Wendell C Wallace
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 303465 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Wendell C Wallace |
| PRENOMES | Wendell C |
| SOBRENOME | Wallace |
| ASSINATURA | WALLACE W C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of the West Indies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5164-5103 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The New Policing Family
Within the last two decades, policing has changed radically as the production of public security, once the sole domain of the state police, is now being provided by a host of non-state police actors or private security companies, a development known as plural policing. While there is a growing corpus of scholarship examining plural policing, the majority of this work is dominated by Anglo-American viewpoints. As such, there is an existing gap in …
Utilizing the approach-avoidance perspective to understand turnover rationales of former police officers in Trinidad and Tobago
The police profession is almost two hundred years old and resignations are a common feature of policing, however, little is known about officers’ rationales for resigning from policing. Instructively, the little that is known emanates from research conducted in the Global North and this facilitates a knowledge gap in the Global South. As a result, this study was conducted to close that gap. Using thirty-five former police officers from the Trinid…
Transitioning over the thin blue line
Historically, policing was viewed as a lifetime job for those who ventured into the profession. Globally, however, police departments are now experiencing high rates of employee attrition as police officers are increasingly moving away from policing to other careers. While there is much research on policing in the Caribbean, scant attention has been paid to the rationale for career change away from policing. To address this gap, a life course res…
HerStories
Internationally, studies on women in policing have paid little attention to the lived experiences of policewomen who are mothers or ‘policemoms’. In a similar vein to international scholarship, research in the Caribbean on policewomen who are mothers is noticeably scarce. As a result of this gap, the current research effort was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the lived experiences of policewomen in Trinidad and Tobago who are mothers.…
The Impacts of Policing on Police Officers’ Quality of Life
Policing is a demanding and stressful job with irregular shifts and constant exposure to traumatic situations, and the result is that police officers are faced with a host of challenges related to their daily work and lives. The challenges faced by police officers are multidimensional, encompassing issues such as job dissatisfaction, mental health issues, work-life balance, lack of resources, and strained relationships with the community and fami…
Unpacking the benefits and challenges of conducting criminological research in rural locales in the Caribbean
Lived Experiences of Mediation Practitioners and Teachers During the Covid ‐19
Starting in early 2000, several articles have explored mediation in the Caribbean. However, for the most part, they were authored from theoretical perspectives, mediators' views of mediation, and/or participants' views of mediation training. When COVID‐19 was declared a global public health pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization, all segments of society were forced to pivot. As a result of this pivot, there is an urgent need to e…
An Exploration of the Female Pathways to Crime Perspective Among Incarcerated Females in Trinidad And Tobago
Feminist theorists have rejected the notion that general theories of crime can fully account for, and/or explain female offending as many general theories are “malestream” (created by males for males). Due to this dissatisfaction, the female pathways to crime perspective was born. As there is limited research on the phenomenon under inquiry in the Caribbean, this study explored the applicability of Daly’s “Pathways Framework” (1992) to incarcerat…
Vicarious traumatization of qualitative researchers in higher education in Trinidad and Tobago
Purpose The distance between qualitative researchers and study participants is extremely close as qualitative research is usually conducted face-to-face. Despite this closeness, conspicuously absent from research in the Caribbean is scholarship on vicarious traumatization (VT) suffered by qualitative researchers in higher education. This article aims to determine the existence of vicarious trauma in qualitative researchers in higher education in …
Understanding Domestic Violence in the Caribbean through Decolonial Lens
Current scholarship on domestic violence in the Caribbean is authored through colonial lens. This approach is facilitated and continued through a paucity of research examining the historical antecedents of domestic violence in the region. This dearth of scholarly literature on the antecedents of domestic violence in the region enables the narrative that Caribbean residents are naturally violent in intimate relationships. However, this viewpoint f…
Challenges and opportunities for the rural Cop in Trinidad and Tobago
Moving out and moving on
The Palgrave Handbook of Caribbean Criminology
This edited collection, the Palgrave Handbook of Caribbean Criminology, is designed to inform scholarly and other research activities, as well as legislative understandings of criminology in the Caribbean by presenting detailed information on common social issues, problems, strengths, weaknesses, and potential solutions to these issues in Caribbean jurisdictions.Instructively, editing this Handbook ensured that I experienced a range of emotions, …
Residents’ Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism on the Quality of Life in a Tourist Island Destination
Tobago, the smaller island of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is heavily tourist penetrated and almost exclusively reliant on tourism for its sustenance. Tobago is touted as beautiful, peaceful and tranquil and is generally referred to as ‘The Capital of Paradise’. However, the moniker ‘The Capital of Paradise’ is being dissipated due to the increasing reliance on tourists and tourism which has the attendant ‘blessings and blights…
The Trinidad and Tobago Covid-19 Domestic Violence Victimization and Perpetration Study
Unpacking Police and Policing in New York City Through the Lens of Caribbean Immigrants
Immigrant perceptions of the police and policing hold important implications for police departments, police administrators and immigrants. In the aftermath of several police killings of African-Americans and the harsh and oppressive treatment of immigrants during the Donald Trump administration (January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021), immigrants in the United States are becoming increasingly wary of the police. During the past three to four decade…
