A public health approach to reducing violence within the CARICOM region

• Main Authors: Sandeep Maharaj (Author), Randy Seepersad (Author), Joanna Sooknanan (Author), Simon Anderson (Author), Darleen Franco (Author), Amrica Ramdass (Author), Terence Seemungal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Widespread crime has become a worldwide problem so much so that violence is now ranked fourth globally in its contribution to disability-adjusted life years in the 10 to 24 age group. Homicides, a surrogate marker of violent crime, have shown an upward trend in almost all of the CARICOM countries, a...