Police-Citizen Relations in Nigeria (eBook)

Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Law-Abiding Behaviour

Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi (Autor)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XVIII, 251 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-92919-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This book offers an historical and contemporary analysis of policing and police-citizen relations in Nigeria, to understand why people co-operate (or don't) with the police. It examines police legitimacy and the validity of procedural justice theory in a post-colonial African context where corruption, brutality and lack of accountability are not uncommon, to find more refined and alternative answers to the question of why people co-operate (or don't) with the police. The history of policing in Nigeria is explored first and then procedural justice theory is tested through an extensive, cross-sectional survey of the public. One of the core findings is that citizens' co-operation with the police is driven less by legitimacy but more by effectiveness considerations and 'dull compulsion', a concept akin to legal cynicism. This study represents one of the first attempts to test and understand 'dull compulsion' and its relevance in this context. Overall, it develops the field by illustrating that that there are significant variations between contexts when addressing the influence of perceived procedural justice policing on perceptions of police legitimacy, and it explains the implications for policy makers.

Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. He has a PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Griffith University in Australia. He was previously educated in his home country, Nigeria, as well as at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He has successfully attracted more than 17 scholarships, grants, recognition and awards in Nigeria, United Kingdom and Australia: including the prestigious British Commonwealth Scholarships, Australian Postgraduate Awards, and the Australian Government's Endeavour Executive Fellowships.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.4.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 251 p.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: African Studies • Corruption • Crime and Society • dull compulsion • lawful behaviour • Police and Society • Police Effectiveness • policing • Policing in Africa • policing in the global south
• ISBN-10: 3-030-92919-1 / 3030929191
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-92919-0 / 9783030929190