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Some Notes on Research into Crime and Punishment in Nigeria

Some Notes on Research into Crime and Punishment in Nigeria AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (December 1978) 11 (241-251) 241 SOME NOTES ON RESEARCH INTO CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN NIGERIA Oluyemi Kayode" Introduction The discipline of criminology is a variegated one; and like any scientific pursuit, its philosophical and theoretical orientations reflect the culture not only of the period in which such views emerge but also its intellectual tradition. If one runs through the list of pioneers of modern criminology, the stamp of their contribution attests the reflection of cultural epochs and various intellectual orientations. The vast majority of the seventeen pioneers discussed by Hermann Mannheim (1960) were of European extraction - with the English and Italian ones playing prominent roles. Only two of them were Americans. Eight of these pioneers ­ Cesare Becaria, Jeremy Bentham, Enrico Ferri, Raffaele Garofalo, Pedro Montero, Gabriel Tarde, Hans Gross and Charles Doe - were lawyers. Five of them, including Isaac Ray, Cesare Lombroso and Charles Goring were physicians with primarily psychiatric interests. And as Bloch and Geiss (1970:85) further noted, of the lot, only Durkheim and Bonger were sociologists; Alexander Maconochie was a naval officer while Haviland was an architect. What diverse backgrounds! Granted the fact that different approaches to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (December 1978) 11 (241-251) 241 SOME NOTES ON RESEARCH INTO CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN NIGERIA Oluyemi Kayode" Introduction The discipline of criminology is a variegated one; and like any scientific pursuit, its philosophical and theoretical orientations reflect the culture not only of the period in which such views emerge but also its intellectual tradition. If one runs through the list of pioneers of modern criminology, the stamp of their contribution attests the reflection of cultural epochs and various intellectual orientations. The vast majority of the seventeen pioneers discussed by Hermann Mannheim (1960) were of European extraction - with the English and Italian ones playing prominent roles. Only two of them were Americans. Eight of these pioneers ­ Cesare Becaria, Jeremy Bentham, Enrico Ferri, Raffaele Garofalo, Pedro Montero, Gabriel Tarde, Hans Gross and Charles Doe - were lawyers. Five of them, including Isaac Ray, Cesare Lombroso and Charles Goring were physicians with primarily psychiatric interests. And as Bloch and Geiss (1970:85) further noted, of the lot, only Durkheim and Bonger were sociologists; Alexander Maconochie was a naval officer while Haviland was an architect. What diverse backgrounds! Granted the fact that different approaches to the

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE

Published: Dec 1, 1978

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