Professor Corin Bailey

Professor of Sociology, Crime and Social Inequality

Email:

corin.bailey@cavehill.uwi.edu

Tel:

(246) 417-4481

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Bio

Professor Bailey is a Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus. He joined the Institute in 2006 after serving as Project Coordinator for the South-South Crime Prevention Initiative collaboration between the University of the West Indies and the University of Cape Town.

Professor Bailey situates his work within the field of sociology with a special interest in crime, and poverty related research. He has published by way of academic journals, books, and book chapters in these two areas, as well as conducted research on behalf of Governments and international organisations.

He is coordinator of the SALISES seminar series. His teaching interests include Qualitative research methods and Deviance. He has supervised 3 students to the successful completion of PhDs and one student to successful completion of an MPhil degree.

Academic Profile

Position Senior Research Fellow

Profession: Sociologist

Research Areas: Crime, Social Exclusion, Poverty

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Social Geography). University of the West Indies, Mona (Via Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship – University of London)

Bachelor of Arts (Geography Major). University of the West Indies, Mona

Publications

Publications

Bailey, Corin, Jonathan Lashley, Latoya Lazarus, Don Marshall and Ana Paula de la O Campos (forthcoming). Rural Poverty in the Caribbean: Assets, Social Exclusion and Agricultural Livelihoods. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. [unassigned]. Rome: FAO. (145 pages)

Marshall, Don, Jonathan Lashley and Halimah DeShong (2020). IV: Living in the Present: Caribbean Youth Not in Education, Not in Employment and Not in Training. In: Telson, Laurence, Cynthia Marie Hobbs, Maria Jose Flor Agreda and Leslie Hunter (eds.) (2020). Masculinity in the Caribbean: Why does it Matter? Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank. pp. 118-176. (58 pages).

Books
I. Bailey, C., (2020) Gendered Responses to Male Offending in Barbados: Patriarchal perceptions and their effect on offender treatment. Routledge. New York.
II. Bailey, C., Lashley, J., & Barrow, C. (2019) Rethinking poverty: Assets, social exclusion, resilience and human rights in Barbados. University of the West Indies Press. Jamaica.
III. Joosen, K., & Bailey, C., (eds) (2018) Caribbean Crime and Criminal Justice: impacts of post-colonialism and gender. Routledge. New York.
IV. Waller, L., Bailey, C., & Johnson, S., (2015) Fear of Cybercrime: Lessons for the global e-banking sector. Ian Randle. Jamaica.

Book chapters
V. Bailey, C., (2018) Introduction in Joosen, K., & Bailey, C., (eds). Caribbean Crime and Criminal Justice: impacts of post-colonialism and gender. Routledge. New York.1-5.
VI. Bailey, C., (2018) Perceptions of Familial Responsibility as a Practical Constraint in Judicial Decision Making: focal concerns and gender bias in sentencing on the island of Barbados in Joosen, K., & Bailey, C., (eds). Caribbean Crime and Criminal Justice: impacts of post-colonialism and gender. Routledge. New York. 267-284.
VII. Bailey, C. (2010). Crime and Development in the Caribbean: a review in Growth and Development Strategies for the Caribbean. Caribbean Development Bank. 323-37

Journal articles

VIII.Bailey, C., Cresser, J., Coore-Desai, C., (2019) Participation in organised sports and delinquent/problem behaviour among high school boys in Jamaica and Barbados: A socio-historical analysis of prevalence and associated factors. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. Vol. 44, Marshall, D., Bailey, C., Lashley, J., Lazarus, L., Lord, K., Smith. J. (2017). Special Issue: Barbados at 50: National Values Assessment Survey. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. 42, 1, 1-68.

Bailey, C., Robinson, T., & Coore-Desai, C. (2014) Corporal Punishment in the Caribbean: Attitudes and Practices. Social and Economic Studies Vol. 63, 3 & 4, 207-233
IX. Bailey, C., (2014) Money and Respect: Masculinity and drug smuggling in the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Criminology. Vol. 1, 1, 23-47. Institute of Criminal Justice and Security. Jamaica
X. Bailey, C., & Coore-Desai, C. (2013) Exploring determinants of aggression: Self-esteem, narcissism and exposure to violence from a sample of Jamaican school children. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. Vol. 38, 3, 63-84.
XI. Bailey, C., (2013) Exploring female motivations for drug smuggling on the island of Barbados. Feminist Criminology. Vol. 8, 2, 117-141.
XII. Bailey, C., (2012) Familial Paternalism Examined: The Case of Shoplifting in Bridgetown Barbados. Social and Economic Research. Vol. 61, 2, 73-98.
XIII. Bailey, C., & Coore-Desai, C. (2012) The effect of exposure to community violence on levels of aggression: Evidence from a sample of Jamaican children. Childhood. Vol. 19, 188-203.
XIV. Bailey, C. (2011) Living with community violence: A Conversations with primary school children in Kingston’s inner-city. Space and Culture Vol. 14, 114-128.
XV. Bailey, C., (2010) Social Protection in Communities Vulnerable to Criminal Activity. Social and Economic Studies Vol. 59, 1 & 2. 211-42.
XVI. Bailey, C. (2009) Youth Participation in school-based activities the Eastern Caribbean. Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean, Vol. 11, 2, 60-84.
XVII. Bailey, C & Coore-Desai, C. (2009) Offender Abuse History: findings from Her Majesty’s Prison, Barbados. Caribbean Journal of Criminology and Public Safety. Vol. 14, 1 & 2, 49-80.
XVIII. Bailey, C, (2009) The Excluded Child: exposure to violence in inner-city communities. Caribbean Childhoods: Journal of the Children’s Issues Coalition. Vol. 4, 64-79.
XIX. Bailey, C., & Lovell, K. (2008). The Role of Gender in the Application of Discretion by members of the Police and Wider Society in Barbados. Wadabagei, a Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora. Vol. 11, 3, 119-141.
XX. Bailey, C., (2007) ‘Fight or Flight’ Fear and Policing Violent Inner-City Communities in the Kingston Metropolitan Area. Wadabagei, a Journal of the Caribbean and its Diasporas. Vol. 10, 1, 24-43.
XXI. Bailey, C., (2005) Creaming and Social Segregation in the Jamaican School System. IDEAZ. Vol 4, 1-2, 61-71.

