When work disappears, crime appears: a political economy analysis of urban crime in Edo State Nigeria

This paper is a theoretical construct which used data collected from the Edo State Police crime index from 2002 to 2011 to show crime trend in the state. The paper uses the Marxist perspective to argue that rapid urbanization and the depleting of the rural areas have elevated the level of crime from...

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Main Authors: Tunde Agara, Bonaventure Chizea, Oarhe Osumah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Educational and Social Sciences Association (IESSA) 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities
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Online Access:http://www.jssshonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/JSSSH_Vol.2_No.4_2016-December_161_174_Sr-No.-5.pdf