Author: Adegbola Ojo
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030197654
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
This book uses crime-science and traditional criminological approaches to explore urban crime in the rapidly urbanising country Nigeria, as a case study for urban crime in developing nations. In Africa’s largest democracy, rapid unmanaged growth in its cities combined with decaying public infrastructure mean that risk factors accumulate and deepen the potential for urban crime. This book includes a thorough explanation of key concepts alongside an examination of the contemporary configuration, dynamics, dimensions, drivers and potential responses to urban crime challenges. The authors also discuss a range of methodological techniques and applications that can be used, including spatial technologies to generate new data for analysis. It brings together history, theory, trends, patterns, drivers, repercussions and responses to provide a deep analysis of the challenges that confront urban dwellers. Urbanisation and Crime in Nigeria offers academics, researchers, governments, civil society organisations, citizens, and international partners a tool with which to engage in a serious dialogue about crime within cities, based on evidence and good practices from inside and outside sub-Saharan Africa.
Urbanisation and Crime in Nigeria
Perspectives on Urbanisation in Nigeria
Author: Olu-Olu Olufayo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789784804660
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789784804660
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Architecture of Fear
Author: Tunde Agbola
Publisher: Ifra
ISBN: 9782015571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In 1993, when some scholars from the University of Ibadan made a proposal to the Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA) — French Institute for Research in Africa, to study the increasing spate of urban violence in Africa, it was not anticipated that the scope of the study would increase at such a fast pace in the following years. The Institute agreed to fund the project and an international symposium was organized in Nigeria in 1994, with the aim of focusing attention on the issue of urban violence and determining its impact on the different segments of the society. Since 1994, however, urban violence in Nigeria took on a renewed ferocity with a dramatic increase in the loss of life and property. In Nigeria today, there is little security of life and property; urban residents live in perpetual fear of the morrow. They are wary in the day and terrified at night. One of Nigeria’s foremost scholars of the urban milieu has observed that, despite the existence of the Nigerian Police Force, armed robbers and burglars have the run of our cities. Hired assassins move across the urban domain with impunity. In addition to this pervasive insecurity of life and property is the constant struggle against poverty and deprivation. How have Nigerians reacted to this situation? This research, which is a follow-up to the 1994 Urban Violence Symposium addresses this question.
Publisher: Ifra
ISBN: 9782015571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In 1993, when some scholars from the University of Ibadan made a proposal to the Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA) — French Institute for Research in Africa, to study the increasing spate of urban violence in Africa, it was not anticipated that the scope of the study would increase at such a fast pace in the following years. The Institute agreed to fund the project and an international symposium was organized in Nigeria in 1994, with the aim of focusing attention on the issue of urban violence and determining its impact on the different segments of the society. Since 1994, however, urban violence in Nigeria took on a renewed ferocity with a dramatic increase in the loss of life and property. In Nigeria today, there is little security of life and property; urban residents live in perpetual fear of the morrow. They are wary in the day and terrified at night. One of Nigeria’s foremost scholars of the urban milieu has observed that, despite the existence of the Nigerian Police Force, armed robbers and burglars have the run of our cities. Hired assassins move across the urban domain with impunity. In addition to this pervasive insecurity of life and property is the constant struggle against poverty and deprivation. How have Nigerians reacted to this situation? This research, which is a follow-up to the 1994 Urban Violence Symposium addresses this question.
Urban Violence in Africa
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782821819788
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782821819788
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Gated Neighbourhoods and Privatisation of Urban Security in Ibadan Metropolis
Author: Oluseyi Fabiyi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
One of the consequences of the failure of the state to protect life and property of its entire citizens especially in developing countries like Nigeria is the emergences of private alternatives to crime prevention and control. This process of privatisation of security in Nigeria often involves recruitment of corporate and local security guards, vigilantes, night watchmen and the control of access into the neighbourhoods through gates and barriers. The book examines the nature, types, procedures, and administration of these private alternative to security in Ibadan metropolis. It identifies renaissance of primary affiliation among diverse urban residents and the interplay of forces of exclusion and inclusion among residents of gates neighbourhoods in Ibadan metropolis. It also evaluates the spatial pattern, trends and dynamics of gating and the general concern for security in Ibadan metropolis.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
One of the consequences of the failure of the state to protect life and property of its entire citizens especially in developing countries like Nigeria is the emergences of private alternatives to crime prevention and control. This process of privatisation of security in Nigeria often involves recruitment of corporate and local security guards, vigilantes, night watchmen and the control of access into the neighbourhoods through gates and barriers. The book examines the nature, types, procedures, and administration of these private alternative to security in Ibadan metropolis. It identifies renaissance of primary affiliation among diverse urban residents and the interplay of forces of exclusion and inclusion among residents of gates neighbourhoods in Ibadan metropolis. It also evaluates the spatial pattern, trends and dynamics of gating and the general concern for security in Ibadan metropolis.
Urbanization in Nigeria
Urban Research in Nigeria
Author: Adepoju G. Onibokun
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Civil Society's Participation in Urban Crime Management in Nigeria
Author: Emeka E. Obioha
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Police in Africa
Author: Jan Beek
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190676639
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
State police forces in Africa are a curiously neglected subject of study, even within the framework of security issues and African states. This work brings together criminologists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, political scientists and others who have engaged with police forces across the continent and the publics with whom they interact to provide street-level perspectives from below and inside Africa's police forces.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190676639
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
State police forces in Africa are a curiously neglected subject of study, even within the framework of security issues and African states. This work brings together criminologists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, political scientists and others who have engaged with police forces across the continent and the publics with whom they interact to provide street-level perspectives from below and inside Africa's police forces.
Issues in Urbanization and Urban Administration in Nigeria
Author: Emmanuel Onyebuchi Ezeani
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal government
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description