Monographs
I. Lashley, J., Marshall, D., Bailey, C., Crawford, C., Lazarus, L., and Lord, K. (2015). Youth are the Future: The Imperative of Youth Employment for Sustainable Development. Barbados: Caribbean Development Bank.

1. Bailey, C. (2019) With Julian Cresser and Charlene Coore-Desai “Participation in Organised Sports and Delinquent/Problem Behaviour Among High School Boys in Jamaica and Barbados: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Prevalence and Associated Factors”. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. 44(2).
2. Bailey, C. (2017). With Katharina Joosen, (eds). ‘Perceptions of Familial Responsibility as a Practical Constraint in Judicial Decision Making: Focal Concerns and Gender Bias in Sentencing on the Island of Barbados’. Crime and Criminal Justice: Impacts of Post Colonialism and Gender. New York: Routledge.
3. Bailey, C. (2015) “Crime and Violence Prevention in Barbados: Baseline Mapping Exercise.” Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank.
4. Bailey, C. (2014) With Tracy Robinson and Charlene Coore-Desai (2014) "Corporal Punishment in the Caribbean: Attitudes and Practices". Social and Economic Studies. 63(3 & 4): 207-233.

Projects

I. Needs Assessment and Inmate Survey of both Convicted and Remand Offenders in the Barbados Correctional System. This was an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) commissioned study aimed at evaluating prison systems and offender treatment across the Caribbean.

Barbados National Values Assessment Project: This was a project commissioned by the 50th Anniversary of Independence Celebrations Secretariat. It was designed to determine (1) those features of Barbadian life that have been lost and need to be reclaimed, (2) those features of Barbadian life that have not been lost, and need to be retained and, (3) those features of Barbadian life that have not been lost, but need to be discarded. My role involved data collection and the co-authoring of the final report. Submitted to the Secretariat in June, 2017. Approximately 70 pages.

II. Desk Review of Child Protection Data: This was a UNICEF sponsored study aimed at obtaining baseline data on work done on corporal punishment and sexual violence within the Eastern Caribbean.
III. Crime and Violence in Barbados: IDB Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: This was an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) commissioned study aimed at mapping the last ten years of crime across the Caribbean, as well as understanding the nature of programs designed to prevent their occurrence.
IV. CFS Standards and Disciplinary practices in primary schools – Eastern Caribbean: This was a UNICEF funded study exploring the attitudes and practices relating to discipline in the Easter Caribbean with a special focus on corporal punishment.
V. Barbados Country Assessment of Living Conditions: This was a Caribbean Development bank funded study of the Living conditions of the Barbados population. The study involved a survey of living conditions, participatory poverty assessment and an institutional assessment
VI. Masculinities and Violence in the Caribbean. This was a CARICOM sponsored study designed to examine to role of hegemonic masculinities in the perpetration of and support for violence against women.
VII. Barbados Crime Survey: This was a victimization survey in Barbados which was commissioned to assess the level of victimization against both citizens and businesses.
VIII. An assessment of H1N1 materials developed by UNICEF in Dominica and St Lucia: The study was designed to evaluate to success of H1N1 interventions in two islands in the Eastern Caribbean.
IX. Youth Participation in Barbados and the OECS: This study investigated the prevalence and role of Students’ Council Organisations in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and the role that they play in the effective participation of high school aged children. This involved liaising with the UNICEF office in Barbados.
X. Violence related Injuries, Kingston Jamaica: Contracted to conduct research on violence related injuries with the KMA for 2004 and 2005 against the background of a thrust within the Ministry to deal with crime as a public health issue.
XI. Healthy Lifestyles in Schools. This was a Ministry of Health (Jamaica) study on Healthy Lifestyles in Schools examining poor physical conditions within many primary schools in Kingston and the resultant effect on levels of violence. The result of this was a surveillance system for primary schools that has since been replicated for parishes outside of the KMA.

Graduate Studies

MPhil
I. Jonathan Yearwood. Impact of Rehabilitation on Recidivism in Barbados Completed in 2009

PhD
I. Kyra Paul. Investigating the Causes of the Increase in Violence and Anti-Social Behaviour Among Youth in Dominica. Completed in 2015 (Supervisor)
II. Alvinelle Mathew. How Social Capital Matters. Human Resource Development, Social Capital, and Youth Problem Behaviour Prevention in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study of Arima. (Co-Supervisor with Dr. Roy McCree – St. Augustine) Completed 2016
III. Ezra Jn Baptiste Social Capital and Human Development in St. Lucia. (Co-Supervisor with Professor Aldrie Henry-Lee). Completed 2019

Courses Taught

Courses taught

Deviance, Conflict and Social Management – SALI6106
Research Methods – SALI6012
Directed Readings on the Thesis Topic – SALI6050

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