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Police-Citizen Relations in Nigeria: Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Law-Abiding Behaviour

By (author) Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi

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This bookÂ offers an historical and contemporary analysis of policing and police-citizen relations in Nigeria, toÂ understandÂ why people co-operate (or donâ€™t) with the police. ItÂ examinesÂ police legitimacy and the validity of procedural justice theoryÂ in a post-colonial African context whereÂ corruption, brutality and lack of accountability are not uncommon,Â to find more refined and alternative answers to the question of why people co-operate (or donâ€™t) with the police. The history of policing in Nigeria is explored first and thenÂ procedural justice theoryÂ is tested through an extensive,Â cross-sectional survey of the public. One of the coreÂ findings is that citizensâ€™ co-operation with the police is driven less by legitimacy but more by effectiveness considerations and â€œdull compulsionâ€, a concept akin to legal cynicism. This study represents one of the first attempts toÂ test and understandÂ â€œdull compulsionâ€ andÂ its relevance in this context. Overall,Â it develops the field by illustrating thatÂ that there are significant variations between contexts when addressing the influence of perceived procedural justice policing on perceptions of police legitimacy, and it explains the implicationsÂ forÂ policy makers.