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Toward querying the national peril of kidnapping in Nigeria

open access: yesInsights into Regional Development, 2022
In Nigeria, the dynamics of kidnapping is framed in complexities. There are different types of kidnapping going on within the country ranging from resource-based kidnapping to political kidnapping and terrorist-based kidnapping (Agbaje, 2020; Onduku ...
Funmilayo Idowu Agbaje
doaj   +2 more sources

The organised crime of kidnapping in Nigeria: a quantitative study of the factors influencing its severity

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
The extant literature in the social sciences often employs qualitative methods to capture the contextual nuances of the nature, manifestations, and impacts of issues of importance today.
Christopher Amrobo Enemuwe   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Understanding the Intersection Between Technology and Kidnapping: A Typology of Virtual Kidnapping

open access: yesInternational Criminology, 2023
No longer limited by geographic locations and in-person interactions, criminals leverage information and communication technology to commit virtual kidnappings.
Marie-Hélèn Maras, Jana Arsovska
exaly   +2 more sources

Kidnapping model: an extension of Selten's game [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2017
Selten's game is a kidnapping model where the probability of capturing the kidnapper is independent of whether the hostage has been released or executed.
Derek Abbott   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Kidnapping migrants as a tactic of border enforcement

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2020
This article identifies and analyses the tactic of kidnapping migrants that is increasingly deployed by states to disrupt, decelerate, and block migrants’ mobility.
Martina Tazzioli, Nicholas de Genova
exaly   +2 more sources

NIGERIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY AND THE ROLE OF SECURITY AGENCIES IN COMBATTING KIDNAPPING IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITIORY ABUJA FROM 2021-2025 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Research Africa
This article examined the escalating threat of kidnapping within Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from 2021 to 2025. The objective is to critically evaluate the extent to which the 2019 National Security Strategy (NSS) has been effectively ...
Aisha Annie Yahaya, Dimas Garba
doaj   +2 more sources

Mathematical Modeling of Kidnapping: Dynamics and Control

open access: yesUMYU Scientifica Journal
Kidnapping is a major societal issue.  This study develops a mathematical model categorizing kidnappers by their activities.  The model is divided into six compartments: susceptible individuals (S), informers (I), kidnappers (K), kidnappers soldiers (KS)
Rufai Ahmad Tasiu   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

CHILDREN`S KIDNAPPING: PROBLEMS OF CIVIL REGULATION IN EU AND UKRAINE [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of International Legal Communication, 2022
Nowadays the issue of children’s kidnapping remains open. Statistics confirms that the phenomenon of children’s kidnapping has an extraordinary nature: according to the data of the European Commission, 250 thousand children in the EU are lost annually,
Tatiana Stoianova, Inna Iliopol
doaj   +1 more source

Bandits’ Struggle for Survival and its Humanitarian Impacts in Zamfara State, Nigeria

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2023
Over time, the conflict between farmers and herdsmen has intensified and transformed into banditry in Zamfara state. While literature underscores the causational and transformational issues, how desperate attempts of the bandits to survive led to fierce ...
Idris Saminu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Extent of Post-traumatic-stress Disorder from Kidnapping Experience of 5 Victims and their Significant others in Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Psychology, 2023
Purpose: Kidnapping has become a huge problem in parts of Nigeria such that residents of Kaduna metropolis who have become victims with their significant others are left to suffer varying levels of mental trauma. The study assessed kidnapping experiences
Aloku O Chinonye
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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