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Region: Caribbean

Country: Jamaica

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Type: Program

Status: Finished

Name: Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP)

From (MM/YYYY): /2011

To (MM/YYYY): /2013

Inserted in Plan:

Name:

From (MM/YYYY): /

To (MM/YYYY): /

Document:

Citizen-Security-and-Justice-Programme-II_CSJP_II.pdf (108.45 KB)

Link:

Institution Responsible:

• Ministry of National Security

Partners

Other Institutions involved:

Policy Design

Objectives: The CSJP Programme has four main components (i) strengthening community governance structures; (ii) improving economic opportunities; (iii) providing restorative justice and violence prevention services, and (iv) undertaking public awareness and community mobilisation campaigns.
Seus indicadores de impacto seriam os seguintes:
• An average of a 10% reduction of murder and shootings in the 50 target communities by 2014.
• A 15 percentage point increase of citizens in target communities that are satisfied with government service delivery. (base line survey to provide data and final targets).

Programatic Influences: DK/NR

Initative Based On Evidence: DK/NR

Proven Impact On Homicide Reduction: No

Designed Specifically To Reduce Homicides: Yes

Focus

Social Focus: Yes

Territorial Focus: No

Gender Focus: No

Geographical Coverage: Municipal / Local

Programatic Approach:

• Prevention: Indicated / tertiary , Selective / secondary , Universal / primary

Name Of Territorial Units Covered: August Town, Mountain View, Fletcher's Land, Hannah Town, Russia

Target Population

Target Population: General population

Socio-Economic Level: All

Gender: Both

Total Est. Beneficiaries: 1,534.00

Est. % Of Beneficiaries:

Reference: http://www.undp.org/content/dam/jamaica/docs/researchpublications/governance/CommunitySecurityAssessmentReport.pdf

Core Topic

Integrated strategies to prevent and reduce lethal violence

National plans / strategies

Violence prevention including a homicide component

Overlap

Other Policies That Overlap With the initiative: Yes

Policy

Institution

Peace Managment Inititative (PMI)

Ministry of National Security

Results Evaluation

Available: Yes

Status: Finished

From (MM/YYYY): /

To (MM/YYYY): /2009

Included In Policy Design: No

Evaluating Institution:

Name

Type

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Development Agency

UNDP

International Organization

Evaluation Methods:

Main Results:

• - CSJP should increase its focus on developing the capacity of local governance structures. - CSJP should place a stronger emphasis on community policing. - CSJP should develop an exit strategy for its interventions in communities and develop partnerships with other MDAs for sustainability.

Public Access: Yes

Website (Link):

http://www.undp.org/content/dam/jamaica/docs/researchpublications/governance/CommunitySecurityAssessmentReport.pdf

Publication (Reference):

Additional Resource Description:

Document:

Link:

Impact Evaluation

Available: No

The information on the files is in the original language of the country where the intervention was performed.

The development of this platform was made possible by Open Society Foundations funding.

The initial information upload to the Platform is based on the report "Mapping of Homicide Prevention Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean", prepared by Ignacio Cano and Emiliano Rojido from the Laboratory for the Analysis of Violence, with the collaboration of the Brazilian Forum of Public Security.