Policing Criminality and Insurgency in Africa: Perspectives on the Changing Wave of Law Enforcement

by Usman A. Tar (Editor), Dawud Muhammad Dawud (Editor), Dauda Abubakar (Contribution by), Sunday Adejoh (Contribution by), Etannibi E.O. Alemika (Contribution by)

Overview

Policing Criminality and Insurgency in Africa: Perspectives on the Changing Wave of Law Enforcement provides critical insights into the trends and patterns of crime and insurgency in contemporary African society. In Africa criminals and insurgents are becoming more resourceful, smart, and connected, as criminal syndicates are increasingly deploying modern technologies to commit crimes in ways and manners that are profoundly daring, and on a transnational and global scale. Meanwhile, the capacity of local, state, and security forces to stem the tide of crimes and insurgencies is decimated by dwindling resources on the part of the state due to official corruption, down-sizing of public institutions and a fierce competition for resources between security and other developmental agencies. In this volume, the contributors, who are expert academics in policing and security in Africa as well as security practitioners, provide detailed explanations of the new wave of crime, characterized by cyber insecurity, terror financing, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, and transnational networking among criminal syndicates. The volume forensically explores how these complex waves and emerging trends of criminality and insurgency impact on the socio-economic and political development of Africa. Editors, Usman A. Tar and Dawud Muhammad Dawud highlight how these factors affect and shape policing and law enforcement in an era of “smart crimes” and insurgency within the continent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781793653819
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	11/14/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	494
File size:	743 KB

About the Author

Usman A. Tar is endowed professor of defense and security studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Dawud Muhammad Dawud is a police officer and a PhD researcher of defense and strategic studies in the Department of Political Science and Defence Studies at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgement

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Policing Crime and Insurgency in Africa

Usman A. Tar and Dawud M. Dawud

Chapter 2: Theories of Policing and their Relevance in Controlling Crime and Insurgency in

Contemporary Africa

Aliyu Yero

Chapter 3:Historical Development of Police and Policing in Africa

Hussaini Jibrin and Umar A. Yandaki

Chapter 4:Emerging Crimes and Challenges of Policing in Africa

Chris M.A. Kwaja

Chapter 5: Police Reforms, Crime Prevention and Counter-Terrorism in Africa: The Kenyan Experience

Sunday Adejoh and Muhammad S. Lawal

Chapter 6: Policing and Popular Discontent: Perspectives on End SARS Movement in Nigeria and its Implication on Policing in Africa

Dawud M. Dawud

Chapter 7:The Dynamics of Radicalization and Insurgency in Africa

Dauda Abubakar

Chapter 8:Pattern of Fear and Incidence of Crimes and Insecurity in Africa

Etannibi Alemika

Chapter 9:Trans-National Human Trafficking and Policing in Africa

Aliyu M. Katsina

Chapter 10: Arms Trafficking, Conflicts and Policing Illicit Arms in Africa

Chukwuzitara J. Uchegbu and Jonathan S. Maiangwa

Chapter 11:Gender-based Violence and Policing the Vulnerable in Africa

Nachanaa A. David and Maryam Hamza

Chapter 12:Technology, Financial Crimes and Policing in Africa

Babagana Bashir and Babakura Bashir

Chapter 13:Policing Borderlands in Africa

Anthony Israel Rufus

Chapter 14:Policing Oil Theft in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region

Freedom Onuoha, Ezinne Iroezumuo, and Amarachi R. Onuoha

Chapter 15:Illegal Mining, Conflicts and Policing in Africa

Aisha A. Kana and Nathaniel. G. Goki

Chapter 16:Maritime Policing and Illegal Fishing in West Africa: Implications for

Environmental and Human Security

Jude Cocodia

Chapter 17:Policing Contraband and Drugs Trafficking in African Borders and Ports

Mubarak A. Mashi and Bashir Bala

Chapter 18:Intelligence-Led Policing, Criminality and Counterinsurgency

Abraham N. Thomas

Chapter 19:Chasing the Bad Guys: Policing Terrorism and Insurgency in Nigeria

Dawud M. Dawud and Usman A. Tar

Chapter 20:Agrarian Question, Resource Conflict and Communal Policing in Africa

Chinasa A. Ugwuanyi and Olayinka Kazeem

Chapter 21:Community Policing and Community Based Security Regime in Africa

Dorcas O. Ettang and Gbadeyan James

Chapter 22:The Future Trajectories of Policing in Africa

Dawud M. Dawud and Usman A. Tar

Index

About the Contributors

Editorial Reviews

"This edited book offers fresh and authoritative insights into the criminality–insurgency nexus, the changing patterns of crime, as well as the imperatives of policing crime in all its contemporary ramifications in Africa. A must read for all African security sector specialists and practitioners!"

Kenneth Omeje