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Unfair criminalisation of itinerant traders has been used to justify curbing street hawking in the traffic in Lagos.
Firearms may provide firearm owners with a means of self-defence in confrontations with criminals, but the unlawful use of a licensed firearm can have negative legal consequences.
Nigeria should consider embracing a decentralised policing system as community mobilisation during COVID lockdown ensured law and order.
The number of bank robberies is at about the lowest since the 1960s. A researcher investigates why.
Clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria have their roots in history and an overriding arc of insecurity, but new challenges are contributing to the problem.
Increasing police patrols won’t solve South Africa’s high rates of violent crime. Underlying problems need to be addressed.
More than 90% of violent crimes in South Africa fall outside the categories named in the police’s new anti-crime strategy.
Local fishermen or young men looking for work in the Riau Islands Special Economic Zones earn extra income by mugging boats in the Malacca Strait at night.
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Senior researcher, University of Cape Town
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Research Associate at UCT's Centre of Criminology, Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in International Relations, École Navale
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Research fellow, French Institute for Research in Africa, University of Ibadan
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PhD candidate and Research Fellow, University of Ibadan
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Development historian and transdisciplinary scholar, University of Lagos
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia