CRIMINOLOGY TOPICS

Background to the Study

It is not exaggeration that despite the effort of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and other bodies like the International Labour Organization (ILO)1, there are still cases and reports of women and child trafficking in Nigeria. There are occasions where hospitals take in young pregnant girls, offer them money for their babies ranging from N20,000-N25,000,which they in turn sell between N150,000-N30,000 de...

1. 1. Background to the study

Crime is a social problem that every society seeks to address. Once a crime occurs, it instantly throws up different layers of victims. In the dynamics of victimisation and social reactions to it, crime reporting plays a critical role. Therefore, public concern over human exposure to violence and its disproportionate reporting by victims and witnesses in society is not new. Given...

The Prison system is one of the key components of Criminal Justice Administration as it the correctional institution where prisoners and convicts are kept after undergoing the processes of police investigation and trial by a court of law. The prison is responsible for the custody of the convicts and other inmates. The prison system entails putting in place measures to prevent escapes, such as erecting high walls or chain-link fence, placing armed guards, constant checks of cells, providi...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Urbanization dynamics with the physical power and forces of pulling a large number of people to become permanently concentrated in a relatively small area of forming cities as a result of large number of people migrating in search of greener pasture(Crowe, 2000).

The advent of industrialization marks a great turn in human resistance, it being the antecedent that has brought tremendous in every aspect...

Background of the Study

Crime is one major problem, and a burning issue in which every society particularly a developing one is faced with. Nigeria as a developing country faces her own share of social, political, economic and cultural problems at different regions which have in no small measure affected the well-being of the populace. One major cause universally agreed is the rising or increasing nature of unemployment.

It is commonly obs...

EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY

Issue of corruption in Nigeria has been a major concern to all and sundry in the society. The upsurge of this social menace in Nigeria in recent times is disturbing and it seems the menace has defied all kinds of treatment and the damage it has caused to national life cannot be quantified. Conequently, reflective of the manifestations of corruption in the political, social, administrative and economic life of the Nigeria state is the decaying infrastructu...

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Criminal investigation is not a voodoo science but is primarily reliant on information supplied to the investigator either as a complaint by a victim of a crime or as a report by a witness to a criminal act. The Nigeria Police has over the years complained of the unforthcoming attitude of the Nigerian populace on the issue of complaint and report of crimes and criminal activities. The lethargy of the Nigerian public to supply information to the Ni...

EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY

Crime is said to be as old as society itself and it is a diver’s concept which changes chronologically and geographically, based on the social norms or values of a particular society at a given time. The definition, form and concept of crime, therefore, change with passage of time and regimes and behavioural dimensions of society. Some crimes, in course of time, become obsolete and some assume new and broader dimensions. A normative defi...

ABSTTRACT

The main focus of the study is to examine criminology and criminal justice in Nigeria using Abuja as case study. Survey research design was employed for the study with the aid of convenience sampling method, 36 lawyers was selected from five Law chambers in Abuja. Well structure questionnaire was issued to the enrolled participant out of which 30 were retrieved and validated for the study. Hypothesis was tested using Chi-Square Statis...

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The use of ATM has grown rapidly in popularity because of its low banks transaction  costs and customers convenience which has made it a basic element of today’s financial service delivery. However, the ATM which is meant to be serving the customers better is now becoming a nightmare for some customers because of fraud perpetuated in their accounts through ATM withdrawals. The main purpose of this work is to examine the activitie...

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The objective of this study is to determine the impact of fraud and related financial crimes on the growth and development of Nigerian economy. Data for the study were collected from secondary sources only. The research analyzed the data generated using regression analysis. The research findings revealed that, fraud and related financial crime has significant effect on the Nigerian economy while fraud and financial crime have no significant effect on i...

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This research is essentially a descriptive one bearing in mind that peevishly and work has gone in to issues of crime in urban areas. If often assumed that urban areas are synonyms with crime and that the more an area becomes urban the more the rate of crime increases. It is against this background that this research is premised. We should know that the dynamics of urbanization can cause rapid changes in the rate of crime in an area. Also i...

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The phenomenon of crime has been in existence since time immemorial. From the time Adam disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden to the modern highly complex crime networks, the human society has never been devoid of criminal activities. Human nature is inflexible and hence crime, which is a product of human existence, has remained irrespective of space, time or age. Nevertheless differences do exist in the practices prevalent in various cultures and so...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Close to a decade after the inauguration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the war against corruption in Nigeria continues to rage with the anti-graft body clearly not having the upper hand. The bulk of the blame has been put on the Federal Government for not allowing the Commission to function without undue interference. It is believed in some quarters that most of those who should be arrested, investig...

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This is a Nigerian study, which initially aimed to examine armed robbery culture and the youth subculture. With the employment of subcultural theory, the study became intellectually unviable in explaining the primary data. A replacement was made by seeking recourse to anomie-strain theory and control theory to...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

“The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case, is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it”1

This statement made by the world‘s famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his endearing ability to solve crime by describing the perpetra...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Any society that wishes to thrive must fulfill the social pre-requisite of providing appropriate protection for its members. Every society takes the necessary precautions to safeguard the lives of its citizens and the property they own while they are inside its borders. Without sufficient protection, normal business and social activities might not be able to continue unhindered. This essential aspect of safety may be the reason why societies...

Background Of The Study

In a great number of nations, borderland security has received a lot of attention recently. It is pursued in the United States of America in order to put a stop to the unlawful smuggling of items into the country that are considered to be against the law and are outlawed by the government. Additionally, the European Union serves as a model that demonstrates how enhanced trade regulations at international borders may positivel...

Background to the study

Crime is defined as any conduct that is against the law and can result in punishment. Nigeria is a country where everything works in reverse. Depending on the nation, some crimes are punished by law. To be more specific, in our state (Enugu), several offences like as cheating, election rigging, theft, advance free frauds (419), and many others are on the rise. Any citizen who commits a crime may face punishment depending on h...

Background Of The Study

Insecurity in Nigeria is not a new phenomenon. High levels of insecurity have resulted in fatalities and psychological distress for individuals, with companies, government institutions, and the economy as a whole suffering greatly. This has posed a danger to national security, prompting the government to devote a significant portion of the national budget to security (Achumba, 2018). The Federal Republic of Nigeria's 1999...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The issue of rising corruption in Nigeria is undeniably one of the most important and unaddressed issues confronting the country. The prevalence of corruption and unscrupulous practices in Nigeria, particularly among politicians, is totally reprehensible and disturbing, given the colossal costs to the Nigerian democracy (Chuta. 2018). Sluggish file movement in offices, police extortion points along our main and interior roads...

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Since the beginnings of the mid 1900s, the scientific field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) went through periods of intense development and drawbacks. From year 2000, however, a significant and persistent growth in AI research, development, and application can be perceived. AI research began to speed up around 2001, and then commercial products and services started permeating the market in large numbers especially sinc...

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During the administration of Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, there was a marked increase in the country's violence and frequency of terrorist attacks. The purpose of this study is to examine terrorism and Nigeria’s external image under Johnathan’ Administration. The study found a wide variation in the number of terrorist attacks between 2009 and 2015. The full presidency phase experienced a markedly more significant number of...