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This interdisciplinary collection draws on the insights of poets, academics, policy makers and practitioners to offer new ways of understanding and responding to the social, psychological and structural challenges facing Caribbean youth today.
Using decolonial and social ecological frameworks, the chapters expose how power, knowledge and practice intersect in the lives of young people and propose transformative pathways for more holistic but contextually specific approaches to safeguarding.
Amplifying young voices – featuring their own words, experiences and scholarly contributions – this volume challenges dominant discourses, reframing global understandings of youth and youth safeguarding from a Caribbean perspective.
A vital step toward decolonising knowledge and reimagining social justice for the next generation.
Preface - Talia R. Esnard
Foreword by Hon. Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds
Section I: Situating and Protecting our Young: Caribbean Contexts and Perspectives
1. Introduction - Talia R. Esnard
2. Policy Frameworks for Youth Development in the Caribbean - Talia R. Esnard, Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts and Safia King
Section II: Individual, Interpersonal and Institutional Vulnerabilities
3. Youth Unemployment and Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean: A Guyana case study - Donna E. Danns and George Danns
4. Risk Factors for Youth Engagement in Crime in the Caribbean - Princess Bhagoutie, Randy Seepersad and Linda Mohammed
5. ‘Stop Cryin' Before Ah Give Yuh Something Tuh Cry About!’: A Socio-Historic Analysis of Parental Discipline in the Caribbean - Sarah Richards
6. The Social Construction of Young Women’s Body Image in Trinidad - Keisha C. Samlal
Section III: Social and Psychological Trauma
7. Understanding the Behavioural Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect - Christine Descartes and Felicia Frederick-Davis
8. Communicative Sexualities and Silence among Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - Marcus Kissoon
9. Understanding Male Adolescent Offending in Trinidad and Tobago: An Evidence-Based Approach - Mala Ramesar
10. Framing the Intersection of Trauma and Caregiving - Shanique Joseph
Section IV: Physical, Mental and Behavioural risks
11. Health Status and Inequality among the Young Adult Population in Trinidad and Tobago - Henry Bailey
12. Social Influences on Eating Practices among Young People in Trinidad and Tobago - Fareena M. Alladin
13. Cannabis Use and Risk of Psychosis among Young People in Trinidad - Joni-Lee Pow and Gerard Hutchinson
Section V: Pathways for Situating and Safeguarding Young People
14. Framing a Caribbean Youth Development Index: Critical Methodological and Data Insights - Godfrey St Bernard
15. Practice Perspectives on Youth Work and Policy in the Caribbean - Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts
16. Towards a Decolonial–Social Ecological Approach to Safeguarding Caribbean Youth - Talia R. Esnard