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UNINA9910131948203321 |
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Autore |
Olaniyi Rasheed |
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Titolo |
Community vigilantes in metropolitan Kano, 1985-2005 |
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IFRA-Nigeria, 2005 |
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[Place of publication not identified], : IFRA, 2005 |
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979-1-0923-1205-8 |
2-8218-1964-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii-86 p.) |
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Collana |
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Occasional publication Community vigilantes in metropolitan Kano, 1985-2005 |
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Soggetti |
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Vigilance committees - History - Nigeria - Kano |
Crime prevention - Citizen participation - Nigeria - Kano |
Community policing - History - Kano - Nigeria |
Police-community relations - History - Nigeria - Kano |
Islamic law - Nigeria - Kano |
Social Welfare & Social Work |
Social Sciences |
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 rationale for the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Sabongari lies not in the efficacy of such initiative in reducing the incidence of crime but to confer a sense of identity, control of crime and security. The contradiction in PCRC could be located in the pathological fixation of police on corruption, which |
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