Nekeisha Spencer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3704819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nekeisha Spencer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nekeisha |
| FAMILY NAME | Spencer |
| SIGNATURE | SPENCER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6533-6221 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Moral Management in Mental Health Institutions in the British Colonial West Indies
Moral management with its three main elements – classification of patients according to the nature of their mental disorder, elimination of mechanical restraint, and employment and occupation of patients – was the basis of mental healthcare in Britain in the nineteenth century. Despite consistent doubts about its effectiveness, moral management was implemented throughout the British West Indies following a scandal in Jamaica. Based on annual repo…
A high-frequency analysis of weather and crime in Jamaica
Although the crime-weather relationship has been studied extensively, the use of high-frequency hourly crime data with a measure of heat that takes account of the combined effect of temperature and relative humidity is as of yet unexplored. Using over 3.2 million hourly observations from 2000 to 2020 across 19 geographical divisions in Jamaica, we establish the effect of heat on crime. The results show that crime increases up to six hours after h…
Saving for a stormy day? The Jamaican Government Savings Bank and the precautionary savings motive
The Government Savings Bank of Jamaica (GSB) was created post-emancipation in order to serve the poor as a vehicle for precautionary savings and has been viewed as largely successful in this goal, at least after its restructuring in the late 1860s. We investigate this by examining GSB depositor behaviour after income shocks due to hurricanes. To this end, we combine digitized parish-level GSB account information with a hurricane damage index gene…
The macroeconomic impact of extreme weather
The impact of decriminalization on marijuana and alcohol consumption in Jamaica
We examine whether marijuana decriminalization in Jamaica, a country that historically has had relatively widespread use of the drug, has led to an increase in its use, the frequency of use and the money spent on it. To this end, we use a national drug survey dataset with extensive information on people’s use of, attitudes towards, access to marijuana. Our econometric analysis shows that awareness of the legislation has a positive correlation wit…
Victimization and Life Satisfaction
Hurricane Strikes and Migration
This study estimates the impact of hurricanes on migration from 30 Central American and Caribbean countries to the United States from 1989 to 2005. In contrast to previous studies, hurricane destruction indices are employed to study the relationship of hurricanes and migration. These indices measure geographical destruction, which gives a more comprehensive and accurate view of the damage and impact that hurricanes have on the movement of people …
Hurricane watch
Hurricane watch
Hurricane Strikes and Migration
This study estimates the impact of hurricanes on migration from 30 Central American and Caribbean countries to the United States from 1989 to 2005. In contrast to previous studies, hurricane destruction indices are employed to study the relationship of hurricanes and migration. These indices measure geographical destruction, which gives a more comprehensive and accurate view of the damage and impact that hurricanes have on the movement of people …
Victimization and Life Satisfaction
The impact of decriminalization on marijuana and alcohol consumption in Jamaica
We examine whether marijuana decriminalization in Jamaica, a country that historically has had relatively widespread use of the drug, has led to an increase in its use, the frequency of use and the money spent on it. To this end, we use a national drug survey dataset with extensive information on people’s use of, attitudes towards, access to marijuana. Our econometric analysis shows that awareness of the legislation has a positive correlation wit…
The macroeconomic impact of extreme weather
Saving for a stormy day? The Jamaican Government Savings Bank and the precautionary savings motive
The Government Savings Bank of Jamaica (GSB) was created post-emancipation in order to serve the poor as a vehicle for precautionary savings and has been viewed as largely successful in this goal, at least after its restructuring in the late 1860s. We investigate this by examining GSB depositor behaviour after income shocks due to hurricanes. To this end, we combine digitized parish-level GSB account information with a hurricane damage index gene…
Moral Management in Mental Health Institutions in the British Colonial West Indies
Moral management with its three main elements – classification of patients according to the nature of their mental disorder, elimination of mechanical restraint, and employment and occupation of patients – was the basis of mental healthcare in Britain in the nineteenth century. Despite consistent doubts about its effectiveness, moral management was implemented throughout the British West Indies following a scandal in Jamaica. Based on annual repo…
A high-frequency analysis of weather and crime in Jamaica
Although the crime-weather relationship has been studied extensively, the use of high-frequency hourly crime data with a measure of heat that takes account of the combined effect of temperature and relative humidity is as of yet unexplored. Using over 3.2 million hourly observations from 2000 to 2020 across 19 geographical divisions in Jamaica, we establish the effect of heat on crime. The results show that crime increases up to six hours after h…
Economics (6 works) · Geography (4 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Meteorology (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (2 works) · Climatology (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)