Despite the decline in major crime rates in many countries today, citizens still feel more insecure than they use to. The reasons for this situation can be attributed to poor justice system and lack of identity confidentiality of whistleblowers.
Firstly, the lack of an effective judicial system in different countries, has inadvertently increased the level of insecurity. In other words, when armed bandits commit crimes, they often manipulate the judges by proxy to avert prison sentence thereby instilling fear in their victims. One clear example is Hamani Tijani, a notorious car snatcher that perpetrated his activities in Nigeria and was never convicted. Also, the absence of identity protection of good-willed citizens who bring vital information that can expose criminals, will prevent people from reporting these unlawful acts. Consequently, this will lead to a series of unresolved crimes which will lead to heightening the agitation in the community.
One major strategy to address the issue of panic is to ensure that criminals are convicted and sentenced to long prison periods. This will increase people's confidence in the system owing to the fact that appropriate sanctions are meted out to criminals. For instance, the outcome of a recently conducted survey carried out by Wenger Associates on the residents of Lekki, showed that 90% of respondents felt safer only when criminals are appropriately sanctioned by the law. In addition, there should be an anonymous reporting platform that would allow the public to document acts of felony without disclosing the identity of the reporter. This way, people will feel safer to report crime and in turn will reduce the rate of apprehension.
In conclusion, even though several factors have been identified as the main causes of scare within communities regardless of the reduction in crime there are available solutions such as efficient legal framework and identity protection structure which will allay the fears of residents.
Despite the decline in major
crime
rates in
many
countries
today
, citizens
still
feel more insecure than they
use
to. The reasons for this situation can
be attributed
to poor justice system and lack of
identity
confidentiality of whistleblowers.
Firstly
, the lack of an effective judicial system in
different
countries, has
inadvertently
increased the level of insecurity.
In other words
, when armed bandits commit
crimes
, they
often
manipulate the judges by proxy to avert prison sentence thereby instilling fear in their victims. One
clear
example is
Hamani
Tijani
, a notorious car snatcher that perpetrated his activities in Nigeria and was never convicted.
Also
, the absence of
identity
protection of
good
-willed citizens who bring vital information that can expose
criminals
, will
prevent
people
from reporting these unlawful acts.
Consequently
, this will lead to a series of unresolved
crimes
which will lead to heightening the agitation in the community.
One major strategy to address the issue of panic is to ensure that
criminals
are convicted
and sentenced to long prison periods. This will increase
people
's confidence in the system owing to the fact that appropriate sanctions
are meted
out to
criminals
.
For instance
, the outcome of a recently conducted survey carried out by
Wenger
Associates on the residents of
Lekki
,
showed
that 90% of respondents felt safer
only
when
criminals
are
appropriately
sanctioned by the law.
In addition
, there should be an anonymous reporting platform that would
allow
the public to document acts of felony without disclosing the
identity
of the reporter. This way,
people
will feel safer to report
crime
and in turn will
reduce
the rate of apprehension.
In conclusion
,
even though
several factors have
been identified
as the main causes of scare within communities regardless of the reduction in
crime
there are available solutions such as efficient legal framework and
identity
protection structure which will allay the fears of residents.