Herbert Gayle is a social anthropologist and lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work at The University of the West Indies. Gayle is the only trained anthropologist of social violence in the Caribbean with years of experience living with and studying youth gangs in Jamaica, other Caribbean countries, Central America, the United States and Europe. He has impacted policies in three Caribbean states to reduce violence, has been consulted by law firms on social violence across four regions and contributes to over 20 international media houses including BBC, Associated Press, Reuters, and L’Equipe 21. Gayle's core works published are: 'Like Bush Fire: A Study on Male Participation and Violence in Urban Belize', 'Young Boys Learning to Fear, Hate and Harm: Recipe For Sustaining Tribal Political Violence In Jamaica’s Garrisons', 'Jamaica: The Search for Survival and Respect in the Hostile world of the Inner City', 'Gender Mainstreaming in Conflict Transformation', 'The Adolescents of St Catherine: A Study of their Reproductive Health and Survivability', 'Spanish Town: Children First Agency' and 'Adolescent Male Survivability in Jamaica'.