Browsing by Author "Amali, Sadiq Ewaoda"

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    The nexus between bipolar disorder and crime commission
    (The Department of Economics and Development Studies, 2016-07) Amali, Sadiq Ewaoda; Balogun, Obasanjo Solomon
    This paper established connections between mental illness (bipolar disorder) to crime commission. Bipolar disorder is a medical condition which needs to be addressed, even at that it has been neglected in the past. Instead of finding a long-term cure for bipolar disorder patients, most patients were restricted to temporary treatment like administering sedatives to calm them during the period of attack. Government, medical practitioners should come up with new ideas of treating bipolar disorder patients as previous treatment has been yet to achieve desired results. The paper begins with an overview of mental illness, a conceptual explanation of crime and bipolar disorder (BD) delves further into the relationship between bipolar disorder to the crime commission, and the consequences of bipolar disorder (BD). This paper concludes that bipolar disorder as a mental illness is believed to be a major motivation for criminality. Mentally derailed individuals were disposed to violence and crime. This shows a connection between crime and mental illness with specific reference to bipolar disorder. The paper recommends that government at all levels should ensure better treatment for bipolar disorder patients by providing drugs which will have a long-term cure for bipolar disorder patients.
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    Nigeria Police and contemporary law enforcement: Issues and challenges
    (The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2021-02) Balogun, Obasanjo Solomon; Fawole, Olufemi Adeniyi; Amali, Sadiq Ewaoda
    The police is regarded as the gatekeeper of the criminal justice process and the biggest and most visible subsystem of the criminal justice system entrusted with the constitutional duty to protect the citizens. In Nigeria, however, the police suffer from negative public image, and have come under intense criticisms over the way they carry out their law enforcement duties. Therefore, this work presents a review of major issues and challenges facing the Nigeria police force regarding its capacity to effectively discharge its constitutional duties. The work employed secondary sources of data such as text books, journal articles, newspapers and internet-based materials among others. The result shows that, some of the major factors hampering police effectiveness include corruption, poor personnel welfare, shortage of manpower, police brutality and abuse of power, colonial legacy, political interference, nepotism, among others. It is recommended among others that the police force should make the welfare of their officers a top concern, and the issue of police corruption should be thoroughly dealt with using reward-punishment approach. In addition, nepotism and favoritism in recruitment and promotion of officers should be discouraged.