ANALYSIS OF CRIME IN KATSINA METROPOLITAN AREA, KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorABDULLAHI, Ahmed Barde
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-09T10:45:43Z
dc.date.available2019-10-09T10:45:43Z
dc.date.issued2018-11
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractIn recent times, the incidences of murder, armed robbery, rape, automobile theft among other crimes have been on the increase in Katsina metropolis. These have adverse effects on the development of the city especially the location characteristics of the criminal activities need tobe understood. This present study applied geospatial technique to analyze crime in Katsina Metropolis. A random and systematic sampling was used in selecting respondents in the study with 400 sample size. The aim of the study achieved by identifying the various types of crime committed in the study area from 2012 to 2016, determining crime hostpots, the causes and effect of crime and finally the accessibility of police stations to crime hotspot was also determined. The results of the analysis revealed that five (5) different types of crime were common in the study area they include automobile theft, grievous hurt, robbery, rape and murder. The result also revealed that location such as WakilinArewa B, WakilinGabasI, Wakilin Kudu II and Wakilin Kudu III with highest automobile theft of 15.6%. BakinKasuwa, Gobarau, GaladanciKerau Quarters, TashanGagareKwalanKwalan, KofarMarusa, KofarGuga, TsohuwarKasuwa, FillinBugu and Gambarawa were location with very highest crime hostpots. The high crime spots were found within KofarSauri, Iyatanchi, DutsenAmare, KofarSoro, TudunYanlihida and Yantaba. WakilinGabas I had the highest for grievous hurt accounting for 20.6%. The case of murder was highest at the WakilinGabas II accountingfor 19.4% of the entire crime. Also, rape was found to be high at WakilinGabas I with 18.8% of the total crime. WakilinGabas I recorded the highest number of robbery with 22.9%.The study further reveals that about 93.7% of the respondents agreed that unemployment is the major causal factor of crime, 86.5%were of the view that poverty is also cause while 86.2% of the respondents opined that peer group is the cause of crime in Katsina Metropolis. It therefore recommended that police stations and police outpost should be provided in areas with high concentration of crime.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12122
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectCRIME,en_US
dc.subjectKATSINA METROPOLITAN AREA,en_US
dc.subjectKATSINA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF CRIME IN KATSINA METROPOLITAN AREA, KATSINA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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