SHADOWING THE STATE: VIOLENT CONTROL AND THE SOCIAL POWER OF JAMAICAN GARRISON DONS.

This present study examines the social control, law and order roles (via jungle justice measures) that 'dons' carry out inside Jamaica's urban inner cities, called garrisons. Dons often function as non-state informal community leaders; they are shadow versions of state power and authority in garriso...

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Published in:	Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 56 - 76
Main Author:	Blake, Damion Keith
Format:	Article
Published:	Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, LLC Fall2013
Subjects:	Jamaica Power (Social sciences) Social control Criminals Data analysis Military bases
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost