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Crime now at uptown doorsteps
Some traditional hot spots cooled by cops
BY KARYL WALKER Associate Editor — Crime/Court walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, May 20, 2013
A study undertaken by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) has shown that murders are no longer confined to the usual hot spots but have spread to more diverse communities across the island.
Traditionally, murders and violent crimes were committed in a clustered pattern around urban areas, namely the Kingston Metropolitan Region, sections of St Catherine and Montego Bay, St James, but the study has shown that more murders are being committed in non-traditional areas and are slowly creeping up to the doorsteps of persons who live in communities once thought sterile.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2ToAiAjCE
Some traditional hot spots cooled by cops
BY KARYL WALKER Associate Editor — Crime/Court walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, May 20, 2013
A study undertaken by the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) has shown that murders are no longer confined to the usual hot spots but have spread to more diverse communities across the island.
Traditionally, murders and violent crimes were committed in a clustered pattern around urban areas, namely the Kingston Metropolitan Region, sections of St Catherine and Montego Bay, St James, but the study has shown that more murders are being committed in non-traditional areas and are slowly creeping up to the doorsteps of persons who live in communities once thought sterile.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz2ToAiAjCE
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