Is JAMAICA Safe? Crime Rate Explained.

People keep hearing that Jamaica has a high murder rate and how dangerous Jamaica is. However, how much of it is true and what it actually means for an average person visiting Jamaica on a holiday or living in Jamaica? This video is designed to help people understand how crime statistics works.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
01:22 How we know about crime
04:05 Statistical Data and Manipulation
07:56 Statistical Data and Jamaica
08:45 Is the world a safe or dangerous place?
10:21 How crime rate and homicide rate is calculated?
14:55 Jamaica VS other countries
18:45 Why crime is going down in some countries, but not the others?

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REFERENCES:
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1. FULL GLOBAL STUDY ON HOMICIDE (2014)
https://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf

2. SUMMARY GLOBAL STUDY ON HOMICIDE (2019)
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/gsh/Booklet1.pdf

3. CRIME IN THE CARIBBEAN
https://www.unodc.org/pdf/research/Cr_and_Vio_Car_E.pdf

4. CRIME IN THE UK STATISTICS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/howmuchdoyoureallyknowaboutcrime/2018-11-06

5. CRIME IN THE USA STATISTICS
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/table-16

6. CRIME IN JAMAICA STATISTICS
https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Crime-and-Violence-in-Jamaica-IDB-Series-on-Crime-and-Violence-in-the-Caribbean.pdf

7. Lifetime Likelihood of Victimization Study
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/104274.pdf

8. INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
https://youtu.be/JsaBtZ977Uk

9. CRIME SURGE IN 1960s STUDY
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0002.206/--decivilization-in-the-1960s?rgn=main;view=fulltext

10. Media Distorted Information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2006/01/060103_murderlist.shtml
https://commonsenseja.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/jamaica-murder-rate-1972-2016/

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RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS?:
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Am I qualified to speak on the subject?
1. A'Levels in Communication and Media Studies, Bournemouth and Poole College, Bournemouth, UK (1997-1999)
2. BA Journalism and Social Sciences, City University, London, UK (1999 - 2002)
3. Teaching IELTS, which includes analyzing and reporting statistical data. (from 1998 - current)
If you're wondering why most of the videos on this channel feel... educational, this is because I'm a teacher and I've been teaching for 22 years..
PS. I'm originally from Ukraine and I've been living in Jamaica from 2014.
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