Female Offenders as Victims of Gendered Violence by Officers of the Nigeria Police

Aborisade, Richard A.; Oni, Similade Fortune

doi:10.1080/15564886.2021.1871991

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“…Our present study highlights an important finding: in extreme cases, resorting to 'God' was considered one of the main ways of alleviating their lack of confidence by referring to 'trust in God' to help with the situation. This finding is significant in that it deviates from previous studies, which often emphasise issues of torture and corruption as some of the main factors limiting confidence in the police (Aborisade & Oni, 2021;Amnesty International, 2014;Khan, Ahmed, & Ahmed, 2021).…”

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Victims’ experiences of crime, police behaviour and complaint avenues for reporting police misconduct in Nigeria: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Ike

Jidong

2022

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

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Police-public relations and accountability are issues of global concern. This study makes an original and significant contribution to police policy, practice and programs designed to encourage confidence in the police by exploring victims' experiences of crime, police responses and avenues for channelling complaints following police misconduct. An interpretative phenomenological analysis and semi-structured interview were adopted to collate data from 24 male and female participants comprising both victims of crime and non-crime but with direct experiences of perceived police misconduct from Delta state, Nigeria. The analysis finds perceived fear, lack of trust and limited awareness of redress avenues following police misconduct. The study recommends a legal educationinformed cognitive behavioural therapy on the available complaints channel to improve public confidence in the Nigerian police.

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“…Even in recent times, studies have consistently highlighted a growing public resentment towards the police, including the former's involvement in physical violence (Aborisade & Oni, 2021), torture, bribe (Nwandozie, 2021) and corruption (Khan, Ahmed & Ahmed, 2021).…”

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Victims’ experiences of crime, police behaviour and complaint avenues for reporting police misconduct in Nigeria: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Ike

Jidong

2022

Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism

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“…Others include resorting to torture during investigations ( Aborisade & Obileye, 2017 ), and committing extrajudicial killings ( Amnesty International, 2020b ; Babatunde, 2017 ). There have also been reports of officers engaging in gender-based violence against women in custody ( Aborisade & Oni, 2021 ; Salihu & Fawole, 2021 ), and engaging in sundry corrupt practices ( Aborisade & Fayemi, 2015b ; Agbiboa, 2015 ).…”

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Pandemic Policing and Community Engagement: Preparedness, Legitimacy and Public Support During the COVID-19 Crisis in Nigeria

Aborisade

Adeleke

2022

Criminal Justice Review

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This study brings to the fore, insights into three key factors that had been widely noted to play significant roles in driving effective pandemic policing. These are the preparedness of the police as first responders to a public health crisis, the level of public trust in the police as a legitimate power holder, and community engagement as a tool to drive public support and participation in fighting COVID-19. Using the Nigeria police as a case study, with the damning reports of abuse of power and other misconduct, this study examined how the police responded to COVID-19 mandates and community participation. Interviews with 40 police officers who enforced the COVID-19 lockdown, 16 senior police officers, and 18 community leaders within Lagos and Ogun states were conducted, and a thematic analysis of the narratives was carried out. Findings indicated that community engagement was not effectively deployed by the Nigerian police in the course of pandemic policing. This was due to a lack of police preparedness, over-reliance on the use of force for public control, public distrust in the police, and a lack of prior practice of community engagement by the police. Public distrust in the police was found to be central to peoples’ disobedience to COVID-19 rules which worsened police-community relations, culminating in protests against the police and its formations. These findings have important policy and practical implications if police legitimacy and post-COVID police-community relations are to improve.

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“…The pessimism was premised on their assessment of police interaction with the public, police's lack of training and education on the pandemic and preparedness efforts, the forceful and abusive approach usually deployed by the police, negative public perception of the police, over-policing of low-income communities, and reoccurring police corruption. The perceptions of the participants about the legitimacy of the Nigerian police's involvement in public health intervention are supported by earlier studies that largely reported problematic police-public interactions Aborisade and Oni 2021;Akinlabi 2020;Famosaya 2021).…”

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Policing the COVID-19 Outbreak, Accounts of Misconduct, and the Imperatives of Procedural Justice Training for Nigerian Police Officers

Aborisade

2023

Int. ann. criminol.

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Globally, questions have been asked on how police utilized additional powers created to manage the spread of the COVID-19 virus without negatively impacting police legitimacy. This was particularly a concern in countries that had hitherto recorded high incidents of police misconduct prior to the emergence of the pandemic. Using a victim-centered approach, a qualitative study was conducted to examine the dimensions of unlawful use of force, human rights violations, and other police misconduct which prevailed during the enforcement of the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria. In all, 82 interviews with victims of police violence were conducted, and a thematic analysis of the narratives was carried out. Findings indicate negative perceptions of police legitimacy to intervene in public health crises. In building better community relations that will engender public compliance with police directives, the police authority is advised to purge itself of its militarized system, with officers undergoing procedural justice training and imbibing its principles.

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Female Offenders as Victims of Gendered Violence by Officers of the Nigeria Police

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Victims’ experiences of crime, police behaviour and complaint avenues for reporting police misconduct in Nigeria: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Victims’ experiences of crime, police behaviour and complaint avenues for reporting police misconduct in Nigeria: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Pandemic Policing and Community Engagement: Preparedness, Legitimacy and Public Support During the COVID-19 Crisis in Nigeria

Policing the COVID-19 Outbreak, Accounts of Misconduct, and the Imperatives of Procedural Justice Training for Nigerian Police Officers

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