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Broken Families, Education and Income Inequality Contributed to Violence

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – As the government, in collaboration with stakeholders, constructs a plan to combat the scary surge in violence in The Bahamas, officials are pinning the increase on a broken family system among other things.

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1 year ago

April 29, 2025

Berthony McDermott

Lead and chair of the Violence Prevention Green Paper Work Group, Dr. Cherita Moxey, telling attendees at a town hall meeting Monday evening that families are under attack.

She provided shocking statistics.

While police recorded a 10 percent decrease in overall crime in 2024, murder, unlawful sexual intercourse, and attempted armed robberies were alarming.

Dr. Moxey says low education, income inequality, and dissatisfaction with democracy and Corruption have also led to violence.

With these shocking numbers in mind, what can be done? Dr. Moxey says there has been an over-reliance on secondary and tertiary prevention strategies, which she reasons isn’t enough.

To that end, a six-pillar framework has been proposed to address the issue, which among other things, speaks to rooting out violence through integrated sustained governance and coordination.