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Title: Women Police in the Nigerian Security Sector
Authors: Akinjobi-Babatunde, Tosin
Keywords: Nigeria
Police
Women
Societal norms
Patriarchy
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Women Police in the Nigerian Security Sector
Citation: Akinjobi-Babatunde, T. (2015). Women police in the Nigerian security sector. African Security Review, 24(4), 438-444.
Abstract: This article details the history and philosophy behind major changes in police tradition and organisation in Nigeria in 1955. Women in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), influenced by their background as enforcers of societal norms, developed a type of social-workoriented policing. Using primary and secondary sources of historical information, this article discusses the origin of women in the NPF, the specialised role of women in police work, and the changes that have been effected in the roles and functions of women in policing in Nigeria. Situated within the conceptual frameworks of patriarchy and gender, this article argues that gender biases impeded the incorporation of women into the police and, when eventually introduced, gender limitations constrained their roles, operations and activities.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2015.1090097
http://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/jspui/handle/20.500.12398/698
ISSN: 2154-0128
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