Public Disenchantment with Centralized Police System and the Clamor for Decentralized Police Force in Nigeria: Consequences and Implications for Cordial Police Citizen Relations*

• In Event: Policing in Africa

Brief Overview

The dialogue over criminal activities across Nigeria and the ineptitude of the police system to forestall the ravaging criminality have generated intense scholarly discourse in recent decades.The study concludes with suggestions on the way forward.

Authors

• Andre Hines, Jackson State University

• Bennett A. Odunsi, Jackson State University