Colonialism and the criminal justice system in Nigeria

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ID6192599
AuthorsNoel Otu (Salem State University, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume23
Issue2
Pages293-306
Publication date1999-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0192-4036 • E-ISSN: 2157-6475
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01924036.1999.9678646
OpenAlexW1966182605
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

This article examines the development and subsequent evolution of Nigeria's criminal justice system. The history of the Criminal justice system in Nigeria dates back to the colonization of the country in the late 1800's by Europeans, who introduced imprisonment based on their own correctional system. Although interpretation of the causes of the development of the Criminal Justice system in Nigeria may differ, there can be no disputing the fact that the system is foreign‐made. Here was an invasion and revolution in social practice. The earlier events that led to the development of Nigeria's criminal justice system include: the British occupation of Nigeria, The Nigeria‐Europe confrontation and the Slave Trade. Although some British participants in the development of criminal justice in Nigeria had humanistic and religious inclinations, the system was formed to protect the Europeans from the natives they were exploiting and oppressing

Colonialism · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Humanism · Imprisonment · Political science · Sociology · Theory of criminal justice · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria

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