Abstract
ABSTRACT Studies on police-suspect interactions (PSIs) have largely foregrounded the institutional power exhibited by investigating police officers (IPOs) in the interactions, with most studies constructing suspects as powerless. This study, through a critical engagement of five purposively sampled cases (including rape, incest, attempted murder and being in possession of contraband) from the over 50 interactions and cases observed at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Oyo State, Nigeria, reveals suspects orient towards aspects of shared socio-cultural norms among the Yoruba, in attempts to manipulate IPOs. In particular suspects allude to certain aspects of the Yoruba socio-cultural life and belief system, largely connected to the people’s socio-cultural understanding around peer and alcohol influence, spell casting, working one’s way to greatness and admit your ‘fault’ to shorten your punishment in order to overwhelm the socio-cognitive reasoning of IPOs.
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