Abstract
The study examined the perceived incidence, causes and effects of crime within and around two selected indigenous markets in Ibadan. The primary data used in the study were sourced from traders, buyers and neighbouring residents through the use of questionnaire survey. Systematic and accidental samplings were used to select a total of 224 respondents. Four indices were developed: ‘Incidence of Crime Index’ (ICI), ‘Causes of Crime Index’ (CCI), ‘Effects of Crime Index’ (ECI) and ‘Security Measures Index’ (SMI). ICI, CCI, ECI and SMI were used to measure the incidence, causes and effects of crime as well as the security measures employed against crime in the selected markets and their neighbourhoods. The study observed that theft/ pick pocketing (4.54) and receiving stolen goods (4.47) were among the most prominent crime incidences. Poverty (CCI= 4.34) and lack of education (CCI= 4.34) are the highly perceived causes of crime in the study area. Loss of properties (ECI= 4.55) ranked highest in the respondents’ perceived effect(s) of crime in the study area while loss of lives, fear of being the next victim and mental disorder also ranked high with ECI values = 4.13, 4.12 and 4.01 respectively. Special windows and doors lock had the highest usage index (SMI= 3.91) while burglary proofing materials, security guards, vigilante, police, access road/ transport means and traditional means i.e. juju were similarly rated high with SMI values of 3.86, 3.85, 3.73, 3.51, 3.07 and 3.03 respectively. The study concluded that crime incidence in the area was serious and the residents were skeptical about police protection. However, it is suggested that relevant security agencies in the areas should adopt a proactive approach to crime prevention. This is premised on the fact that necessary and effective mechanisms for crime prevention are means of issuing strong deterrent signals to crime perpetrators and gives safety assurance to members of the society. Keywords : Crime, Indigenous market, Mitigation, Strategies DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/89-19 Publication date :September 30 th 2019
Highlights
In many urban centers of Nigeria, criminal activities and violence are assuming dangerous tendencies
Policy Oriented Remarks and Conclusion From the previous findings and discussions, in order to permanently circumvent the incidence of crime or at least reduce it in the study area having identified factors which causes crime in the study area, the following suggestions are put forward
The study revealed that just 27.7% of the respondents believed that police were ineffective and there was still the need for the relevant security agencies in the areas to adopt a proactive approach to crime prevention
Summary
In many urban centers of Nigeria, criminal activities and violence are assuming dangerous tendencies. The habit of studying crime mostly in major urban centres, towns and urban local government areas dominate the limited crime research efforts come across in Nigeria (Ige, 2015). These studies include the ones reviewed in this work and others such as (Adelakun, 1990; Egwu, 1990; Odekunle, 2005; Akinrinde, 2007; Arinze, 2010; Ajibade, Olopade and Erinosho, 2011) to identify the factors responsible for the rising crime incidence in Nigeria in general and Ibadan in particular. North East was selected, while Oja’ba was selected from Ibadan South East. (Table 1)
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