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A cross-adorned church steeple rises above the zinc-fences of the Mountain View neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica December 16, 2008. Ironically, in addition to one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, Jamaica also has one of the highest density of churches per capita in the world. The apparent religious fervor has done little though to stem the violence in Jamaica.

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Copyright: Scott Nelson 2007-8
Image Size: 2375x1553 / 1.9MB; 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 Christianity church religion religious Kingston Mountain View Eastside zinc fence slum cross 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 cross-adorned church steeple rises above the zinc-fences of the Mountain View neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica December 16, 2008. Ironically, in addition to one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world, Jamaica also has one of the highest density of churches per capita in the world. The apparent religious fervor has done little though to stem the violence in Jamaica.