Police act and police women: is Nigeria police force an agent of protection or violation of human rights?

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Akinbola, B. R.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-08T11:08:24Z	-
dc.date.available	2020-01-08T11:08:24Z	-
dc.date.issued	2017	-
dc.identifier.issn	0189-0255	-
dc.identifier.other	ui_art_akinbola_police_2017	-
dc.identifier.other	The Nigerian Law Journal 20(2), pp. 455-485	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4979	-
dc.description.abstract	The police are the specialist carriers of state power and have enormous powers. The police have the monopoly of legitimate use of force. The primary duties of the Nigeria police include the prevention and detection of crime, apprehension of offenders, preservation of law and order, protection of life and property and enforcement of all law Although police should ordinarily be considered an attractive career, the Nigeria women police face the challenge of inequality with their male counterparts, as a result of some provisions of the Police Act and its regulations, which limit women from the point of eligibility to join the force, right through other privileges of being a police.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	Police act and police women: is Nigeria police force an agent of protection or violation of human rights?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
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