Policing through the community in Nigeria: The missing link in security architecture
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Date
2021-06
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Ikenga: Journal of African Studies
Abstract
This study examined policing through the community as a strategy of strengthening the security
architecture of Nigeria. The study adopted a variety of theories such as citizen participation and
the broken window to interrogate the subject matter. The study x-rayed some empirical studies
on the perception of the Nigeria police by the public and also contextualized citizens’
participation in community policing to situate the effectiveness of policing through the
community. The study found out that policing through the community will improve intelligence
gathering capacity of the security agencies in its fight against criminality and insurgencies in
Nigeria. The study recommends that the present structure of the police should be decentralized and also take measures to reinvent itself to change the negative perception of the public towards
it.
Description
Staff Publication
Keywords
Citizenship participation;, community policing;, insecurity;, Nigeria Police;, policing the community.