Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria

The occurrence of crime is very rampant in the Nigerian society and its multi-dimensional nature is a threat to both national and individual security, safety and development. This paper argued that the environment and building could be designed to deter, delay, detect and deny access to unauthoris...

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Main Authors:	Ebong, S.O., Zubairu, S.N., Olagunju, R.E.
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/1/233-876-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-134302019-09-27T23:18:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/ Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria Ebong, S.O. Zubairu, S.N. Olagunju, R.E. The occurrence of crime is very rampant in the Nigerian society and its multi-dimensional nature is a threat to both national and individual security, safety and development. This paper argued that the environment and building could be designed to deter, delay, detect and deny access to unauthorised users thereby preventing crime. The research methodology adopted for the study was survey research method. Purposive sampling was used. Observation of facilities in legislative and judiciary complexes was undertaken. The findings revealed that only basic crime prevention mechanisms were applied. Critical and important anti-terrorism and high profile crime prevention mechanisms such as protective glazing, vehicle access control systems and barriers among others were not applied leaving the facilities vulnerable to criminal actions involving use of light arms. The test of hypotheses using chi-square with significance at 0.05 revealed that the application of the mechanisms depended on the type of facility. The study concluded that the public buildings and the users in the study area were not adequately secured against high profile criminal actions. It recommended appropriate upgrading of the existing facilities and use of relevant crime prevention mechanisms that can impact on terrorism and general crime prevention through proper collaboration among professional stakeholders. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/1/233-876-1-PB.pdf Ebong, S.O. and Zubairu, S.N. and Olagunju, R.E. (2017) Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria. Journal of Building Performance, 8 (1). pp. 80-87. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/issue/view/36
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description	The occurrence of crime is very rampant in the Nigerian society and its multi-dimensional nature is a threat to both national and individual security, safety and development. This paper argued that the environment and building could be designed to deter, delay, detect and deny access to unauthorised users thereby preventing crime. The research methodology adopted for the study was survey research method. Purposive sampling was used. Observation of facilities in legislative and judiciary complexes was undertaken. The findings revealed that only basic crime prevention mechanisms were applied. Critical and important anti-terrorism and high profile crime prevention mechanisms such as protective glazing, vehicle access control systems and barriers among others were not applied leaving the facilities vulnerable to criminal actions involving use of light arms. The test of hypotheses using chi-square with significance at 0.05 revealed that the application of the mechanisms depended on the type of facility. The study concluded that the public buildings and the users in the study area were not adequately secured against high profile criminal actions. It recommended appropriate upgrading of the existing facilities and use of relevant crime prevention mechanisms that can impact on terrorism and general crime prevention through proper collaboration among professional stakeholders.
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author	Ebong, S.O. Zubairu, S.N. Olagunju, R.E.
spellingShingle	Ebong, S.O. Zubairu, S.N. Olagunju, R.E. Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria
author_facet	Ebong, S.O. Zubairu, S.N. Olagunju, R.E.
author_sort	Ebong, S.O.
title	Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria
title_short	Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria
title_full	Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria
title_fullStr	Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria
title_sort	assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in akwa ibom state of nigeria
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13430/1/233-876-1-PB.pdf
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Assessment of crime prevention mechanisms in public buildings in Akwa Ibom State Of Nigeria

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