Description
Book SynopsisThis book examines the concept of witness protection which is still at an early developmental stage in several African countries including Nigeria, from a legal and institutional perspective. Recent developments in Nigeria highlight the need to clarify legal and conceptual issues within the existing legal framework for protecting witnesses. Using the Nigerian case study, the book illustrates some obscurities inherent in the concept of witness protection. These are highlighted around five critical areas: the definition of witness protection; the scope of beneficiaries requiring protection; the nature of crimes necessitating protection; the nature of protective measures; and the administrative control of witness protection.
Specifically, this book draws from the existing literature and practices of witness protection and adopts two distinct perspectives: the criminal justice perspectives and human rights perspectives as heuristic tools for analysing the concept and to separate
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Deconstructing the Concept of Witness Protection
3. The Legal Framework for Witness Protection in Nigeria
4. Determining the Classes of Witnesses to be Protected
5. Crimes Requiring Protection
6. Types of Protective Measures for Witnesses
7. The Institutional Framework for Witness Protection: Challenges and Prospects
8. The Future of the Nigerian Practice of Witness Protection
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