Community Vigilantes in Metropolitan Kano 1985-2005

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...

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Main Author: Rasheed Olaniyi (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IFRA-Nigeria 2005
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