Body-Type Theories and Crime Causation: A Crimino-Legal Discourse of the Offences of Robbery, Stealing and Obtaining Credit by Fraud in Nigeria
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2017
Authors
Akingbehin, E.O
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Department of Public Law and Department of Jurisprudence and International Law.
Abstract
This paper is an appraisal of the contributions of the various schools in the development of criminological thoughts. It also entails an examination of the postulations of two body type theorists and evaluates the relevance of the theories to the selected offences of robbery, stealing and obtaining credit by fraud.
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Aetiology , Somatotype , Crime , Robbery , Stealing , Fraud.
Citation
Akingbehin E.O (2017). University of Ibadan Journal of Public and International Law. Pgs. 223 - 245.