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Created: April 17, 2002
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The Criminal Justice System

Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individaul Authors, April 2002.
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This essay is based on the study of restorative justice projects currently implemented in Nigeria.

World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems: Nigeria By Obi N.I. Ebbe. Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Brockport. Link added April 17, 2002. The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems gives basic information that will allow you to situate the particular system in relation to the criminal justice systems of other countries. Although considerably more research would be required to "know" the criminal justice system in any depth, there are interesting tidbits of information that can serve to orient you, or suggest fruitful topics. For example, about two and a half inches down the file on Nigeria you will find:

"The use of mob justice, which involves the victim and other citizens catching the offender, may fall under the self-defense statute. In rural areas, shaming the offender is a common method for dealing with offenders."

Shaming is a restorative justice technique.

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