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BUILDING PEACE:

BUILDING PEACE:. THROUGH RESPECT & COMMUNITY. A typical mediation. Hotel room Heated exchange “Shottas” venting about the past Made to face the future. TODAY. A much changed scene, partisan political differences reduced

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BUILDING PEACE:

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  1. BUILDING PEACE: THROUGH RESPECT & COMMUNITY

  2. A typical mediation Hotel room Heated exchange “Shottas” venting about the past Made to face the future

  3. TODAY • A much changed scene, partisan political differences reduced • Dancing in the streets in the December 29th national election

  4. MY AGENDA • Jamaica & the origin of its murder epidemic • The Peace Management Initiative • The Current scene • Inner city Youth Mindset

  5. JAMAICA • A mix of contradictions • Not in our genes • Political parties

  6. THE FORMATION OF “GARRISONS” • Housing just for one party’s followers • Copied by the next party • Plus guns

  7. THE DEEPER DIVISION • Class and Race, raced class • Upward mobility notwithstanding

  8. A FRESH APPROACH • The Peace Management Initiative - Civilians - To Reduce Community violence - Dialogue, counseling, development

  9. CORNER CREWS • Orientation different from that of Criminal Gang • Difference in crimes • What they wanted • What the PMI offered

  10. DELINQUENTS • Not “criminals” • Therefore to be treated differently

  11. PMI’s RESULTS • Contributed to 15% decline in homicides in first two years • Contributed to 42% decline between 2005 & 2009

  12. Homicides across 4 police divisions – Kingston Central, East & West, & St Andrew Central, 2005-2009

  13. Homicides in Dunkirk, part of Franklyn Twn in the Kingston East Police Division

  14. ANOTHER APPROACH • The police approach: community policing and manodura • First step on a ladder • Anti-gang legislation

  15. A FURTHER PERSPECTIVE • Crews and gangs as rooted in COMMUNITIES # A Criminalisingprocess

  16. MAY 2010 • Incursion into Tivoli Gardens • Scores killed in cold blood

  17. A BLOW TO GARRISONS • ANOTHER ASPECT • Impunity lost • Decline in murders • Exercise of authority: birth of Civil Society Coalition

  18. An alternative path • Sought by some members of criminal gangs • Pointing to the role of circumstances

  19. The PMI today • Research • One-on-one contact • Participant files and follow-up

  20. YOUTH MIND-SET • Aggressive, anti-authority machismo • But low self-esteem

  21. MIND-SET (cont.) • Confused, depressed, pessimistic • But longing for & responsive to Respect

  22. SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY YOUTH • Armed • But reachable

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