ABSTRACT . The increasing cases of violent crimes in Enugu Metropolis in p.articular and Nigeria in general has constituted the most urgent b economic, social and psychological problems. The alarming and unprecedented cases of armed robbery with violence that, more often than not, results in innumerable loss of lives, severe physical injuries to the victims, raping, loss of money, and properties have continued to give lawabiding citizens of Enugu metropolis and Nigeria in general serious...
ABSTRACT The increasing rate of juvenile delinquency has become a major social problem globally and locally. Researchers and concerned individuals have traced the preponderance of juvenile delinquency to the increasing rate of family instability among other factors. However, concerted inquiries into the influence of family instability on juvenile delinquency have resulted in a raging controversy. While some researchers have found a significant relationship between family instability and ...
ABSTRACT The study evaluates the judiciary as the major unit of the criminal justice system in Nigeria. Case flow management, financial autonomy, inadequate facilities, and other constraints have made it difficult for the judiciary in Enugu State to dispense cases freely. The objectives of this study, therefore, were to find out how slow dispensation of cases by the judiciary affects their citizens in criminal matters. The researcher used propositions to discuss and analyze the problems fac...
Abstract The study was designed to investigate the extent to which the Nigerian Prison Service had performed its cardinal objective of treating offenders with special reference to Lagos State Prison Formations. This study looked at the available resources for this purpose. Such resource s include finance, vocational skill training workshops qualified staff, prison facilities and health care delivery facilities, etc. In the investigation, seven research questions and three major hypothes...
ABSTRACT Breast cancer is considered as a global public health problem. Many lives are lost to it because of late diagnosis, where treatment of the disease is almost impossible. Factors such as socio-cultural interpretations of the disease have been attributed to this delay. This study therefore sought to examine some sociocultural interpretations of breast cancer and the coping strategies adopted by patients in Cape Coast Teaching Hospital. Qualitative research design informed the orientati...
ABSTRACT The most important drawback to successful control of malaria is the development of resistance by Plasmodium species to commonly used antimalarial drugs. To enhance effective treatment, many African nations including Ghana changed its malaria treatment policy from monotherapy to combination treatment with Artesunate + Amodiaquine (AS+AQ). The policy specifies AS+AQ as the first line treatment for uncomplicated malaria. There has been public outcry due to the perceived side effects o...
ABSTRACT In the field of penology, very few studies have paid attention to the role of religion in prison. The sparse scholarly studies are largely focused on the advanced countries, and rarely on prisons in Africa. In addition, the findings of the impact of religion on inmates have yielded mixed results. This study examined the de facto religious pursuits of inmates in attempts to cope with imprisonment, and at selfreformation for possible reintegration. The study was underpinned by social...
This paper reviews the definitions of science put forward by different scholars, its myriad functions, its social duties and responsibilities, and the role played by science communication to the masses. It discusses the historical role played by science in ushering in social and intellectual revolutions particularly in the context of Europe and other developed societies, and the need to replicate them elsewhere. It also discusses the scope and the nature of work carried out in the fields of s...
ABSTRACT The Research Project Causes and Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women. (A study of Samaru Community, Zaria) the project examines the causes, consequnceses, nature, and ways to mitigate the negative consequences of domestic violence. In the light of the above, a sample of one hundred and twenty (120) respondents was drawn and the data obtained through structured questionnaire, and a focused group discussion was analyzed using descriptive statistics, and chi-squire test was u...
INTRODUCTION Against the background of the excessive exploitation of workers, laws for the social protection of employees were developed in the second half of the 19'" century.Essentially, they are meant to ensure that people work in dignity and are not unduly exploited in the course of work. International control bodies were established to ensure compliance with the new laws....
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ABSTRACT The main aim of the study was to determine the adoption and techniques offamily planning among reproductive age group rural women in Ogidi-IjumuLocal Government Area of Kogi State. This study was based largely on fieldwork and oral interview for the generation of data the instrument used for datacollection was questionnaire which sought information about age, maritalstatus, educational level, technique and reason for the ...
In this essay on Sociology of Hinduism, I shall first include some classicists who discussed Hindu society primarily through traditional categories of Varna, Jati (literally means birth group, and Kula (clan/ family group) and the general western notion of caste that was applied to Hindu society. Generally in most discussions, although Varna refers to a different type of classification, these terms are not clearly distinguished, and usually conflated with the term ‘caste’.
Caste as a social phenomenon has undergone many changes. The most important operative unit that has exemplified caste in its discourse is subcaste ( jati) identity. Both within India and certainly in the diaspora, there is now increasing evidence of the dissolution of subcaste ( jati) identities giving rise to various other formations of groups replacing the endogamous relationships with other arbitrary group formations. In this article, I examine some evidence from South Africa, the West Ind...
In this paper, I wish to explore the life in the mid-19th to 20th century in the Durban-based Indian Casbah and its enduring legacy. In exploring the Casbah life in Durban, I wish to pay special attention to the narratives of the people who either were associated with it and had living memories of it, or remember the many stories passed on to them by their families.1 The central question that I explore in analysing these narratives is: does Casbah in the diaspora enable the diasporic communit...