Security and Crime Prevention in Under-Policed Societies: The Experiment of Community Vigilantism in Anambra State of Nigeria, West Africa
Journal: Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform)
Year: 2017

This study examines the solo experiment of individual communities in Anambra State of Nigeria in West Africa in their efforts to provide much desired security and order.These efforts are to be implemented through the communities own version of vigilantism due to either the lack of or non-existent organized police services.As part of the sampling, the author distributed a questionnaire to over 500 respondents and, in the end, analyzed 500 responses to attitudinal and demographic questions with th