Special Issue Introduction
The purpose of this special issue is to highlight recent research on the intersection of immigrants and policing in the United States, a traditional destination since time immemorial for immigrants from disparate parts of the world. The special issue aims to enhance understandings of immigrants and how they interact with police officers and policing in the United States. Instructively, while there is a host of immigration studies conducted in the…
Police recruits' attitudes toward the death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago
Predictors of public support for the death penalty in the Americas
The primary purpose of this study was to explore public support for capital punishment in seven Latin and North American countries to determine factors that influence citizens’ support for the death penalty. Currently, most of the countries examined in the study do not have death penalty for ordinary crimes, but do have it for cases involving murder, war crimes, genocides, terrorism, and crimes against humanity. Our analysis made several importan…
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…
Student on student bullying in higher education
There is a noticeable absence of scholarship on student-on-student bullying at institutes of higher education in the Caribbean. As a result, this study investigated the phenomenon at a national university in Trinidad and Tobago using a phenomenological case study approach to gather data via semi-structured interviews from five undergraduate and graduate students and a within-case analysis conducted. Thematic analyses revealed nine themes (lonelin…
Introduction to the Special Issue on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Caribbean
Mediate or litigate
Given the confrontational nature of citizen-police interactions, conflict between both groups is inevitable. On one hand, it is argued that citizen-police conflict and complaints against the police must be properly ventilated; however, on the other hand, it is argued that existing dispute resolution mechanisms are biased in favor of the police. With this in mind, police departments and community residents are increasingly seeking alternative mech…
(De)constructing our migrant neighbours
This introductory chapter presents a background to the Venezuelan migrant crisis impacting the Caribbean region. While migration is deeply embedded in Caribbean history and culture, the movement of Venezuelans into the region, characterized mainly by displaced migrants, presents new dynamics never experienced before. This chapter describes the emerging Venezuelan situation as a ‘crisis’ in light of Caribbean communities unpreparedness in terms of…
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…
Challenges and opportunities for the rural Cop in Trinidad and Tobago
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…
From Unidimensional to Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty in Trinidad and Tobago
Nonmonetary indicators of poverty are increasingly being used by themselves or in conjunction with monetary indicators to measure poverty levels as previous constructs based solely on monetary indicators are being deconstructed. This is predicated on the notion that low income by itself is insufficient to measure poverty. Despite this general move away from using financial indices as a sole measure of poverty, Trinidad and Tobago continues to use…
From Unidimensional to Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty in Trinidad and Tobago
Nonmonetary indicators of poverty are increasingly being used by themselves or in conjunction with monetary indicators to measure poverty levels as previous constructs based solely on monetary indicators are being deconstructed. This is predicated on the notion that low income by itself is insufficient to measure poverty. Despite this general move away from using financial indices as a sole measure of poverty, Trinidad and Tobago continues to use…
Exploring police response and interaction with people with mental illness in Guyana
In many developing countries, police officers are called upon to intervene in matters related to people with mental illness (PMI) and therefore constitute an important facet of pathways to medical care. Globally, police officers come into frequent contact with PMI and they (police) play a central role in the management of these individuals, however, police-PMI contact pose complex challenges for most police officers. Instructively, mental health …
(De)constructing our migrant neighbours
This introductory chapter presents a background to the Venezuelan migrant crisis impacting the Caribbean region. While migration is deeply embedded in Caribbean history and culture, the movement of Venezuelans into the region, characterized mainly by displaced migrants, presents new dynamics never experienced before. This chapter describes the emerging Venezuelan situation as a ‘crisis’ in light of Caribbean communities unpreparedness in terms of…
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…
Suffering in Silence, Shame, Seclusion, and Invisibility
In Trinidad and Tobago, not much is known about males who are victims of domestic violence (DV) between intimate partners. As a result, the current study was designed to answer three research questions, namely: (a) How do the men experience DV victimization in Trinidad and Tobago?, (b) How do the men cope with their DV victimization in Trinidad and Tobago?, and (c) How do the men disclose their experiences of DV victimization in Trinidad and Toba…
Mediate or litigate
Given the confrontational nature of citizen-police interactions, conflict between both groups is inevitable. On one hand, it is argued that citizen-police conflict and complaints against the police must be properly ventilated; however, on the other hand, it is argued that existing dispute resolution mechanisms are biased in favor of the police. With this in mind, police departments and community residents are increasingly seeking alternative mech…
Police recruits' attitudes toward the death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago
Predictors of public support for the death penalty in the Americas
The primary purpose of this study was to explore public support for capital punishment in seven Latin and North American countries to determine factors that influence citizens’ support for the death penalty. Currently, most of the countries examined in the study do not have death penalty for ordinary crimes, but do have it for cases involving murder, war crimes, genocides, terrorism, and crimes against humanity. Our analysis made several importan…
