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Integrating Victim Perspective into the Nigerian Criminal Justice System Through an Assessment of Pre-Colonial Adjudicatory Process

Integrating Victim Perspective into the Nigerian Criminal Justice System Through an Assessment of... The traditional methods of dealing with crimes among the early Nigerian communities accommodated the crime victim as a necessary party in the process. With the introduction of the English criminal justice system to Nigeria, the victim ceased to be a necessary party to trials. This article investigates the treatment of the victim in the two periods. With the aid of doctrinal methodology, the study finds the traditional method to be more comforting to the victim than the modern system. The article recommends reincorporating those aspects that are victim-friendly into the present Nigerian criminal justice system. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of International and Comparative Law Edinburgh University Press

Integrating Victim Perspective into the Nigerian Criminal Justice System Through an Assessment of Pre-Colonial Adjudicatory Process

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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh University Press
ISSN
0954-8890
eISSN
1755-1609
DOI
10.3366/ajicl.2022.0394
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Abstract

The traditional methods of dealing with crimes among the early Nigerian communities accommodated the crime victim as a necessary party in the process. With the introduction of the English criminal justice system to Nigeria, the victim ceased to be a necessary party to trials. This article investigates the treatment of the victim in the two periods. With the aid of doctrinal methodology, the study finds the traditional method to be more comforting to the victim than the modern system. The article recommends reincorporating those aspects that are victim-friendly into the present Nigerian criminal justice system.

Journal

African Journal of International and Comparative LawEdinburgh University Press

Published: Feb 1, 2022

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