Study: 41 per cent of youth crime involves firearms

Close to 50 per cent of reported youth offences in Barbados relate to firearm crimes, according to a just released media study.

In a virtual release recently, the Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and USAID, presented a report analysing media coverage of youth crime and human trafficking across Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.

 Covering a two-year period from June 2021 to June 2023, the report revealed...