Malisa Neptune-Figaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 6767246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malisa Neptune-Figaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Neptune-Figaro |
| SIGNATURE | NEPTUNE-FIGARO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West Indies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9415-9458 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An exploratory study on the use and trafficking of firearms in Trinidad and Tobago
Prior research suggests that the illicit trafficking of firearms increases threats to public safety and security. Currently, there is limited research undertaken that provides empirical investigation into firearm use and trafficking in small Caribbean islands such as Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing from 30 interviews conducted with a random sample of inmates in 2022 in three prisons in Trinidad and Tobago, this study brings to the forefront key fact…
The regularisation and effectiveness of private security industry management
This study presents the first empirical assessment of the regulatory framework governing the private security industry in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 12 management-level participants from private security companies and industry associations, this qualitative analysis examines the operational challenges and regulatory inadequacies affecting the sector. The research identifies three critical challenges underminin…
Policing and justice in island communities
Research focusing on policing and the justice systems from an island perspective is available, but extremely rare. Additionally, available research on policing and justice systems in island contexts is usually conducted by non-island scholars using a limited frame of reference on ‘islandness’. Instructively, conventional wisdom suggest that it is academically imprecise and improper to universalise scholarship from countries with large land masses…
A Comparison of Women’s Motivations to Enter the Police Profession in the Caribbean
Absent from the criminological literature on policing in the Caribbean are studies on female’s motivations to become police officers, studies using female police recruits and studies using a comparative approach. As a result of this gap, data were gathered from female police recruits in Jamaica ( N = 37) and Trinidad and Tobago ( N = 60) in July 2017 via a standardised, self-administered questionnaire in order to determine their motivations for e…
Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Threat
Objectives: The racial threat perspective argues that racial minorities are subjected to greater punishment in places with large or growing minority populations. However, prior research has focused largely on Black populations while devoting limited attention to potential “Latino threat” or “immigrant threat” effects. To address these gaps, this study explores the effects of racial, ethnic, and immigrant threat on sentence disposition (jail, pris…
A Comparison of Women’s Motivations to Enter the Police Profession in the Caribbean
Absent from the criminological literature on policing in the Caribbean are studies on female’s motivations to become police officers, studies using female police recruits and studies using a comparative approach. As a result of this gap, data were gathered from female police recruits in Jamaica ( N = 37) and Trinidad and Tobago ( N = 60) in July 2017 via a standardised, self-administered questionnaire in order to determine their motivations for e…
Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Threat
Objectives: The racial threat perspective argues that racial minorities are subjected to greater punishment in places with large or growing minority populations. However, prior research has focused largely on Black populations while devoting limited attention to potential “Latino threat” or “immigrant threat” effects. To address these gaps, this study explores the effects of racial, ethnic, and immigrant threat on sentence disposition (jail, pris…
A Comparison of Women’s Motivations to Enter the Police Profession in the Caribbean
Absent from the criminological literature on policing in the Caribbean are studies on female’s motivations to become police officers, studies using female police recruits and studies using a comparative approach. As a result of this gap, data were gathered from female police recruits in Jamaica ( N = 37) and Trinidad and Tobago ( N = 60) in July 2017 via a standardised, self-administered questionnaire in order to determine their motivations for e…
Policing and justice in island communities
Research focusing on policing and the justice systems from an island perspective is available, but extremely rare. Additionally, available research on policing and justice systems in island contexts is usually conducted by non-island scholars using a limited frame of reference on ‘islandness’. Instructively, conventional wisdom suggest that it is academically imprecise and improper to universalise scholarship from countries with large land masses…
An exploratory study on the use and trafficking of firearms in Trinidad and Tobago
Prior research suggests that the illicit trafficking of firearms increases threats to public safety and security. Currently, there is limited research undertaken that provides empirical investigation into firearm use and trafficking in small Caribbean islands such as Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing from 30 interviews conducted with a random sample of inmates in 2022 in three prisons in Trinidad and Tobago, this study brings to the forefront key fact…
The regularisation and effectiveness of private security industry management
This study presents the first empirical assessment of the regulatory framework governing the private security industry in Trinidad and Tobago. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 12 management-level participants from private security companies and industry associations, this qualitative analysis examines the operational challenges and regulatory inadequacies affecting the sector. The research identifies three critical challenges underminin…
Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)