MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF CRIME HOT SPOTS IN ZARIA METROPOLIS, KADUNA STATE NIGERIA
MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF CRIME HOT SPOTS IN ZARIA METROPOLIS, KADUNA STATE NIGERIA
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2016-08
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EMMANUEL, Dala
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This research is designed to map and manage crime hotspot in Zaria metropolis of Kaduna state, Nigeria. Despite several efforts towards curbing criminal activities, the menace continues to be a major concern in contemporary societies making people to live in uncertainties thereby hindering factors of growth and development by extention, scrippling economic activities in virtually all Nigerian communities. The aim of this study is to apply Geographic Information System (GIS) in mapping crime spots in Zaria metropolis and analyzing its spatial pattern with the view of making appropriate recommendations for effective management of crime was achieved through the following objectives: to identify and characterize the types of crime; create a spatial database for recorded crimes, to aid density analysis and determine crime hotspots and analyze factors responsible for crime growth within the study area. The data for the study were obtained through interview and field survey. The Nigerian Police Force, Zaria, Department of State Security Service (DSSS), 93 Intelligence Department Depot Nigerian Army Zaria, Local Chiefs and selected youths of some designated locations in Zaria provided vital data for this work. ArcGIS 10.1 was used in mapping spatial distribution of crime and Kernel density Estimation (KDE) was used to identify crime hotspots in Zaria metropolis. The results of the analysis show that, Crimes were very rampant in areas like Sabon Gari, PZ, Tudun Wada, Kusfa, Hayin Ojo and Hayin Dogo neighbourhoods. Other areas like Chikaji, Muchia and Kofar Doka are other crime prone areas with considerable number of cases reported. The buffer analysis reveals that neighbourhoods like Bomo Village, Hayin Dogo, Kabama, Unguwan Yusi and Nagoyi amongst others are out of coverage to accessing police facilities. The GIS query operations revealed that 43 crimes out of the total crimes recorded happens during the day while 76 crimes are committed at night. The research concluded that, virtually all types of crime occurred in Zaria metropolis and most crimes in Zaria are committed at night. Sabon Gari, PZ, Tudun wada, and Hayin Dogo are hotspots, consequently, Bomo Village, Hayin Dogo Palladan, Kabama, Unguwar Yusi, Hayin Ojo, Gaskiya and Tukur Tukur are located far away from police stations so need one each. The research recommends that, GIS as a tool for crime management should be made available to security operatives. training of relevant agents in crime mapping and management should be encourage to aid decision making process, once the law enforcement officers are taught spatial techniques of crime hotspots management, it will assist them in performing spatial analysis functions queries to display crime prone areas within their area of coverage in order to minimize use of available resources and mapower to abate crime.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA
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MAPPING,, MANAGEMENT,, CRIME HOT SPOTS,, ZARIA METROPOLIS,, KADUNA STATE NIGERIA,