NIGERIAN MAGISTRATE AND THE OFFENDER - PAPERS FROM A CONFERENCE HELD BY THE FACULTY OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, JULY 1970

• NCJ Number: 18871
• Editor(s): T O ELIAS
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 138 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Lagos
• Sale Source: Ethiope Publishing Corporation
• Language: English
• Country: South Africa

Annotation

PAPERS ON THE SENTENCING OF OFFENDERS, THEIR INSTITUTIONAL AND NON-INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAGISTRATES AND DEFENSE COUNSELS, POLICE, AND PRISON OFFICERS IN NIGERIA.

Abstract

TOPICS INCLUDE THE APPOINTMENT AND TENURE OF MAGISTRATES, COURT PROCEDURE, SENTENCING PRACTICES, JUVENILE PROCESSING, AND INSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT FOR JUVENILES. A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE NIGERIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN THE NUMBER OF ACCUSED PERSONS IN PRISON CUSTODY AWAITING TRIAL, IN SOME CASES FOR AS LONG AS TWO YEARS.