Crime and insecurity: The need for alternative policing in Nigeria

Abstract

Researches in the field of Criminology have indicated that no crime-free society exists. Every human aggregation carries along some intricacies and divergences that may harm human relations. This paper examines the existing relationship between crime and domestic insecurity in Nigeria highlighting those factors responsible. Using the available data, the need of policing alternative is rather suggested. The analysis shows that, some of the factors responsible for the nation’s precarious condition of insecurity consist of unemployment, poverty, corruption and police inadequacies. These influence crimes such as; abduction, armed robbery, swindling, politically related assassinations and insurgent activities. Thus, there is the need to suggest alternative ways of policing oneself as an answer to the current insecurity situation engulfing the civilian populace. This is an idea which many Nigerians believe can secure the future if the country is to continue as a national entity.

Keywords: Crime, insecurity/security, insurgency, administrative roles, policing alternative.