Abstract

Kidnapping activities has become the most recurring organized crime in strategic cities, villages and communities in southeast and south-south Nigeria. It has generated a frenzy-like situation among members of the public. It needs to be known why civil police with its dexterity for conventional mechanisms in crime prevention and control are incapacitated to combat recent spate of kidnapping activities in Nigeria. Some pertinent questions about menace of kidnapping in Nigeria are: Why did conventional approach fail to control kidnapping activities in Nigeria? What control strategies were put in place by the respective state governments in southern states? What is the philosophy behind the adoption of unconventional means? What are the instances of its effectiveness? Is there any backlash with this strategy? With fieldworks in two purposively selected states in the southern regions of Nigeria, the study recommends among others, the creation of a specialized court with the mandate to convict suspects/sponsors of kidnapping business if found guilty within a stipulated timeframe.

摘要

在尼日利亚东南部和南南部的战略城市、村庄和社区，绑架活动已成为最经常发生的有组织犯罪。它在公众中引起了类似狂热的局面。需要知道为什么民警凭借其在犯罪预防和控制方面的传统机制的灵巧性，无法应对尼日利亚最近发生的一系列绑架活动。关于尼日利亚绑架威胁的一些相关问题是：为什么传统方法无法控制尼日利亚的绑架活动？南部各州的各州政府制定了哪些控制策略？采用非常规手段背后的哲学是什么？它的有效性有哪些实例？这种策略有什么反弹吗？通过在尼日利亚南部地区两个有目的地选择的州进行实地调查，该研究建议建立一个专门法庭，如果在规定的时间范围内被判有罪，则该法庭的任务是对绑架业务的嫌疑人/赞助人进行定罪。