Nigerian police officers.
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To defeat armed banditry in its north-west region, Nigeria needs to adopt a new approach to policing.
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Security companies suggest that criminals take advantage of the fact that many home and business security systems get compromised during power outages.
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mehmet Oz has talked a lot about the crime rate during his campaign in Pennsylvania.
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Whether crime is up or down depends on what kind of crime, what the comparison is to, and where you’re counting crimes.
The 2020 COVID lockdown witnessed an upsurge in crime in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
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In 2013 stories emerged of gangs stealing plasma TV screens to use to make street drugs. It’s a myth, but it tells us something about South Africa’s social anxieties.
Across the world forests have been exploited as a source of cover from which to launch attacks.
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Nigeria’s forests are used by terrorists, kidnappers, cannabis cultivators, cattle rustlers and robbers.