JUNGLE JUSTICE: AN INDICATOR OF INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS
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Jungle justice is a disturbing phenomenon. Its form of mob justice where people take the law into their own hands, often resulting in violent and deadly consequences as one of the reason the country is tagged as one of unsafe nation in the continent. The data shown some critical indicators o jungle justice in Nigerian society, including institutional weakness, the decline in institutional trust, and the failure of the state to provide effective governance, justice, and security to its citizens. This study is anchored on the theory of social disorganization. The study recommends implementing anti-jungle justice policies to revalidate the values of the rule of law and foster a stable society, and the study concludes with the revitalization of the Nigeria’s dying economy as an inevitable tool to the peaceful society, socio-economic, and development
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institutions, jungle justice, security, unemployment, povertyDownloads
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