“For most of my career I have had opportunities to leave UWI and to continue my work at other universities. Some of my reasons for remaining here at UWI are my interest in doing research that supports the solution of Caribbean problems; the fact that UWI has been very supportive of my work; and that I continue to encounter some very bright and intellectually curious students who truly value education…I would like to see within The University a unit that is internationally recognized as the premier research facility on matters of crime and security in the developing world.”

Professor Anthony Harriott

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND THE INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL JUSTIC AND SECURITY
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
MONA CAMPUS, JAMAICA
Tel: (876) 977-5935 • Email: govt@uwimona.edu.jm

PROFILE

Anthony Harriott was promoted to the rank of Professor in January 2006, and appointed Director of the UWI Institute of Criminal Justice and Security and Head of the Department of government in that same year. Professor Harriott is the author of several scholarly articles and the author/editor of six books primarily on the issues of violence, and policing in Caribbean societies. These include Police and Crime Control in Jamaica: Problems of reforming Ex-colonial Constabularies, Understanding Crime in Jamaica – New Challenges for Public Policy. A new book on Organized Crime and Politics in Jamaica will be published later this summer. He has also authored and co-authored several technical reports in his field of expertise. He is the recipient of various academic awards including the Principal’s Award for Best Researcher in the Social Sciences, Best Publication, and research project attracting the most funding. Professor Harriott has served as a member of several international, regional and national expert groups. These include the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime and Criminal Justice Programme, the CARICOM Regional Task Force on Crime, and at the national level, Task Forces established by the Government of Jamaica, and the Leader of the Opposition. He is also a member of a number of professional organizations including the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the America Society of Criminology and has presented a number of scholarly papers at the meetings of these organizations.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Harriott’s current research interests are:
• Violence – particularly ordinary criminal violence and the processes that attend the development of high violence societies.
• Policing and police reform in Caribbean societies.