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, DELINQUENCY AND JUSTICE

acronyms and abbreviations

ACCP Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police

AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ANOVA Analysis of Variance

AP Associated Press

BOOT Build, Own, Operate, Transfer

BWS Battered Woman’s Syndrome

CANA Caribbean News Agency

CARICOM Caribbean Community

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CIB Criminal Investigations Bureau

CICAD The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission

CID Criminal Investigation Department

CJRA Criminal Justice Reform Act

COIN Center for Integral Orientation and Investigation (Centro de

Orientación e Investigación Integral)

CONAPRO Matagalpa Division of the Union of Professional Workers

CPBA Caribbean Publishers and Broadcasters Association

CPC Caribbean Press Council

DCSJ Department of Correctional Services of Jamaica

DEA Drug Enforcement Agency

DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DPP Director of Public Prosecutions

DUI Driving Under the Influence

DWB Driving While Black

ECSC Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

ELN National Liberation Army (Spanish Acronym)

FARC Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Spanish Acronym)

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations

GAWU Guyana Agricultural Workers Union

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GNP Gross National Product

HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus

IACHR Inter-American Commission of Human Rights

IAPA Inter-American Press Association

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ILO International Labour Organisation