Imprisonment As A Penal Policy: Quest For The Deinstitutionalization of Nigeria’s Penal System
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Date
2019
Authors
Akingbehin, E.O
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Publisher
Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Abstract
The article is a critical evaluation of the efficacy of imprisonment as a penal policy in Nigeria. The author appraised the penological underpinnings of imprisonment together with the challenges plaguing the efficacy of the penal measure.
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Keywords
Prison , Imprisonment , De-institutionalization , Disposition Method , Recidivism , Sentence
Citation
Akingbehin E.O (2019). University of Maiduguri Law Journal. Pgs. 222 - 247.