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Kidnapping in the South eastern States of contemporary Nigeria: An empirical investigation into the social and demographic characteristics of offenders

International Journal of Development and Management Review

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Title Kidnapping in the South eastern States of contemporary Nigeria: An empirical investigation into the social and demographic characteristics of offenders
 
Creator Nnam, MU
 
Subject Empirical Investigation, Kidnapping, Social and Demographic Characteristics, Contemporary Nigeria, Offenders.
 
Description The study empirically investigate salient social and demographic  characteristics as determinants of kidnapping in the South-eastern States of contemporary Nigeria using inmates detained on the grounds of  kidnapping in Abakaliki and Umuahia Prisons as a unit of analysis. The  study adopted a cross-sectional research design. A specific non-probability sampling technique known as the „respondent-driven-sampling. was used in selecting a sample of 86 from a total population of 123 inmates in the two prisons. Data collected from in-depth oral interview were analyzed using thematic analysis. The study revealed that certain social and demographic characteristics such as age, occupation, gender, social backgrounds, marital status, and the like are responsible for kidnapping in Nigeria; kidnapping  enterprise is dominated by men in their youthful age; and weak/lack of  strong religious attachment exerts undue pressure on some people,  thereby luring them into kidnapping. The study recommends that youth  empowerment should be vigorously pursued and earnestly considered in  the national development plans; conscientious efforts should be made by all levels of Government in Nigeria to combat social inequality and  exclusion; and provision of social security for the teeming unemployed  youths and the disadvantaged in the country pending when they will be  gainfully employed. Keywords: Empirical Investigation, Kidnapping, Social and Demographic Characteristics, Contemporary Nigeria, Offenders.
 
Publisher Directorate of General Studies, FUT, Owerri
 
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Date 2014-06-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijdmr/article/view/104386
10.4314/ijdmr.v9i1.
 
Source International Journal of Development and Management Review; Vol 9, No 1 (2014); 62-75
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijdmr/article/view/104386/94467
 
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