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…
Student on student bullying in higher education
There is a noticeable absence of scholarship on student-on-student bullying at institutes of higher education in the Caribbean. As a result, this study investigated the phenomenon at a national university in Trinidad and Tobago using a phenomenological case study approach to gather data via semi-structured interviews from five undergraduate and graduate students and a within-case analysis conducted. Thematic analyses revealed nine themes (lonelin…
Introduction to the Special Issue on the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Caribbean
The Palgrave Handbook of Caribbean Criminology
This edited collection, the Palgrave Handbook of Caribbean Criminology, is designed to inform scholarly and other research activities, as well as legislative understandings of criminology in the Caribbean by presenting detailed information on common social issues, problems, strengths, weaknesses, and potential solutions to these issues in Caribbean jurisdictions.Instructively, editing this Handbook ensured that I experienced a range of emotions, …
Residents’ Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism on the Quality of Life in a Tourist Island Destination
Tobago, the smaller island of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is heavily tourist penetrated and almost exclusively reliant on tourism for its sustenance. Tobago is touted as beautiful, peaceful and tranquil and is generally referred to as ‘The Capital of Paradise’. However, the moniker ‘The Capital of Paradise’ is being dissipated due to the increasing reliance on tourists and tourism which has the attendant ‘blessings and blights…
The Trinidad and Tobago Covid-19 Domestic Violence Victimization and Perpetration Study
Unpacking Police and Policing in New York City Through the Lens of Caribbean Immigrants
Immigrant perceptions of the police and policing hold important implications for police departments, police administrators and immigrants. In the aftermath of several police killings of African-Americans and the harsh and oppressive treatment of immigrants during the Donald Trump administration (January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021), immigrants in the United States are becoming increasingly wary of the police. During the past three to four decade…
Special Issue Introduction
The purpose of this special issue is to highlight recent research on the intersection of immigrants and policing in the United States, a traditional destination since time immemorial for immigrants from disparate parts of the world. The special issue aims to enhance understandings of immigrants and how they interact with police officers and policing in the United States. Instructively, while there is a host of immigration studies conducted in the…
Lived Experiences of Mediation Practitioners and Teachers During the Covid ‐19
Starting in early 2000, several articles have explored mediation in the Caribbean. However, for the most part, they were authored from theoretical perspectives, mediators' views of mediation, and/or participants' views of mediation training. When COVID‐19 was declared a global public health pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization, all segments of society were forced to pivot. As a result of this pivot, there is an urgent need to e…
An Exploration of the Female Pathways to Crime Perspective Among Incarcerated Females in Trinidad And Tobago
Feminist theorists have rejected the notion that general theories of crime can fully account for, and/or explain female offending as many general theories are “malestream” (created by males for males). Due to this dissatisfaction, the female pathways to crime perspective was born. As there is limited research on the phenomenon under inquiry in the Caribbean, this study explored the applicability of Daly’s “Pathways Framework” (1992) to incarcerat…
Vicarious traumatization of qualitative researchers in higher education in Trinidad and Tobago
Purpose The distance between qualitative researchers and study participants is extremely close as qualitative research is usually conducted face-to-face. Despite this closeness, conspicuously absent from research in the Caribbean is scholarship on vicarious traumatization (VT) suffered by qualitative researchers in higher education. This article aims to determine the existence of vicarious trauma in qualitative researchers in higher education in …
Understanding Domestic Violence in the Caribbean through Decolonial Lens
Current scholarship on domestic violence in the Caribbean is authored through colonial lens. This approach is facilitated and continued through a paucity of research examining the historical antecedents of domestic violence in the region. This dearth of scholarly literature on the antecedents of domestic violence in the region enables the narrative that Caribbean residents are naturally violent in intimate relationships. However, this viewpoint f…
Challenges and opportunities for the rural Cop in Trinidad and Tobago
Moving out and moving on
The New Policing Family
Within the last two decades, policing has changed radically as the production of public security, once the sole domain of the state police, is now being provided by a host of non-state police actors or private security companies, a development known as plural policing. While there is a growing corpus of scholarship examining plural policing, the majority of this work is dominated by Anglo-American viewpoints. As such, there is an existing gap in …
Utilizing the approach-avoidance perspective to understand turnover rationales of former police officers in Trinidad and Tobago
The police profession is almost two hundred years old and resignations are a common feature of policing, however, little is known about officers’ rationales for resigning from policing. Instructively, the little that is known emanates from research conducted in the Global North and this facilitates a knowledge gap in the Global South. As a result, this study was conducted to close that gap. Using thirty-five former police officers from the Trinid…
Transitioning over the thin blue line
Historically, policing was viewed as a lifetime job for those who ventured into the profession. Globally, however, police departments are now experiencing high rates of employee attrition as police officers are increasingly moving away from policing to other careers. While there is much research on policing in the Caribbean, scant attention has been paid to the rationale for career change away from policing. To address this gap, a life course res…
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