Policing Criminality and Insurgency in Africa

Usman A. Tar; Dawud Muhammad Dawud

doi:10.5771/9781793653819

Summary

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.

Keywords

Search publication

Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-5380-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-5381-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 456
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. List of Tables No access
4. Foreword No access
5. Preface No access
6. Acknowledgments No access
7. List of Abbreviations No access
1. 1. Organized Crimes No access
  2. Rural Crimes No access
  3. Violent Crimes No access
  4. Maritime Crime No access
  5. Terrorism and Insurgency No access
  6. Cybercrimes No access
2. Crime, Insurgency, and Context of Policing in Africa No access
3. Changing Approach of Policing and Law Enforcement in Africa No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Institutional Theory of Policing No access
2. Resource Dependency Theory No access
3. Contingency Theory of Policing No access
4. The Military-Bureaucratic Model No access
5. The Model of Lawful Policing No access
6. Broad Scope Policing Model No access
7. Community (Oriented) Policing No access
8. Problem-Solving/Oriented Policing No access
9. Broken Window Policing No access
10. Neo-Intensive Policing (Zero Tolerance) No access
11. Technology Led Policing (Computer-Assisted Policing) No access
12. Public-Private Divide Policing No access
13. Reactive (Traditional) Policing No access
14. Understanding Models of Policing No access
15. African Perspectives to Policing No access
16. Conclusion No access
17. References No access
1. On the Concepts of Police and Policing No access
2. 1. Police in Precolonial Africa No access
  2. Police in the Colonial Africa No access
  3. Police in the Postcolonial Africa No access
3. Non-state-Actor Police in Contemporary Africa No access
4. Evolution, Continuity, and Changes in Policing Africa No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Bibliography No access
1. Selected Case Studies on Policing and Insecurities in Africa No access
2. Insecurity, Policing, and Police Problematique in Africa No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. References No access
1. The Kenyan Experience No access
2. 1. Police and Policing No access
  2. Crime No access
  3. Police Reform No access
3. Challenges of Policing in Africa No access
4. Police Reforms in Africa: The Kenyan Experience No access
5. Nexus between Police Reforms, Crime Prevention, and Counter-Terrorism in Kenya No access
6. Conclusion and Recommendations No access
7. References No access
1. History of Police and Policing in Nigeria No access
2. Police Reform in Nigeria No access
3. SARS: Operations and Legacies No access
4. The End SARS Movement: Between Police Brutality and Bad Governance No access
5. EndSARS, Police Reform, and Future of Policing in Africa No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. References No access
1. Toward a Conceptual Framework: Heterarchy, Networks, and Economies of Conflict in Areas of Limited Statehood No access
2. The Radicalization of Islamist Groups in the Sahel-Sahara and Its Implications No access
3. Insurgency and Rebel Networks in Eastern DR-Congo No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Crime as a Constructed and Contested Concept No access
3. Theoretical Perspectives on Causes of Crime No access
4. Measurement and Types of Crime No access
5. Sources of Data No access
6. Fear of Crime in Homes and Residential Neighborhoods in Africa No access
7. Criminal Victimization in African Countries No access
8. 1. Federal Republic of Nigeria No access
  2. Republic of Ghana No access
  3. Republic of Tanzania No access
  4. Republic of Kenya No access
  5. Republic of South Africa No access
9. Insurgency, Terrorism, and Armed Separatist Movements No access
10. Conclusion No access
11. References No access
1. Human Trafficking as a Modern-Day Slavery: Defining Its Nature, Determining Its Context, and Designing a Framework for Analysis No access
2. Transnational Trafficking and Policing in Africa: Issues and Challenges No access
3. 1. Expanding Demand and an Insatiable Market No access
  2. Weak Policing Structure and Institutions No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Conceptualization No access
2. Conflicts and the Prevalence of Illicit Small Arms in Africa No access
3. Trends and Patterns of Arms Trafficking in Africa No access
4. Policing and Countering Illicit Small Arms in Africa No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
1. 1. Gender No access
  2. Gender-Based Violence No access
  3. Vulnerable No access
  4. Policing the Vulnerable No access
2. Overview of Gender-Based Violence in Africa No access
3. 1. International Instruments Relevant to Advancing Gender Equality in Policing No access
4. Challenges of Policing the Vulnerable of Gender-Based Violence in Africa No access
5. Way Forward/Recommendations No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. References No access
1. Understanding Financial Crimes No access
2. Africa’s Financial Crime Landscape No access
