Cover illustration: Roundtable event “History of Organised Crime in Nigeria”, Lagos University, 28 October 2016. Photograph by Akinyinka Akinyoade.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Akinyele, R. T., editor. | Dietz, Ton, editor. | Ellis, Stephen, 1953-2015, honouree.Title: Crime, law and society in Nigeria : essays in honour of Stephen Ellis / edited by Rufus Akinyele, Ton Dietz.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019. | Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 37 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019010105 (print) | LCCN 2019016418 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004396289 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004396241 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Crime--Nigeria--History. | Criminal justice, Administration of--Nigeria.
Classification: LCC HV7165.5 (ebook) | LCC HV7165.5 .C755 2019 (print) | DDC 364.9669--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019010105
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