Bleak times since the coming of Hurricane Melissa in late October mean a great many Jamaicans have very few reasons to smile. Yet even for Melissa’s victims, a source of considerable relief has been the sharp decline in crime — more specifically murders — over the last 12 to 18

Bleak times since the coming of Hurricane Melissa in late October mean a great many Jamaicans have very few reasons to smile. Yet even for Melissa’s victims, a source of considerable relief has been the sharp decline in crime — more specifically murders — over the last 12 to 18