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The Socio-economic Correlation Of Female Criminality In Nigeria
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1.2 GROWTH OF FEMALE CRIMINALITY
According to Hauwau E. Yusuf,
(2002) The general socio-economic condition that nurtured the increase
in crime rates generally in the post independence era equally have the
necessary impetus for the growth of female criminality in the country.
Prior to that and amongst other factors, the difficulty in securing
farmland in the rural areas brought about the migration of women to the
urban centers. However, with the oil boom; this took a new dimension. It
could be recalled that this phenomenon induced the expansion of the
urban wage sector. The doubling of urban areas in the space of few years
seemed to offer women more opportunities and hope for a better future.
In addition to this, increased money in circulation in the urban areas
have woman with no formal education the opportunity to take out a living
form trading. What is more, expansion of infrastructure and the need
for more manpower in the oil dominated economy resulted in women, who
had formal education finding some employment in both the public and
private sectors as clerical workers, secretaries, nurses and teachers.
They even found their way into jobs which were exclusively male
preserved such as lawyers, journalists, administrators, university
teachers etc. (Oloruntimein, 1982). These increased opportunities,
though still low when compared with those of men, contributed to the
growth of female criminality. Inspite of this, it must be stressed that
women formed a large chunk of temporary workers and are the first to be
laid off in times of economic crisis and refreshment. Majority of them
are employed in the service sector (both public and private), with only a
minority employed in the manufacturing industry like pharmaceutical,
cosmetic, and food processing companies. They equally man the pumps at
petrol stations, sorting of mails in post offices, cooking and serving
the food at restaurants. (Hauwau E. Yusuf, 2002)
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The
general objective of the study was to describe the extend and type of
female involvement in crime and analyse the types of crime in which
women have been most visible. Specifically the study tried to:-
i. Determine the socio-economic attributes of women in crime.
ii. Identify factor predisposing women to criminality
iii. access if there is discernible pattern in the type of crime committed by women.
iv. Make recommendation on the reduction or elimination of female criminality.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The
importance of the study is to redirect the line of explanation of
female criminality. One does not need to be a feminist to assert that we
live in a male dominated world. This is even more so far African were
the image of the male still loom large in perception of issues, action
and even the nature and type of research to be conducted. There is no
saying that apart from most researches being male influenced, they are
equally male dominated, with issue relating to women relegated to the
background or taking a second place after those of the men.
However,
even in the advance and industrialization nation of the world most
especially in America, until recently, very little had been written
about female offenders. What is more, fewer degree of advancement in
education and intellectual development such nations are just focusing
their search lit on involvement of female in crime, then for
underdeveloped (developing countries like Nigeria, one would expect
that such effort is also in its formative stage. Therefore, a research
of nature is justified in other to fill the obvious gap in the attention
paid to female criminality particularly in relation to the available
current literature and how the prevailing condition in the society could
lead to female criminality.(Hauwau E.Yusuf,2002).
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