Crime statistics in a Nigerian Traditional City: A Geographic Analysis

Badiora, Adewumi Israel; Okunola, Olasunkanmi Habeeb; Ojewale, Oluwole

doi:10.1177/0021909614552917

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“…The study supports the finding of Afon (2001) that criminal activities are more prevalent in certain densities with different degrees of incidence. This finding also corroborates the study of Abodunrin (2004), Adigun (2012), Badiora et al (2013), andBadiora et al (2014). The reason for this variation may be attributed to differences in socioeconomic characteristics of the residents and the environmental characteristics of the residential area in the study area…”

Section: Level Of Crime Occurrences In the Three Residential Areas In...supporting

confidence: 91%

“…Rader (2017) also corroborated that perceptions of crime have increased while the crime rate decreases most times. Studies in developing countries have shown a relationship between the two (Quang& Hang, 2002;Tseloni & Zarafoniton, 2008;Badiora et al, 2014). An increase in crime waves often increases the fear of crime among people in the cities of developing countries especially Nigeria.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Spatial Analysis of Residents’ Response to Fear of Crime in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Farodoye

Olawuni

Oladehinde

et al. 2021

Mediterr. J. Soc. Sci.

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The study investigated spatial pattern of residents' response to the fear of crime in Osogbo Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria. Primary data was collected by stratifying the Osogbo into three residential neighborhoods, namely; core, transition, and suburban areas. Systematic sampling was used in selecting 112 respondents across residential neighborhoods. The level of Crime Occurrence Index (LCOI) in the core area was 5.03 while 5.90 and 5.31 were indices for transition and suburban areas. The study recorded that religion, police patrol, lightning, membership/ support of vigilante and use of joint community responses were the commonly used strategy in responding to fear of crime while insurance scheme, burglary alarm system, closed-circuit television (CCTV), and surveillance camera were the least strategies used in responding to fear of crime in the study area. The study concludes that there is a significant difference in the responses of residents to fear of crime in the various residential neighborhoods. Received: 21 December 2020 / Accepted: 18 February 2021 / Published: 7 March 2021

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confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

Spatial Analysis of Residents’ Response to Fear of Crime in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Farodoye

Olawuni

Oladehinde

et al. 2021

Mediterr. J. Soc. Sci.

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“…It also observed that more crime fatalities are in the southern part of Nigeria than in the north, because Lagos, Rivers, Ogun and Imo states in the south were reported as the most affected crime states. Badiora and Afon (2013), Badiora (2014); and Badiora et al (2016) examined the predominant crime type and pattern of occurrence in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The study classified the study area into the core area, the transition zone and the suburban areas.…”

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“…Similarly, the interaction of physical and sociocultural environment influences human behavior and propensity to engage in crime; for instance, an environment with poor illumination and bushy abandoned properties will create a suitable abode harboring criminals (Ball et al, 2001;Ogboi and Eze, 2013). Badiora et al (2016) investigated crime variation spatially in the core, transition and suburban; the study reported disparities in the nature and occurrence of crime across the zones with varying consequences. Consequences of crime occurrence on victims are numerous depending on the object of attack (human, properties and morality) (Graif et al, 2014).…”

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Residents perception of crime characteristic and its causation across residential densities in Mushin, Lagos Nigeria

Agbabiaka

Daramola

Adesanya

2021

JCRPP

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine crime characteristics and its causation in Mushin Lagos Nigeria. The incidence of urban crime in Nigeria has been associated with increasing urbanization, high poverty level, congestion, unemployment, deprivation, income inequality, poor physical planning and design, political democratization, disorganization and moral decadence and breakdown in infrastructure. Hence, tackling urban crimes in selected communities within Lagos state will address several issues, creating inclusiveness and safer communities. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were collected through questionnaire administration on three income groups, cutting across 14 communities in the study area. Multistage sampling techniques were adopted to select six communities (Idi Araba, Idi Oro, Fadeyi, Ilasamaja Papa Ajao and Ilupeju), 60 streets and 144 respondents for this study. Respondents selected for this study are individuals who have stayed in the communities for more than five years. Findings This study reports no statistically significant variation in the crime occurrence by type across the selected communities. However, residents experienced a high occurrence of crime against a person in robbery, assault and pocket-picking, especially among the low-income earners. The same trend was observed in crimes against property such as theft, burglary and store breaking in the low- and middle-income areas, whereas burglary, theft and car theft have high occurrence in the high-income areas. In addition, crimes against morality inform of gambling, prostitution and offences against public peace were high in the low- and high-income areas, whereas gambling, prostitution and bribery are common in the middle-income areas. Practical implications This study identifies appropriate policies for combating crime. Collective values promote citizen participation and encourage Do It Yourself in the communities. Stakeholders’ crime prevention mechanism will create safer communities. Social crime prevention and environmental design is an instrument for creating safer cities. Originality/value The outcome of this study addresses goal 11 of the SDGs if properly managed.

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“…It has been observed that variations exist in the numbers of reported crimes across different landuse types, housing densities and rural-urban divides (Fajnzylber et al, 2000;Fafchamps and Moser, 2003;Adigun, 2013;Badiora et al, 2016;Andresen et al, 2017;Abbas, 2018). For example, crime has been found to significantly increase with distance from the urban centres and with few exceptions decrease with population density while isolated rural settlements experience high crime rate compared to non-isolated urban settlements (Fafchamps and Moser, 2003;Adigun, 2013).…”

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Patterns, Trends and Correlates of Ten Major Reported Crimes in Ondo State, Nigeria

Taiwo

Olumoyegun

Omotosho

2020

IJSS

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We analysed the trend, patterns, and correlates of ten major crimes among Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ondo State. The number of reported crimes from 2007 to 2016 were used to assess the trend in crimes, while the reported number of crimes in 2007 and 2010 from the 18 LGAs were used for the analysis of the spatiotemporal distribution and pattern of crimes. The reported number of murders, rape and indecent assault, assault, pretense/cheating, breach of the public peace, kidnapping and forgery increased while burglary and armed robbery declined. Akure South, Ondo West, Akure North, and Ilaje LGAs had the highest reported crimes. Nearly all the crimes exhibited a random distributional pattern in 2007 and 2010 except assault and kidnapping. There was a significant difference between the number of reported crimes in urban and rural LGAs (F(1,358)=4.148) while the number of hotels and population density was highly correlated with some crimes. The availability of relatively long-time data provides the opportunity to understand the spatiotemporal trend, pattern and correlates of major crimes in Ondo State, Nigeria.

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Crime statistics in a Nigerian Traditional City: A Geographic Analysis

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Spatial Analysis of Residents’ Response to Fear of Crime in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Spatial Analysis of Residents’ Response to Fear of Crime in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

Residents perception of crime characteristic and its causation across residential densities in Mushin, Lagos Nigeria

Patterns, Trends and Correlates of Ten Major Reported Crimes in Ondo State, Nigeria

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