Jamaica Gleaner News - Jamaica's burden of crime: Weighs heavily on schools - News - Sunday | January 4, 2009

Jamaica Gleaner News - Jamaica's burden of crime: Weighs heavily on schools - News - Sunday | January 4, 2009: "IN LOCAL communities affected most by violence, economic and social activities have been considerably reduced. Schools are underpopulated and when there is a flare-up of violence businesses, as well as schools close, the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) stated in a 2007 report on violence and its costs."