Crime in Nigeria: An Exploratory Analysis

Abstract

Crime in Nigeria threatens to destabilize the most populous and strategically important country in Africa. Using theories of crime and exploratory factor analysis (a statistical technique for data reduction), this paper develops models of crimes against persons and property in Nigeria to investigate the social, economic, cultural, environmental, security, and demographic factors correlated with disorder. Further critique of the government's response suggests better methods to isolate criminals and increase popular support for public safety and the Nigerian police while denying extremists the chance to offer an alternative form of internal security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 02, 2012
Accession Number
ADA570329

Entities

People

  • Eugenia K. Guilmartin

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Department Of State
  • Factor Analysis
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Governments
  • Police
  • Public Health
  • Public Safety
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • Societies
  • Statistics
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

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  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.