Offending & Offenders
“A Qualitative Exploration of the Coping Strategies of Female Offenders in Nigerian Prisons”
Deprivation and importation theories propose that the experience and adjustment of inmates to prison life is dependent on the restrictive prison milieu and their pre-prison experiences and orientation. This implies that prison’s sub-culture mediate the relationship between demographic characteristics and adjustment to prison life. Although this core assumption underlies both theories, few researchers have attempted to test its validity, while those that does have largely focused on male offender ...
Motivations and Mechanism of Child Sexual Abuse: The Narratives of Adult Male Offenders in Nigerian Prisons
Undoubtedly, there has been an increase in public awareness and concern about child sexual abuse in Nigeria in recent years. However, in spite of the fact that researchers have made substantial contributions to a previously scanty body of literature on child sexual abuse, minimal attention has been given to juvenile sex offenders. Therefore, this present study explored and described the motivations and mechanisms adopted by child sexual offenders in perpetrating sexual abuse on the underage. Dra ...
‘Killing the Beloved’: Psychosocial Factors Facilitating Spousal Homicide in Nigeria
The prevalence of spousal homicide in Nigeria appears to have been on the increase in recent years, sparking criminological and public health concerns. Meanwhile, research on family violence has vigorously focused on spousal abuse, trends and prevalence of domestic violence, and risk factors, while the most severe of violence-the killing of a spouse, has not received an equal amount of attention. Leaning on eclectic adoption of social learning, resource, victim precipitation and traumatic bondin ...
Sexual Abuse of Elderly Women in Nigeria: A Sociological Exposition of an Emerging Crime
Indeed, appreciable research has considered the dynamics of sexual assault involving young victims. However, very little criminological research has considered the dynamics of sexual abuse of elderly people. To fill this void, this current study developed a profile of sexual abuse cases among women aged 50 and older, based on the accounts of their abusers. Specifically, the study investigated the motives and mechanisms for sexual abuse of the aged in the country as well as the factors that accou ...
Police abuse of sex workers in Nigeria: evidence from a qualitative study
Scant public attention has so far been paid to police abuse of sex workers in Nigeria, in spite of the overwhelming evidences of incessant abuse of authority by the Nigeria Police which has led to sexual assault of women and girls during patrol, arrest and detention. Hence, this paper presents an empirical exposition of human rights abuses of street-based sex workers by officers of the Nigeria Police and its inherent public health implications. Qualitative data were collected for the study from ...
Spousal homicide in Nigeria: Socio-psychological profiles of men who kill their wives
Without gainsaying, there has been a recent increase in the incidences of spousal homicide in Nigeria. Meanwhile, research on family violence has vigorously focused on spousal abuse, trends and prevalence of domestic violence, while the most severe of violence-the killing of a spouse, has not received an equal amount of attention. Available statistics show that men are more culpable in abusing their wives to the point of death. Leaning on general strain theory, this present study examined the ps ...
Female Offenders as Victims of Gendered Violence by Officers of the Nigeria Police
In the mainstream media and sociological research, the issues of police brutality and use of force have remained prevalent. However, in spite of the appreciable attention given to police brutality against male citizens in international headlines and scholarly research, female victims have been relatively ignored. The aim of this paper is to explore the experience of female offenders with the police from the point of arrest through custody. Using a mixed-method research design, participants were ...
Women and Violent Crimes in Nigeria: A Theoretical, Historical and Contemporary Overview
Despite the continuous dominance of males in crime statistics as offenders and prisoners, there is an apparent increase in women’s involvement in violent crimes in Nigeria. However, the limited attention paid to this trend appears to be impeding serious understanding of the correlates of women’s increasing involvement in violence, thereby almost foreclosing efforts at engendering effective interventions. Although, more arrests of women offenders have been made, and more female prisons built, yet ...
Internet scamming and the techniques of neutralization: Parents’ excuses and justifications for children’s involvement in online dating fraud in Nigeriax
Techniques of neutralization have largely been used to explain the triadic relationship between cybercrimes, offenders and victims, while the possible involvement of the offenders’ social networks as accomplices has been ignored. Interviewing parents, a qualitative study of their children’s romance scam involvement was conducted in Nigeria, exploring the parents’ disposition towards their children’s delinquent behaviour. In all, 52 interviews were conducted, and a thematic analysis of the narrat ...
Pandemic policing and police sexual misconduct: voices of women sexually abused by COVID-19 enforcement officers
While global attention has been drawn to the reported spike in the rate of gender-based violence (GBV) occasioned by COVID-19 restrictions, there exists a clear gap in knowledge about incidences of GBV perpetrated by police officers in the course of enforcing COVID-19 laws. Drawing from the Nigerian experience, this qualitative study presents the accounts of 83 sexually victimized women. From the thematic analysis, their narratives of how COVID-19 lockdown facilitated their vulnerability to poli ...
Yahoo Boys, Yahoo Parents? An explorative and qualitative study into parental disposition towards children’s engagement in Cybercrimes
Cybercrimes have been acknowledged as inflicting high emotional, financial, and psychological pains on individuals worldwide. While studies have focused on the prevalence, offenders’ demography and antics, vulnerability, victims’ losses, and other correlates of cyber-fraud, researchers know relatively little about the disposition of parents toward their children’s engagement in cybercrimes. Therefore, a qualitative study was conducted with 78 parents of youths involved in different cybercrimes, ...
Elderly Offenders of Juvenile Sexual Abuse in Nigeria
In this chapter, an exploratory analysis of the problematic sexual behaviours committed by elderly men against female minors is presented. Drawing from life-course theoretical perspectives on later life offending, the study examined the criminal history, sexual attraction towards the underage, perceived vulnerability of the juvenile, relationship with the girl-child prior to the abuse, violence and sexually abusive tactics of the older offenders. Qualitative data were collected from 19 child sex ...