M. G. Y.

I had a chance to purchase this vanity publication while vacationing on Turks & Caicos Islands, and aside from the provocative title, this short monograph fails miserably. First, there are excessive grammatical and spelling errors, including incomplete sentences and word selections which are clearly incorrect. Second, Jahmis never really gives us a proper understanding of the cocaine market in the Bahamas circa the 1980’s. It functioned as a transit point from Columbia to the lucrative market in the United States, and Jahmis’ role in that market was never quite clear. What exactly was his relationship with Columbia suppliers and American purchasers? He makes slight reference to bribing the local police authorities, an important feature of the subeconomy, but he fails to elaborate on its structure or importance. As to his use of firearms, where did the guns come from, and was he a member of a criminal network/syndicate? Jahmis gives us the impression that he was a wide-eyed loner in the subeconomy, but if he did purchase kilos, who fronted him the money? Lastly, the worse part of this vanity publication is that his solution to the cocaine market is to embrace religion. We know that has not worked at all, and so Jahmis gives us little theory or understanding of how to approach the cocaine subeconomy. One must therefore conclude that the book is an abject failure, and I advise against its purchase. Matthew G. Yeager, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus (Criminology) Department of Sociology King’s University College At Western University, Canada London, Ontario