Colonial systems of control criminal justice in Nigeria
A pioneering book on prisons in West Africa, Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria is 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 scho...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ottawa :
University of Ottawa Press
c2008.
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Alternative Perspectives in Criminology
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427823206719 |
| Summary: | A pioneering book on prisons in West Africa, Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria is 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 and activists. While prisoners document the daily realities and struggles of life inside a Nigerian prison, scholar and human rights activist Viviane Saleh-Hanna provides historical, political, and academic contexts and analyses of the penal system in Nigeria. The Euro |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (535 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780776617497 |
