Abstract One of the main rationales for the separation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, is the need to protect young people from victimization. It is assumed that, by separating adolescents from adults, the risk of victimization in the former system will be reduced. However, there is still global scarcity of comparative data on the experience of victimization among youth processed through these two justice systems, from which such conclusions can be reached. This study compares self-reported victimization among fifty (50) boys who were processed through the juvenile justice system with an equal number who were processed through the general adult criminal justice system in Lagos (mean age = 16.3 ± 2.0 years). Results showed that the odds of forced confessions (OR = 7.9, CI = 2.7- 37.2 p < 0.001) and torture (OR = 17.0; 4.6 − 63.1) was significantly higher when arrested by the regular police compared with the juvenile police. In the course of detention, however, there was no statistically significant difference in the odds of reporting most other forms of victimization between the two groups. The study concludes that, as far as victimization of young inmates is concerned, boys detained in juvenile institutions did not fare better than those detained in adult prison.

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在尼日利亚拉各斯通过青少年和成人刑事司法系统处理的成年男孩被害的比较风险

摘要区分青少年和成人刑事司法系统的主要理由之一是需要保护年轻人免受伤害。可以认为，通过将青少年与成人分开，可以降低前一系统中受害的风险。但是，关于通过这两种司法系统处理的青年受害经历的比较数据仍然缺乏全球性，因此无法得出这样的结论。这项研究比较了在拉各斯通过少年司法系统处理过的五十（50）名男孩与通过一般成人刑事司法系统处理过的平等数量的男孩中的自我报告的受害情况（平均年龄= 16.3±2.0岁）。结果显示，强迫供认（OR = 7.9，CI = 2.7-37.2 p <0.001）和酷刑（OR = 17.0; 4。6-63.1）在被常规警察逮捕时比在少年警察中明显更高。但是，在拘留过程中，两组之间报告大多数其他形式的受害机会的几率没有统计学上的显着差异。该研究得出的结论是，就年轻囚犯的受害而言，被拘留在少年机构中的男孩的情况并不比被拘留在成人监狱中的男孩好。