Jamaica and Crime. (PART 1). Is JAMAICA Safe? Crime Rate Explained.

Описание: 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.

▶ Support us on Patreon:
  / jamaicawithirie  

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?

====
REFERENCES:
====
1. FULL GLOBAL STUDY ON HOMICIDE (2014)
https://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/p...

2. SUMMARY GLOBAL STUDY ON HOMICIDE (2019)
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-...

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

4. CRIME IN THE UK STATISTICS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati...

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

6. CRIME IN JAMAICA STATISTICS
https://publications.iadb.org/publica...

7. Lifetime Likelihood of Victimization Study
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bjs/1...

8. INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
   • Criminology: A Very Short Introduction | T...  

9. CRIME SURGE IN 1960s STUDY
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/1...

10. Media Distorted Information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/s...
https://commonsenseja.wordpress.com/2...

====
RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS?:
====
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.
Thank you for supporting the channel!