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.
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Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
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.
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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