Criminology Research Papers/Topics

The Socio-Economic Life of Fisher Communities Living on the Migingo Island of Lake Victoria

Abstract Using a qualitative methodology and a descriptive research design, this study examined the socioeconomic conditions of Migingo Island in 1991. Theories of liberalism and power informed the study through the use of phenomenological techniques, such as focus groups, oral interviews, archived materials, and secondary data. The results show that the socioeconomic dynamics of Migingo Island are related to geopolitical issues, including the territorial conflicts between Kenya and Uganda. ...

Assessing the Prospects and Challenges of Online Learning in Kenyan Public Universities: A Case Study of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

Abstract The increase in the number of internet users, the demand for education, and the widespread use of electronic devices among scholars have created a potential in online learning as an alternative to traditional education. This can be linked proper planning, clear online learning policies and trained personnel to facilitate the online learning process. Recent studies point to the possibility of African public universities adopting online learning more aggressively in the future than ev...

Impact of Child Sex Exploitation on Tourism in Kenya: A Case Study of Mombasa County

Abstract: Kenya is known worldwide as a Safari destination for many years. The two main products of tourism in Kenya have been wildlife and the coastal beach. However, in the recent times, cultural tourism and sex tourism are emerging as popular tourism products. Kenya’s tourism sector has been facing a challenge relating to Child Sex tourism which is illegal. Given the foregoing, it has become necessary to carry out this study with the overall purpose of determining the extent of Child Se...

Examining the Use of Force by Police as a Driving Factor to Youth Radicalisation and Recruitment in Kenya

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the use of force by police as a driving factor towards youth radicalization in Eastleigh area, Nairobi County, Kenya. This is due to previous accusations that the Kenya police has used excessive force to prevent and respond to terrorism. While such force may help to immediately suppress the situation, it often contributes to further frustration, anger and resistance in the longer-term. This includes an unintended effect of further youth radi...

Factors that affects prevention of GBV against women in case of Adama city

ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate factors that affecting prevention of gender-based violence  against women in Adama city. The study utilized a descriptive survey design,  supplemented by both quantitative and qualitative data. The target population consisted  of 495 police officers in the Adama city police administration, with a sample size of 54  respondents. Additionally, 16 participants were included for Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) conducted through structured interview...

Factors that Affects Prevention of Gender based Violence against Women in Adama

ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate factors that affecting prevention of gender-based violence against women in Adama city. The study utilized a descriptive survey design, supplemented by both quantitative and qualitative data. The target population consisted of 495 police officers in the Adama city police administration, with a sample size of 54 respondents. Additionally, 16 participants were included for Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) conducted through structured interviews. Both...

Analysis of Corruption in the Nigerian Police Force (2012-2022)

ABSTRACT This research work was focused on the effect of corruption in Nigeria police. The main objective of this research is to show corruption as a cankerworm that affects the Nigeria police. Corruption in Nigeria has become so bad that corruption is now a policy problem of the government, so it is the objective of this research to x-ray the effect of corrupt practices in Nigeria police service with a sample size of 50 respondent we adopted the percentage method of analysis and found that c...

Experiences of Criminology Students at Southern Leyte State University in the Implementation of Flexible Learning Modalities System

ABSTRACT This study explored the experiences of criminology students in Southern Leyte State University-Main Campus and answered the following sub problems: the positive and negative experiences of the informants; how do the informants cope with the challenges in the implementation of Flexible Learning Modalities System and their needs as they continue this new modality. This study utilized qualitative research in phenomenological approach which focused on the commonality of experiences wit...

GOVERNMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA

Abstract This study examines critically government and the management of security challenges in Nigeria and to explain its effect on the development of Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive research design. The population of the study was 776,298 (Seven Hundred and Seventy-Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Ninety-Eight) of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) out of which a sample size of 200 was taken through cluster sampling technique. Data was analyzed using the Linkert’s frequency ...

THE EFFECTS OF BANK FRAUD IN NIGERIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (21ST CENTURY EXPERIENCE)

Fraud is gradually becoming rampant and a daily occurrence in our banking industry, while the bank management is busy working out means of detecting, checking fraud, the fraudsters on the other end are busy designing new method of circumventing those measures in conjunction with some dishonest bank staff. It should be pointed out that effect destabilizes banks not only that, hinders growth of banks. Hence we have good numbers of banks that were distress, acquired by other banks and merged wit...

Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism for the Settlement of Environmental Disputes in Nigeria: A Study of Ojodu Community, Lagos State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT Environmental degradations are the aftermath of human intrusion into nature. Disputes arise due to the impact of degradations that affect the ecosystem’s continuous functioning. Research has shown that most environmental conflicts are resolved through litigation with attendant drawbacks in achieving a resolution. Some drawbacks include legal technicalities, the time taken in litigation, the victim’s inability to discharge the evidential burden revolving around the issue of expert...

The Role of the Catholic Church in Crime Prevention A Case Study in Iganga Municipal Council

ABSTRACT Crime Prevention Crime Prevention measures can and should have consequences that are oriented normatively, empirically and strategically toward creating a better society for all. Therefore, in the light of increasingly rabid law-and-order discourse, and the trait and express support for the crime control agenda by more conservative crime prevention practitioners, the task ahead for the liberal and radical criminologists is to continue the fight against punitive coercive forms of crim...

The Role of the Judiciary in the Administration of Justice in Somaliland Judicial System

ABSTRACT This study reviews the literature judicial system in Somali/and and in particular reviews the experiences, challenges and capacity gaps in servfrig the criminaljustice system. The study finds there i~ a There has been much focus in recent years on reform of the formal justice sector institutions in Somailland (the Courts, Attorney-General Departmen4 Mi’iistry ofJustice), culminating in a National Justice Reform Strategy 2008 and Action Plan for frnplementation in 2009. Institutiona...

A Case Study of the Effects of Boko Haram on the People of Chibok Community of Borno State, Maiduguri - North Eastern Nigeria, West Africa Life as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs))

A Case Study of the Effects of Boko Haram on the people of Chibok Community of Borno State, Maiduguri - North Eastern Nigeria, West Africa (Life as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and needs for re-migration/return)Abstract:There are many reasons why People are forced to leave their places of origins to seek refuge elsewhere. Some chose to reside within the same country and become Internally Displaced. While others end up across borders in other countries as refuges. The reasons ...

Sociological Anaylsis of Male Accused with Refrence of City Court Pakistan Karachi

Abstract Crime is a public wrong. It is an act strongly disapproved by society and effect the sociological economical factor in Pakistan .every criminal has the reason to commit crime and breaking the law. I found the several factors in our society to understand the reason of committing crime in males such as unemployment, family issues , mental illness ,poverty economical crises, to motivate the individual towards crime. In my research I have study many cases related to criminals in trail ...


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