Do the police really protect and serve the public? Police deviance and public cynicism towards the law in Nigeria

This study empirically examines the everyday problem of corrupt policing and other related abuses in Nigeria, and how these deviant behaviours engender public cynicism towards the law. In any democratic society, police officers are expected to be accountable for their actions and inactions. But the...

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Autor principal: Akinlabi, Oluwagbenga Michael (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: 2017
En: Criminology & criminal justice
Año: 2017, Volumen: 17, Número: 2, Páginas: 158-174
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