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Analysis Of Reported Cases Of Crime (1996 To 2003)
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SIMPLE OFFENCE(FELONY NOR MISDEAMOUR)
FELONY- can be defined as a serious breaking of law, which may be sentence that lead to death. Example murder.
MISDEAMOUR
– can be defined as an unlawful act, which is not serious in nature it
is punishable for more than six months (that’s penalty for a committee).
Example Arson.
SIMPLE OFFENCE – This neither felony nor misdeamour,
it is punishable by imprisonment for less than six months, examples:
forgery and unlawful possession.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study would be great vital to the general public, the government, the Nigeria police and other agencies of crime concerned.
THE SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF THE STUDY
Aim
of this study and basis of the availability of data, where attention is
given to the Enugu state central police station as a unit study. It is
choosing as consequent of my interest in the study of crime in Enugu
urban areas. The research work covers the analysis of cases of reported
crime for period of eight year from January 1996 to December 2003.
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The study was designed formally to cover more year is restricted to 8 years due to financial and constraints of time.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
CASE – is a set of events, which demand action.
OFFENCE – is any unlawful act.
IMPRISONMENT – This is the act of putting some one into prison for a period of time.
PRISON is building that made for lawbreakers.
CONSTITUTIONS are laws upon which government of a state or country is build up law are rules made by government of a nation.
BRIBE – this is a process by which thing offered to influence a person to act in the favour of the giver.
ARSON – It is unlawful setting up against one’s properties eg setting on fire of some one’s building or car.
MURDER – It is the illegal deliberated of killing human beings. It is seriously law breaking which is under felony.
KIDNAPPING
– this occur when there is problem between two parties and one of them
decied to target where the other party is and take the party away for
Assign, so that he/she can step down for him.
Forgery is a crime that
can emphasis where by a person is claiming what is not his belong by
force. Instance, you can see where people of Ngwo is claiming a land
from Nike people.
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