Community Vigilantes in Metropolitan Kano 1985-2005

• Main Author: Rasheed Olaniyi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IFRA-Nigeria 2005
• Subjects: police; Kano; délinquance; Nigeria; gated community; violence; criminalité
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Kano is a city where a multi-layered form of community policing was established in the era of the rollback of the state in social provisioning in the midst of ever-increasing armed banditry and crime. Between 1985 and 2005, vigilante groups were established in almost all the neighbourhoods of Kano w...