Abstract
With the rapid increase in population at both rural and urban areas and the increasing rate of unemployment, criminal activities in Nigeria have increased dramatically in dimension, frequency and sophistication. The study examine the relationships between crimes committed by criminals that were caught and reported to the police by individuals or apprehended by the police and their offences documented in police stations across Yobe State for the period of ten years using correspondence analysis. The crimes analyzed were; murder, robbery, rape, theft, house breaking, kidnapping, grievous hurt and wounding, assault, store breaking, fraud and cheating. The analyzed complex relationships between the different crimes and the local government areas showed significant relationships between the different categories of the variables. The gained information is useful in developing action plans for identified high-risk areas, building a strong database of habitual offenders and, building crime and intelligence database for national security, law enforcement agencies and the business community.
Highlights
Over the years, Nigeria has witnessed dramatic increase in crimes rate with high level of sophistication in high density areas like Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, Kano and other places characterized by rapid population growth
Crimes appearing in the same quadrant indicates the presence of relationships, and the strength of the relationship is measured by the distance between crime points and the origin, the closer the points are, the stronger the relationship
The results further indicate that murder is not related to any of the crimes committed in Yobe State as it is located in the negative quadrant of the graph
Summary
Nigeria has witnessed dramatic increase in crimes rate with high level of sophistication in high density areas like Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, Kano and other places characterized by rapid population growth. It has been reported globally that in every five (5) years, up to 60 percent of city dwellers have reported being victims of at least one type of crime or the other while over half of these cases involve personal crimes such as; arson, rape, robbery, burglary, cheating, fraud and others [3]. Crime does not have boundary nor does it depend on developmental status of communities or countries, it varies only in frequency, dimension and sophistication. Criminal records show that multiple crimes are committed by individuals making it difficult for proactive approaches in fighting crimes due to complexities. Frequency and dimension as some crimes are peculiar to particular countries, communities or societies, for instance; kidnapping, homicides, armed robbery and killing involving the use of armed weaponry are more common in developed countries. The diverse differences in geographical areas, population density, demographic characteristics, natural
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