Abstract

The community policing is the measures and actions taken by a variety of institutions and groups both formal and non-formal in the society to regulate social relations and practices in order to secure the safety of members of communal state as well as conformity to the norms and values of the society in questions mostly through shaming theory school of thought, the pre-colonial, the colonial period and the post-colonial eras each of which have represented various policing realities in Nigeria. Each of the periods captures the unique contemporaneous social relations and perceived crime reality. The quest to maintain law and order and enforce the rules of the government has led to the emergence of different policing styles in Nigeria. Though the people had their own unique and informal means of maintain value and order embedded in the culture and traditions of various indigenous and ethnic status. To attain global peace community policing needs global in-looks. Community policing will enhance global peace by militating against all odds from the grassroots’ criminal ventures such as rumors/hate speech, wars, kidnapping, physical/sphere assaults, rape, terrorism, insurgent activities, ritualist, bribing/corruption practices, school dropout, civil unrest, erosions, addiction/ substance usage, riots, human trafficking, prostitution, lesbianism, gay marriage, religion bigotry, malpractice of all kinds, fraudsters’, molestation of any such, fake news, environmental pollution, militancy, agitator, banditry, cultism, stealing,  assassination, Ponzi scheme, coup junta and units of others contemporary global issues.

Keywords: Pinnacle, Community Policing, Police, Pillar, Communal Impact.

Impact Statement

Mostly the pinnacle impacts of community policing in ensuring security well-being of the society are: i. Shaming theory among others which is paramount to communal criminal justice system, Community policing will enhance sustainable global peace by militating against odds from the grassroots’ criminal venture such as cyber bulling, cyber stalking, kidnapping, physical/ sphere assaults, rape, terrorism, insurgent activities, ritualist, bribing/corruption practices, school dropout, civil unrest, war, erosions, addiction/ substance usage, riots, human trafficking, enslaving, prostitution, lesbianism, gay marriage, religion bigotry, malpractice of all kinds, fraudsters’, get money quick syndrome, molestation of any such, fake news, environmental pollution, militancy, agitator, banditry, cultism, stealing, assassination, Ponzi scheme, coup junta and units of others contemporary global issues.

Community policing is, in essence, a collaboration between the national conventional police force and the community alongside with other security agency that identifies and solves community problems. 

About Author

OLUSEGUN ALABA ADEBAYO is Societal Criminologist with qualifications NCE, ND, HND, PGD, M. Sc (Criminology), and working as FACULTY OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY EDUCATION STUDIES NIGERIA, AIRFORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KADUNA.

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1.Curbing Substance use and Addiction as a catalyst in preventing criminality in Tertiary Institution’’ One Day International Multidisciplinary Conference on “Emerging Trends & Challenges in Humanities, Education, Science and Social Sciences” on March 25, 2022, in Auditorium, Gandhi Memorial National College, Ambala Cantt. India.                                                                                 

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Cite this Article

APA (7th ed.): Adebayo, O. A. (2024). The Pinnacle Impacts Of The Community Policing As A Pillar In Sustaining Global Peace. Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 2(2), 49–59. https://doi.org/10.59231/edumania/9037

Chicago (17th ed.): Adebayo, Olusegun Alaba. “The Pinnacle Impacts Of The Community Policing As A Pillar In Sustaining Global Peace.” Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal 2, no. 2 (2024): 49–59. https://doi.org/10.59231/edumania/9037.

MLA (9th ed.): Adebayo, Olusegun Alaba. “The Pinnacle Impacts Of The Community Policing As A Pillar In Sustaining Global Peace.” Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2024, pp. 49–59. https://doi.org/10.59231/edumania/9037.

Statements & Declarations

Peer Review: The scholarly merit and contribution of this research on community policing and global peace have been confirmed through a rigorous and independent peer-review process conducted by experts in the relevant disciplines.

Review Type: This article underwent a double-blind peer review, a process in which the identities of the author (Olusegun Alaba Adebayo) and the reviewers were mutually concealed. The review was conducted by subject experts in criminology, peace studies, law enforcement, and security studies.

Competing Interests: The author, Olusegun Alaba Adebayo, declares that there are no financial, professional, or personal competing interests that could be perceived to have biased the work presented in this manuscript.

Data Availability: This manuscript is a conceptual and analytical paper based on criminological theory and peace studies literature. It does not present primary empirical research data. All sources, including scholarly works and policy documents, are cited within the article.

Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The work was completed as part of the author’s institutional duties at the Air Force Institute of Technology Kaduna and personal scholarly effort.

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Ethical Approval: Ethical approval was not required for this study, as it is a conceptual and analytical paper based on scholarly analysis and did not involve the collection of data from, or experimentation on, human subjects or animals. The work adheres to the highest standards of academic integrity and research ethics in criminological and peace studies research.

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