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THE
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CORRELATION OF FEMALE CRIMINALITY IN NIGERIA
SUMMARY
This study
has been able to look into the contributions of different scholars on the issue
of female criminality. It has been able to relate findings as they affect the
research problem.
The problem
of the study was specifically aimed:
To describe
the extent and type of female involvement in crimes and analyze the types of
crimes in which women have been most visible;
To determine
the socio-economic attributes of women in crime. And finally identify factors
predisposing women to criminality.
The findings
show that most of the female offenders are first offenders. This means that
most of these female offenders find themselves in prison once in their life.
But there is also a few cases of recidivist of whose frequency does not exceed
three times. These recidivists could fall into the category that Lombroso
(1894) termed the occasional criminal’ a more frequent criminal type who
commits crime at the suggestion or by the influence of a male probably a lover.
Data
collected revealed that the types of crime females are involved in are armed
robbery, kidnapping, murder, theft, assault, cheating, drugs, criminal bridge
trust, and conspiracy. But the crimes of which the respondents have been most
visible are murder and theft.
Based on the
findings, it was discovered that a high percentage of these female offenders
resided in the rural areas. This is a good enough reason why they engaged in
criminal acts or activities. The rural area is known for its homogeneity. Relationships
are more at the inter-personal level, and the bond between individuals becomes
strong that the. In the rural areas, everybody knows virtually what his or her
neighbour is doing and as result one can can easily offend the other and in the
cause of retaliation one gets hot. Civilization which is more evident in the
urban areas has opened the eyes of many.
Bad company
is another predisposing factor to criminality. Peer groups have great influence
on individuals. When an individual continues to associate more with a group
that sees the societal norms of offensive, the individual also tends to violate
the values of that society. Hence, a good percentage of the offenders are
introduced into criminal activities by their friends.
In addition
to this, most of the female offenders were brought up by their parents. The
family under which one grows up also affects his or her life. The type of
upbringing one had during his or her childhood influence his or her behavioural
conduct and adulthood. The inference here is that parents no more carry out
their responsibilities of inculcating morality in their children. There is
laxity in the socialize children. It also serves for religious and moral
training. If the family does not carry out these functions, the resultant
problem will be moral decadence. The above point seems to agree with the
hypothesis that poor socialization process is likely to influence criminality
in individuals.
Economic
conditions are another contributory factor to criminality. Most of these female
offenders are either in the informal sector or unemployed, thus they have no
stable means of income. Even those in employment earn meager salary. Where
would this get them, with the economic hardship that has befallen Nigeria? The
frustration caused by this hardship is enough to make one commit murder.
CONCLUSION
The basic
assumption of the major work on female criminality than seeing it as a
physiological or psychological problem. For instance, from the findings, the
educational level or attainment of the female inmates countered the argument
Lombroso that female criminals look and behave like the primitive males that
lacked formal education.
However, it
does not mean that these assumptions are totally wrong in themselves. The
various scholars must be credited for their attempt in trying to understand the
issue of female criminality.
The main
argument in this study is that criminality is caused by social factors and not
biological factors. As such, there is a need to carry out a new study on women
and crime. And to this, it is necessary to understand the assumptions made by
the traditional to understand the assumptions made by the traditional writers
and break away from them. Crime should not be seen as caused by factors within
the female, rather, crime should be seen as caused by factors external to the
females.
In
conclusion, this study is not claiming superiority over the already existing
literature nor is the argument absolute and perfect. The study is equally open
to criticisms and modifications.
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS
This project
is not only meant to find out the type and factors that lead to female
criminality. It also meant to recommendation because it is not only to study a
social problem that matters, there has to be a way to study a social problem
that matters, there has to be a way out of the problem. Thus the recommendation
is in two angles:
To the
family which is the smallest unit of the society where socialization first
begins and,
The
government whose policies affect the individuals in the society.
In as much
as civilization has contributed to the decay of the family function, the family
should still see it as its primary function to socialize children, to inculcate
sound moral values in them. This sound start right from childhood.
On the other
hand, unemployment causes a lot of problem in the society. The government
should review its policies so as to create job opportunities for members of the
society. All hand must be on deck. The government should review the salary
scales of workers also. This should be done in such a way that the monthly
salaries are able to meet the financial demands and obligation of individuals.
If there is
anything the government can do to improve the standard of living of individuals
in reducing hardship, the government should do it. At least this effort can go
along way in reducing or curbing crime and female criminality particularly, in
Nigeria. Thereby, giving the country a face lift.
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