Cops confirm body found is Ananda's
Today, The Gleaner, in supporting the efforts of Minister of National Security, Colonel Trevor MacMillan, Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, and Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Stewart Saunders, takes another look at crime, how it...

Keeping children and women safe
CRIMES AGAINST women and children have been increasing. According to police statistics, the murder of women has gone up by 30 per cent up to September when compared to the same period last year. More than 700 children have gone missing since the start of year...

Students get counselling after watchman's murder
WESTERN BUREAU: Counselling sessions are expected to begin today at the Anchovy High School in St James, where a watchman was shot and killed yesterday morning.School administrators suspended classes after the body of the guard, 57-year-old Lloyd Miller...

The wood that stokes the fire
Scores of studies on Jamaica's crime problem have concluded that any attempt by the security forces to rein in criminals will be doomed to failure if there is not a corresponding move to attack the social problems facing the island....

Legislating success? - Administrations look to laws to tame crime monster
Successive governments have introduced legislation to give the security forces and the courts more power to fight crime. From the Gun Court Act to the Suppression of Crimes Act in 1974, and several others too numerous to mention, legislators have sought to pass laws...

Gangster music - Cause or effect of violence?
As Jamaica continues to grapple with the massive crime problem, more fingers are pointing at DJs' 'gangsta' lyrics as one of the causes of the violence. With lyrics which boast of evil intent and murderous lifestyle, the DJs, who are heroes to many young men...