Women Police in the Nigerian Security Sector
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2015
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Women Police in the Nigerian Security Sector
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.
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Nigeria, Police, Women, Societal norms, Patriarchy
Citation
Akinjobi-Babatunde, T. (2015). Women police in the Nigerian security sector. African Security Review, 24(4), 438-444.