Colonial Systems of Control Criminal Justice in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Saleh-Hanna, Viviane, Affor, Chris, Agomoh, Uju, Agozino, Biko, Akporherhe, Clever, Anagaba, Sylvester Monday, Elechi, O. Oko, Eribo, Osa, Nagel, Mechthild, Odibo, Igho
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa University of Ottawa Press 2008; University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa; University of Ottawa Press/Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa; University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa
• Edition: 1
• Series: Alternative Perspectives in Criminology
• Subjects: Africa; Alternatives to imprisonment; Biography; Civil rights; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminology; HISTORY; Imperialism; Imprisonment; Legal status, laws, etc; Nigeria; Prisoners; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Sociology; West; Women prisoners

A pioneering book on prisons in West Africa,Colonial Systems of Control:CriminalJustice in Nigeriais the first comprehensive presentation of life inside a West African prison. Chapters by prisoners inside Kirikiri maximum security prison in Lagos, Nigeria are published alongside chapters by scholars...