These Guidelines are aimed at equipping those who work within the justice system with objective measures for meeting the needs of children who come into contact with the judicial process.
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Investigating Human Trafficking Cases Using a Victim-centred Approach: A Trainer’s Manual on Combating Trafficking in Persons for Capacity-building of LawEnforcement Officers in Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago
This Trainer’s Manual was designed as a guide to trainers and migration experts on how to deliver a comprehensive, interactive, flexible and practical training on trafficking in persons to members of the law enforcement fraternity in, at minimum, the four benefitting countries of the J/TIP project (Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago).
Jamaica Child Labor Manual and Rapid Reference Cards
This manual is intended as a practical training guide to support stakeholders in Jamaica combatting child labor. The manual outlines key concepts and provides tools and strategies to help during every phase of the criminal justice response to child labor.
Protocol for Strengthening Multi-Agency Interaction within Jamaica’s Child Justice System
The Child Justice Protocol seeks to improve collaboration among Agencies – MDAs that interact with children who come in contact with the justice system and treatment programmes.
Practical Recommendations on Positive Interactions and Interviews with Child Victims and Witnesses of Trafficking and Other Crimes
The purpose of the document is to provide stakeholders with a hands-on approach to child interviewing including from the Center for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), the Victim Services Division (VSD) and other child specialists.
Exploratory Assessment of Trafficking in Persons in the Caribbean Region
This is an exploratory assessment of trafficking in persons in the Caribbean (Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, St Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago), including level and scope of human trafficking and the characteristics and profiles of potential victims and human traffickers.
Study of Female Sex Workers, Client Types and Risk Behavior in the Sex Work Industry in Jamaica
The purpose of this study was to collect information to develop the brand, messages, and campaign for increasing condom access and availability to promote safer sex among female sex workers in Jamaica.
Baseline Survey: Knowledge, Attitude & Practices Regarding Child Maltreatment in Jamaica
This baseline market study ascertains the currently held views, opinions, knowledge levels, attitudes, practices and behaviour towards child abuse and reporting, including child trafficking.
An Investigation into the State’s Response to the Trafficking of Women and Girls in Jamaica
This paper examines the Jamaican government’s response to human trafficking, with specific focus on the trafficking of women and young girls.
“I feel scared all the time.” A Jamaican sex worker tells her story
This article presents the experiences of a Jamaican sex worker and the risks and violations that are endured day-to-day by Jamaican sex workers on the street. This includes risk of arrest, police harassment, and abuse and violence from clients and others.
Tourism and sexual violence and exploitation in Jamaica: contesting the “trafficking and modern slavery” frame
This paper presents preliminary findings from mixed methods research on Jamaicans’ experiences of working in the sex trade and in the formal and informal tourism economy.