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Child/Juvenile Trial under the Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria; an Urgent Necessity for Reformations

Authors: IMOSEMI Adekunbi

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Law

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Crimes are part of every society, every day, every month and all through the year. These crimes in times past were committed by persons that have attained the age of majority or adults, but in the recent decades, there had been an alarming rise in the number of child/juvenile delinquencies across the globe. This child/juvenile may have to come face to face with the law. Children conflict with the law for a variety of reasons. Poverty, social inequality, failed educational system, family problems, peer pressure, social and religious conflicts in which children are used as the foot soldiers are some of the factors that account for the number of children in conflict with the law. Unfortunately these child offenders are often treated like adults and mixed with adults in prisons. Many are convicted and jailed without making contact with a social worker or getting the opportunity to be heard. This paper concentrates on the Nigerian laws that protect children in a juvenile trial. The study argues that though the laws are active in its substantive state, but are very docile in the paradigm of implementation. It is recommended juveniles must not be transferred to an adult court and that the economic, social, psychological, academic rights and status of every Nigerian child must be guaranteed by the government in order to secure an effective procedure mechanism of juvenile trials under the Criminal justice administration. The work concludes that the rate of crimes executed by juveniles in Nigeria is on the increase and the criminal justice system in every state in Nigeria must be advanced to ensure that the rights of a child during trial are not breached.

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IMOSEMI,A. . (2018). Child/Juvenile Trial under the Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria; an Urgent Necessity for Reformations, 4 (), 10-10.

IMOSEMI,A. . "Child/Juvenile Trial under the Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria; an Urgent Necessity for Reformations" 4, no (), (2018): 10-10.

IMOSEMI,A. and . (2018). Child/Juvenile Trial under the Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria; an Urgent Necessity for Reformations, 4 (), pp10-10.

IMOSEMIA, . Child/Juvenile Trial under the Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria; an Urgent Necessity for Reformations. 2018, 4 ():10-10.

IMOSEMI,Adekunbi , . "Child/Juvenile Trial under the Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria; an Urgent Necessity for Reformations", 4 . (2018) : 10-10.

I.Adekunbi , "Child/Juvenile Trial under the Criminal Justice Administration in Nigeria; an Urgent Necessity for Reformations" vol.4, no., pp. 10-10, 2018.

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