Community Vigilantes in Metropolitan Kano 1985-2005
Rasheed Olaniyi
Community Vigilantes in Metropolitan Kano 1985-2005 - IFRA-Nigeria 2005
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Kano is a city where a multi-layered form of community policing was established in the era of the rollback of the state in social provisioning in the midst of ever-increasing armed banditry and crime. Between 1985 and 2005, vigilante groups were established in almost all the neighbourhoods of Kano with the support of the traditional authority and community leaders. However, government interference, political instrumentalisation and inadequate support undermined its critical rote. Part of the ...
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police Kano délinquance Nigeria gated community violence criminalité
Community Vigilantes in Metropolitan Kano 1985-2005 - IFRA-Nigeria 2005
Open Access
Kano is a city where a multi-layered form of community policing was established in the era of the rollback of the state in social provisioning in the midst of ever-increasing armed banditry and crime. Between 1985 and 2005, vigilante groups were established in almost all the neighbourhoods of Kano with the support of the traditional authority and community leaders. However, government interference, political instrumentalisation and inadequate support undermined its critical rote. Part of the ...
All rights reserved
English
9791092312058 9789788025122
police Kano délinquance Nigeria gated community violence criminalité