Community-Based Organisations and Crime Management in Nigeria: A Study of Rural and Urban Centres of Akwa Ibom State

The complementary potency of Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) to government efforts informed the need for this study on “CBOs and crime management in Nigeria: a study of rural and urban centers of Akwa Ibom”. It aimed at appraising the role of CBOs in crime management, the effectiveness of such roles, and the possible factors that affect the CBOs in their bid to contribute to crime management with emphasis on a comparative analysis of such realities in urban and rural centers. The study was guided by the assumptions of the Goal Theory made popular by McClelland, Humble, Locke, and Cole. Utilizing the survey research method, a multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select two hundred and forty (240) respondents who were of value and the chi-square test was the instrument for statistical analysis. Emerging data showed that CBOs had not played significant roles in the management of crime, there was a similitude in roles played by the CBOs irrespective of the center, and there were urban-rural based differences in the kind of problems the CBOs experienced. In the main, the study acknowledged that CBOs are capable of contributing positively to crime management; but they should be intentional and more focused on managing crime in their areas of operation.