Abstract
Jungle justice has added another dimension to the neigbourhood insecurity challenge in Lagos metropolis. The reoccurring lynching of suspect(s) in a crime scene, in Lagos metropolis and Nigeria, as well as, the dearth of empirical studies on this heinous crime in Nigeria motivated this study. Thus, this study anchored on Social Disorganisation Theory (SDT) of the Chicago School of Criminology, which identified neighborhood crime and delinquency, emphasizing spatial patterns of behaviours. In-depth interview was employed to uncover the factors, patterns of occurrence, and the security implication of Jungle justice in Lagos metropolis. Purposive sampling technique was utilised to get a sample size of thirty respondents for this study. Content analysis was used to analyze the transcribed data and results showed that jungle justice happens as a result of incessant neighbourhood crimes and insecurities with lack of public and institutional trust in the Nigeria Police Force in the prosecution of a crime suspect. To avert jungle justice in Lagos metropolis, there must be a concerted effort by the public and the Nigeria Police Force to preempt the future occurrence of such crime. Key words: Jungle justice, crime, insecurity, Lagos.
Highlights
The ever-present human relationships in a particular community where daily needs are met constitute an avenue for the dramatization of crime
The findings revealed that people out of anger, loss of lives and properties, frustration, lack of police trust, and persistent insecurity are major among other reasons for people taking laws into their hands when a criminal suspect is arrested
It was discovered that community persistent insecurity and lack of institutional trust in the police in prosecuting a crime suspect as reasons for jungle justice
Summary
The ever-present human relationships in a particular community where daily needs are met constitute an avenue for the dramatization of crime. Peter (2014) and Amara (2015) separately noted that jungle justice or mob justice has become a form of public extrajudicial killings in sub-Saharan Africa, where an alleged criminal is humiliated, beaten or summarily executed by a crowd (mob), or vigilantes This form of street justice according to Samah (2006) occurs where a dysfunctional and corrupt judiciary system and law enforcement have lost all credibility. Citizens of countries have resulted in jungle justice when denied swift response of the security operatives to save people from crimes like threats, loss of life and properties, maim, kidnapping, insurgency, arson, and lots more. This has become a major security problem in most developing countries. There are notable examples in Nigeria, jungle justice include the activities of the O‟odua People‟s Congress Yoruba vigilante/social
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