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The Nigeria Police and Good Community Relationship: A Desideratum

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  • (Barr) OLONG Matthew Adefi

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This article examined how police- community partnership is visible in Nigeria and solves the problem of crime in society. It conceptualized the need for the police to imbibe the spirit and tenet of community-policing as a vehicle to drive home the menace of crime prevention and detection by focusing on neighborhood groups been the panacea to reducing crime in Nigeria. Case laws, books, articles in journals, statues, regulations, and unpublished legal materials were resorted to argue that the Nigeria police as presently structured are fraught with institutional and legal problems that needed complete overhaul. The centralized command structure of the police force has utterly failed the Nigeria, so the need to be more community-based to invigorate the solidarity and cooperation needed by the community. The significance of such ties between the police and the community was that the police are seen as belonging to the community in this wise crime will be brought to its barest minimum.

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  • (Barr) OLONG Matthew Adefi, 2012. "The Nigeria Police and Good Community Relationship: A Desideratum," International Journal of Asian Social Science, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 2(11), pages 2049-2060.
    • Handle: RePEc:asi:ijoass:v:2:y:2012:i:11:p:2049-2060:id:2373
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