NCJ Number
18871
Editor(s)
T O ELIAS
Date Published
1972
Length
138 pages
Annotation
PAPERS ON THE SENTENCING OF OFFENDERS, THEIR INSTITUTIONAL AND NON-INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAGISTRATES AND DEFENSE COUNSELS, POLICE, AND PRISON OFFICERS IN NIGERIA.
Abstract
TOPICS INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT AND TENURE OF MAGISTRATES, COURT PROCEDURE, SENTENCING PRACTICES, JUVENILE PROCESSING, AND INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT FOR JUVENILES. A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE NIGERIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN THE NUMBER OF ACCUSED PERSONS IN PRISON CUSTODY AWAITING TRIAL, IN SOME CASES FOR AS LONG AS TWO YEARS.