 it's 614,692. The population growth rate is -0.74 percent, so the population will only keep on dropping.

[Somebody007]

Which Caribbean has the least Crimes and Why?

It have more than one Caribbean ?? :shock: :shock:



hehehehe...... :D :D :D :D

[snowbird]

who measures that anyway? there's crime everywhere - maybe not violent crime like we have here.

There are certain groups who have a vested interest in tracking crime patterns as it relates to the quality of life on those islands. These people are generally in the travel or relocation industry; their clientele are generally people with disposable income who want to travel to areas on both short term and long term basis.
Examples are retired :oops: people wanting to get out of the colder climates during the winter months, or perhaps wanting a tropic retreat on a permanent basis in their twilight years.