List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

• Author: Ramesh Deosaran
• Profession: Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine
• Pages: 23-25

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CRIME, DELINQUENCYAND JUSTICE

acronyms and abbreviations

ACCPAssociation of Caribbean Commissioners of Police

AIDSAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ANOVAAnalysis of Variance

APAssociated Press

BOOTBuild, Own, Operate, Transfer

BWSBattered Woman’s Syndrome

CANACaribbean News Agency

CARICOMCaribbean Community

CIACentral Intelligence Agency

CIBCriminal Investigations Bureau

CICADThe Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission

CIDCriminal Investigation Department

CJRACriminal Justice Reform Act

COINCenter for Integral Orientation and Investigation (Centro de

Orientación e Investigación Integral)

CONAPROMatagalpa Division of the Union of Professional Workers

CPBACaribbean Publishers and Broadcasters Association

CPCCaribbean Press Council

DCSJDepartment of Correctional Services of Jamaica

DEADrug Enforcement Agency

DNADeoxyribonucleic Acid

DPPDirector of Public Prosecutions

DUIDriving Under the Influence

DWBDriving While Black

ECSCEastern Caribbean Supreme Court

ELNNational Liberation Army (Spanish Acronym)

FARCRevolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Spanish Acronym)

FBIFederal Bureau of Investigations

GAWUGuyana Agricultural Workers Union

GDPGross Domestic Product

GNPGross National Product

HIVHuman Immuno-deficiency Virus

IACHRInter-American Commission of Human Rights

IAPAInter-American Press Association

ICCPRInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ILOInternational Labour Organisation