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Understanding the informal security sector in Nigeria / Ernest Ogbozor.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Ogbozor, Ernest, author.
- Series:
- Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 391.
- Special report ; 391
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vigilance committees--Nigeria.
- Vigilance committees.
- Security sector--Nigeria.
- Security sector.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Nigeria.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Nigeria.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 pages) : one illustration.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- "Informal security actors such as vigilantes play a variety of roles in African communities. Research has tended to focus on the negative impact of informal security providers, but these groups have an essential role in a community's safety and security. This report provides an analysis of the informal security actors in the Nigerian states of Plateau, Kaduna, and Kano and in the capital city of Abuja"--Publisher's web site.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Background on the informal security sector in Nigeria
- Informal security actors in Plateau, Kaduna, and Kano
- Operational structures
- Recruitment and training
- Accountability mechanisms
- Relationships with formal security actors
- Perceptions of the informal security sector
- Conclusions and recommendations.
- Notes:
- "September 2016."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (USIP, viewed December 3, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 958964780
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