hat women should only be considered as child-bearers and housewives and as a result they are discriminated against by parents, husbands and sons throughout their lives. The little attention that was given to female offenders usually was limited to three contexts: (i). comparison that understood women’s lack of involvement in crime related to men; (ii). studies of prostitution; and (iii) analyses of the depravity of violent women, the rational being that since normal women are passive, the few ... read more

. Can the general theory of crime explain the patterns of crime observed in Nigeria? 2. What can it explain and where does it fail? 3. Which of its claims are more universalistic and which reflect the contexts from which it was developed — observations of American crime and delinquency? 4 In short, do the assumptions and logic of the general theory, when examined in the con¬text of a developing country (Nigeria in this case), support a claim to universality?

es Imo state as a developing state need education that is more practically oriented in order to develop its economy? Does Vocational Education put into consideration individuals aptitude, interest, ambition and available resources and therefore should be encouraged.? Is Vocational Education the base of the technological take off of this state? Are there problems facing Vocational Education developing in Imo State? Are they encouraged?

. The findings in this study shall be of immense help to administrators and managers in correcting animates coherent in a bureaucracy set up. 2. It will aid the government and television authority to avoid bureaucracy bottle neck, red tapism and i do not care attitude portrayed by workers. 3. It will help the police force also in boasting productivity. 4. Corporate bodies and entrepreneurs that wish to share their own business police force would find this study invaluable in... read more

The institution has specified the time for the conduct of the research work, this specified period of time may not be enough for the conduct of the research work and this may limit the scope of the research work. Problem of Data Collection This may also pose threat to the research work because most people always feel reluctant to give out required information due to ethics of secrecy in public organization. Public officers are not always willing to give out information based on t... read more

Abraka lies approximately on latitude 050 481 North of the equator and on longitude 06o 061 east of the Greenwich meridian. It is situated at the Eastern Bank of River Ethiope in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State in the Niger Delta zone of Southern Nigeria. It is bounded to the North by Orhionwon Local Government Area of Edo State, and to the East and South by Ukwani Local Government Area and the Ughelli North Local Government Area respectively and lastly, the Ika Local Governmen... read more

his study was carried out investigate information technology and services delivery in Nigeria using tertiary hospitals in River State. To achieve this objective, three research questions and one research hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The data was collected from primary sources. The primary data were collected with the help of a well-structured questionnaire of two sections administered to staff and management of tertiary hospitals in River State. The collected data were analyzed... read more

According to Wright and Wright (1994), the family is the foundation of human society. Children who are rejected by their parents, who grow up in homes with considerable conflict, or who are inadequately supervised are at the greatest risk of becoming delinquent. Immarigeon (1996) says it best when he states that justice can be better served and young people steered on the right path by involving families in juvenile crime cases. If anything would play a large part in delinquency, it would be... read more

Hence, it will serve as a guide for eliciting change in social police and practise, which is a desideration. Hopefully therefore, the various aims of government, general public and the police in particular will find the study useful. Other scholars will equally benefit from the study as it adds to existing literature of knowledge, advance measure in crime control and prevention to the betterment of our society. In Clear terms, It is the objective of the study to examine the following: 1. ... read more

he study will be of significance to the following stakeholder; Police, Law enforcement agencies and the citizens in the community. The police will from the findings of this study, be able to know importance of information and communication technology in the course of their chosen field of engagement. The police will be able to improve on the use of the nearest information and communication gadgets that the society which they reside in, has the capacity to use. The Law enforcement agencies ... read more

The high rate of criminal activities in Imo state is causing the government and inhabitance of the state sleepless night. These crime range from, armed robbery targeted more at financial, institutions, child trafficking, and kidnapping, rigual killings. It is appalling that the group much more involved in heinous crimes comes from the active Labour force of the state, which spells out a bad omen for the state in terms of economic growth and development. This is because indigenous and foreign inv... read more

outhwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria, which have seen reduction in assault-related crimes, assault cases in Lagos state skyrocketed from 27% to 38% in 2012 from 11% in 2011 (Ogundipe, 2013). The increase in crime, judging by available statistics appears to continue every year. Frightening as the data seem, they do not make the nature of the crime that produced them manifest. If 67.0% of Lagos residents have fear of becoming victims of crimes, 23.0% claimed to have experienced crime, the general... read more

Consequently, the region is faced with challenges of security of lives and property and has remained a major issue today. These problems include inter-ethic and inter­religious conflict, insurgency and terrorism such as the Boko-Haram among others. According to Temple, (2013), the indices that measure human development are by far poorer in the 19 northern states of Nigeria compared with the rest of the country ranging from the girl-child education to the Almajiri system, from women empowerment ... read more

Alexander and Klein further noted that in the 17th century, children were stolen from their families and exported to North American colonies as servants and labourers, hence, ‘kid’ meaning ‘child’ and ‘nap’ or ‘nab’ meaning ‘to snatch’. Insecurity and kidnappingwas therefore connected to the staling of children but the word has come to be used interchangeably with both children and adults. Nevertheless, past account of insecurity and kidnappingrevealed that death penalty was ... read more

Since there is endless rise in the rate in the rate of urbanizing areas which would invariably cause a rise in crime. This reseach will give us a better understanding on the intricacies surrounding crime as regards to urban growth. In essence as an area assumes urban status more measure will be put in place to cub the already anticipated increase in crime.It will help to redress the lukewarm nature through which the police reports and flight crime. It proper documentation of crime is more concen... read more

Youth empowerment involve build the capacity of young people and motivating them to take responsibility of their lives .This is done through the process of improving their access to resources that will help in changing their lives ,beliefs, values, and attitudes Youth empowerment is carried out to improve the quality of lives of the youth. Crime defined Crime is any unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority .The act is considered a criminal offence when it is not only harmful ... read more

Explanations for crime have taken various dimensions according to different theorists and scholars. Some blame it on defective family structure or arrested personality adjustment. Others emphasize factors such as inequality, environmental influence, poor socialization process (Henslin,2006). In this regards, criminal acts may be induced by many unforeseen factors and circumstances. Crime, according to Taylor (2006) could be seen as a fault of the social system whose institutions do not work equa... read more