Administration of criminal justice system through the law enforcement agent

Administration of Criminal Justice System Through The law Enforcement Agent

  CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Law as one of the of the most influential mechanism for the administration of criminal justice in any society as well as a measure of social control creates some kind of orderly avenues under which individuals and corporate bodies (police force) may come together, join hands for the smooth running of administration of criminal justice system, maintenance of law and order, prevention of crimes, preservation of law and protection of lives and properties of an individual and society at large. It is to this effect that we have laws that regulate the functions of the police and spells out the obligation of an individual in the administration of criminal justice system in Nigeria. Police force or rather the Nigeria police force is the first and major law enforcement agent that contributes immensely towards the successful administration of criminal justice in the beginning. That was in Nigeria before, although the situation in the present day Nigeria has drastically changed. The 1999 Nigerian constitution as amended, the police Act, the criminal procedure code (applicable in the north), the criminal procedure Act (applicable to the southern part of the part ) and the penal code in the northern part of the country  and other states criminal codes are the laws that regulates  the administration of criminal justice system in Nigeria.

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