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How is public policy on crime related to the existing political systems of the Caribbean and the overall practice of good governance? What kinds of tensions exist between the researcher and the policy-maker and how could these be mitigated or reduced? What are some of the major obstacles in developing and especially implementing public policies on crime? How can the public be mobilised to contribute and support public policies on crime? These are some of the questions which will be examined in this course. The bureaucratic mechanism of policy-making itself will be discussed. We will then use a number of existing policies on crime to help explain the actual processes involved. For example, the course will examine the policy response to certain crimes such domestic violence, corporate crime and State corruption, delinquency and the general role of the law in crime prevention. 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