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Crime, Tourism and Trust in a Developing Country
Paul A. Bourne
Corresponding Author: Paul Andrew Bourne
Submitted: 2009 December, 10
Accepted: 2009 December, 30
Published: 2010 March, 10 |
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This study seeks to (1) model self-protection in Jamaica, (2) determine the explanatory power of the
model, (3) evaluate the role of trust in self protection, and (4) show how interpersonal distrust will affect
tourism. This is an explanatory cross-sectional study which is accommodated by the data collected by the
Centre of Leadership and Governance, Department of Government, the University of the West Indies at Mona.
The data were collected on April 2007. It was a nationally representative survey of 1,438 Jamaicans, using
stratified random sample of the 14 parishes, with a 105-item instrument (i.e. questionnaire). Logistic regression
was used to estimate the variables for the model. Of the 12 predisposed variables that are used in this paper,
only 5 of them are statistically significant (i.e. p<0.05). The 5-variable explain 17.2% of the variance in selfprotection.
Of the primarily aforementioned explanatory variables, age of the respondent is the most influential
factor (OR =1.05, 95% CI = 1.02-1.08) followed by tertiary level education with reference to primary and
below education (OR = 8.37, 95% CI = 2.43-28.82); political inequality (OR = 1.07, 95% CI = 1.02-1.11);
secondary level education with reference to primary and below education (O R = 3.34, 95% CI = 1.30-8.62);
post-secondary level education with reference to below primary level education (OR = 3.47, 95%
CI = 1.17-10.25); income (OR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.68-0.99) and lastly by an orderly society (OR = 0.58, 95%
CI = 0.34-1.00). The predisposed variables that are found to be associated with self protection display more
than an associative relationship; they are predictors of self protection. These have implications for the behaviour
of Jamaican regarding perceived threat to person, property, loved ones or ego. This is important for tourism as
some tourist fall victims to crime because of a lack of understanding of how the average Jamaican feels about
their own protection. Although the explanatory power the variables are very low (R-squared = 17.2%) it is the
first of type and provide a platform for future research.
Key words: Crime, Jamaica, orderly society, personal values, political inequality, self protection, tourism, trust
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Paul A. Bourne, . Crime, Tourism and Trust in a Developing Country. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (2): Page No: 69-83.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-3246
ISSN (Print): 2041-3238 |
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