Nigeria : "Everyone's in on the game" - corruption and human rights abuses by the Nigeria Police Force /

Nigeria : "Everyone's in on the game" - corruption and human rights abuses by the Nigeria Police Force /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Guttschuss, Eric.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Human Rights Watch, c2010.
Description:	102 p. : col. ill., col. map.
Language:	English
Subject:	Nigeria Police Force. Nigeria Police Force. Police corruption -- Nigeria. Police misconduct -- Nigeria. Human rights -- Nigeria. Detention of persons -- Nigeria. Police -- Complaints against -- Nigeria. Detention of persons. Human rights. Police -- Complaints against. Police corruption. Police misconduct. Nigeria.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8128569

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Varying Form of Title:	"Everyone's in on the game" - corruption and human rights abuses by the Nigeria Police Force Corruption and human rights abuses by the Nigeria Police Force
Other authors / contributors:	Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Notes:	"August 2010"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Eric Guttschuss, Nigeria researcher in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch."--P. 102. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
Summary:	This report documents the myriad forms of police corruption in Nigeria. It also shows how institutionalized extortion, a profound lack of political will to reform the force, and impunity combine to make police corruption a deeply embedded problem. Human Rights Watch's research revealed that many Nigerian police officers conduct themselves in an exemplary manner, working in difficult and often dangerous conditions. However, it also showed that corruption and abusive behavior within the Nigeria Police Force is endemic. Bribery, extortion, corruption, embezzlement of public funds, and other activities are rampant, particularly the practice of forcing those suspected of crimes to pay for each stage of the investigation to clear their names or incarcerate them.

Table of Contents:

Map of Nigeria
Summary
Recommendations
Methodology
Background
Human rights abuses associated with police extortion and bribery
Impact of police corruption on rule of law
The vicious cycle: embezzlement and the corrupt system of "returns"
Ineffective accountability mechanisms
Police reform
Acknowledgments.