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A Jamaican baby stands un-supervised in a doorway in the inner-city ghetto neighborhood of Denham Town June 17, 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica. Around 80% of Jamaican children are born out of wedlock, and more than 60% are raised in a home with one or both parents absent. Critics argue that the lack of parental oversight is a strong factor in violence rates spiraling out of control in the tiny Caribbean nation.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2007-8
Image Size: 4163x2775 / 2.8MB; Jamaica Jamaican gangs violence murder homicide rates capita crime justice society poverty community garrison gangsters guns weapons youth culture Caribbean tropics West Indies ghetto inner-city inner city epidemic neglect infant wedlock one parent abuse Denham Town Southside Kingston gully slum boy girl diaper urban decay horizontal tenement yard yards Jamaica Kingston garrison garrisons gangs ghetto poverty violence gangsters crime culture violence tragic crisis island Jamaican armed gang life killing homicide rate political violence PNP JLP neighborhood members guns weapons criminal projects
Contained in galleries: Jamaican Violence Project

A Jamaican baby stands un-supervised in a doorway in the inner-city ghetto neighborhood of Denham Town June 17, 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica. Around 80% of Jamaican children are born out of wedlock, and more than 60% are raised in a home with one or both parents absent. Critics argue that the lack of parental oversight is a strong factor in violence rates spiraling out of control in the tiny Caribbean nation.