NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, PLOT 91, CASDASTRAL ZONE, NNAMDI AZIKIWE EXPRESS WAY, JABI, ABUJA.
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
MARCH/APRIL 2015 EXAMINATION

COURSE CODE:  CSS 341

COURSE TITLE:POLICING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NIGERIA

Time Allowed: 2hrs                 

CREDIT UNIT:3

Instructions: Answer any three questions from the five questions

1a). Succinctly discuss various social organizations that help policing in pre-colonial Nigeria.  (8 marks)

1b). Discuss the history of Nigeria police from colonial to post-colonial era. (15 marks)

2a). Outline five challenges faced by police in maintaining law and order. (10 marks)

2b). Enumerate five aims of the methodology of policing. (12 marks)

3a). Highlight the types of training and courses that exist in Nigeria police force. (8 marks)

3b). Discuss in detail the doughnut theory of discretion. (15 marks)

4a).What are the basic features ofpolice ethics in Nigeria. (10 marks)

4b). Discuss the impact of police brutality in Nigeria. (13 marks)

5). Discussinstances in which human rights can be infringed upon by the police. (23 marks)