Institute of Island Studies | Research Associates
Dr. Dacia Latoya Leslie
Research Fellow
Chair of the Crime Prevention and Offender Management Research Cluster
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES)
The University of the West Indies – Mona Campus
Kingston, Jamaica
Dr. Dacia Latoya Leslie is Research Fellow and Chair of the Crime Prevention and Offender Management (CPOM) Research Cluster at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (SALISES), The University of the West Indies (Mona Campus), Jamaica. She holds a PhD in Criminology from Cardiff University. Her research concentrates on the lived experiences of inmates, ex-prisoners, involuntary removed migrants and their child dependents to the intersection of her teaching focus which is on Development Studies, with specialisation in Monitoring & Evaluation. One of her most recent scholarly articles, ‘Reassessing Conditions of “Prison” in Jamaica,’ appears in Georgia State University’s International Criminal Justice Review and was written during her five-month research fellowship hosted by the Institute of Island Studies at UPEI and supported by the Government of Canada.
- Video: Researcher Spotlight feature with Dr. Dacia Leslie (SALISES Twitter)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Leslie, D. L. (2020). Reassessing Conditions of “Prison” in Jamaica. International Criminal Justice Review, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1057567720922283
Recidivism in the Caribbean – Improving the Reintegration of Jamaican Ex-prisoners
Dr Dacia L. Leslie
Palgrave Macmillan | 2019
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Awarded the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) Principal’s Award for Best Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) Publication (2019/2020).
PRESENTATIONS
VIDEO: Successfully Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Prison: The Experiences of Caribbean SIDS
March 31, 2021 | Watch video
Dr. Dacia Leslie was a panelist at this event, which was hosted by the Crime Prevention and Offender Management (CPOM) SALISES Research Cluster in collaboration with the Institute of Island Studies at UPEI.
Dr. Leslie’s presentation, Towards Sustainable Correctional Reform: The Role of M&E, begins at 2:20:10.
IIS Island Lecture Series (December 2019)
“Don’t Discard the Utilitarian Aims”: Revisiting the UK Prison Offer
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