Effects of Criminology on A Nation: Evidence From Nigerias Socio-Economic And National Security Architecture (original) (raw)

World over, national security architecture formulated to curtail nuclear warfare are being modified to curtail internal plethora of crimes and criminalities; terrorism, kidnapping, secessionism, banditry, of both regional and international outreaches. Failure to adapt to these shift of threats from external to internal, signpost a disconnectedness from the study of criminology and the society it is meant to shepherd. It was against this background, that this study leverages on the Concentric Circles Theory to interrogate effects of criminology on a nation, deconstructing effect on a nation into socioeconomic effects and national security architecture effect. This study adopts qualitative research design using exploratory research design of publicly available archive documents; study also relies solely on secondary data. The research is conducted by examining literature concerning criminology as seen in crime and criminalities in Nigeria. The literature was obtained through searches in publicly available material. Literature from non-serial publications, official reports, and conferences has been included particularly if they have been cited by other references in term of effects of criminology on a state. Results that emanate from this study revealed that crimes and criminality are additional taxes on socioeconomic wellbeing of the people, which erode away government legitimacy and the inability of the Nigeria State to stem the tide. This study also submits that prevalence of organised crimes has further showed the vulnerability of the Nigeria security architecture which is more unitary than of federal disposition. The study recommends that all tiers of government should wean itself off corruption which aggravates organised crimes by being seen transparent in policies, deed and good governance. Study also recommends the need to evolve proactive, decentralized and integrated national security architecture with human security as a referent.