3. Scope of Financial Crimes in Africa No access
4. 1. Money Laundering: The Current Trends No access
5. Types of Financial Crime No access
6. Typology of Financial Crimes No access
7. Financial Crime in the Age of Digital Technology No access
8. Impact of Financial Crimes on Africa No access
9. Technology-Assisted Policing of Financial Crime in Africa No access
10. Cost of Cybercrime on African Nations No access
11. Nature of Cybercrimes in Africa No access
12. Policing Africa’s Cyber-Related Financial Crime No access
13. Global Framework on Combating Financial Crimes (AML/CFT) No access
14. Continental Efforts at Fighting Financial Crimes in Africa No access
15. Conclusion No access
16. References No access
1. Conceptualizing Borderlands No access
2. Borderlands, Crimes, and Criminality in Africa No access
3. Policing Borderlands in Africa: Challenges and Solutions No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. 1. Policing No access
  2. Oil Theft No access
2. Geo-Strategic Context of Oil in Nigeria’s Political Economy No access
3. 1. Military Campaign No access
  2. Statutory Law enforcement No access
  3. Corporate Surveillance No access
  4. Private Security Contracting No access
4. Concluding Remarks No access
5. References No access
1. 1. Case One: Nigeria No access
  2. Case Two: Democratic Republic of Congo No access
  3. Case Three: Central African Republic No access
  4. Case Four: South Africa No access
  5. Case Five: Ghana No access
  6. Organized Illegal Syndicates No access
2. Policing Illegal Mining Conflicts No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. References No access
1. The Problem of Illegal Fishing No access
2. The Problem of Illegal Fishing, the Need for Maritime Policing, and the Necessity of International Collaboration No access
3. 1. Nigeria No access
  2. Sierra Leone No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Background Trends on Contraband and Drug Trafficking in Africa No access
2. Existing Frameworks for Policing Contraband and Drug Trafficking in African Borders and Ports No access
3. Challenges of Policing Contraband and Drug Trafficking in African Borders and Ports No access
4. Conclusion and Way Forward No access
5. References No access
1. Conceptual Clarification No access
2. Theoretical and Operational Nexus of Criminality and Insurgency No access
3. Policing and National Security Governance Linkage No access
4. Intelligence-Led Policing of Criminality and Insurgency No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
1. 1. Insurgency No access
  2. Terrorism No access
  3. Policing No access
2. Terrorism, Insurgency, and Political Violence in Nigeria: A Historical Trajectory No access
3. 1. Porosity of Borders No access
  2. Availability and Accessibility of Small Arms No access
  3. Inequality and Social Injustice No access
4. Guiding Principle for Nigeria’s Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency No access
5. Nigeria Police’s Response to the Wave of Terrorism and Insurgency No access
6. 1. Establishment of the Nigeria Police Counterterrorism Unit (CTU) and Special Forces (SF) Unit No access
7. 1. Combating Terrorism and Insurgency through WAPCCO Cooperation No access
  2. Cooperation with Interpol in Combating Terrorism and Insurgency No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Recommendations No access
10. References No access
1. The Agrarian Question, Access to Land, and Peasant Responses in Sub-Saharan Africa No access
2. Resource Conflicts in Africa No access
3. Policing in the African Society No access
4. Challenges Facing Policing in Africa and the Future of Policing African States No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
1. Community Insecurity in Africa No access
2. Community Policing and Community Policing Forums No access
3. 1. Community Policing Model—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil No access
  2. Community Policing Model—New South Wales, Australia No access
  3. Community Policing Model—Uganda No access
4. The Argument for Community-“Centered” Policing No access
5. 1. Inclusive and Broad-Based Partnerships No access
  2. Use of Social Media No access
  3. Realigning Responsibilities No access
  4. Formalizing Community Involvement in Policing No access
  5. Improving Relations between Police and the Community No access
  6. Support from Police Leadership and Management No access
  7. Increased Resources for Community Policing No access
  8. Ensuring Regular Citizen Consultations No access
  9. Training for Police and Community Members Engaged in Security No access
  10. Institute Mechanisms for Accountability and Transparency No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
8. References No access
1. Actors and Factors That Shape Policing and Law Enforcement in Africa No access
2. 1. Opening Up of Policing Space No access
  2. Use of Science and Technology and Virtual Policing No access
  3. Knowledge and Research No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. References No access
Index No access Pages 435 - 444
1. About the Editors No access
2. About the Contributors No access