To understand
these questions, we can turn to historical accounts and scholarly research,
which shed light on the origins and evolution of banditry in Nigeria and
globally. It will be appreciated when you kindly “Like” my piece of
writing and drop encouraging comments to help me grow! Resources used
herein are from the Apple Books Store. Follow the links at the end to read more. In 2007, Philip Zimbardo,
published a masterpiece. In this read “the Lucifer Effect,” he exposed his well-researched
theory using the the Stanford Prison Experiment, that good people can become
bad and even turn to evil deeds such as a criminal lifestyle because of the
situational and systemic factors existing in their environment. In his writings,
author Zimbardo, insists that bad situations can turn good people to bad. The book
advocates for the strengthening of the government and security systems to
prevent ordinary people from being "pushed" into banditry.
Authors Wayne Petherick and Grant Sinnamon, in the book “The Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviours” described Biopsychosocial perspective, Personality disorders and Developmental influences as some of the factors that influence criminality. From the point of view of this book, banditry in Nigeria can be tracked to individual psychology in context with social and environmental influences. The book stresses on educating, training, counselling, and training youth on how to respond to local bandit recruitment, by targeting individual risk factors.
John Douglas
& Mark Olshaker in his 1999 publication, emphasized the points that motive analysis
is crucial to understand, investigate, and anticipate criminal behaviour;
actions alone, he highlighted, do not explain why someone chooses crime. The
book counsels on engaging in intelligence-led policing, disrupting ransom
economies and addressing underlying incentives (e.g., poverty, land disputes)
that drive banditry.
Authors John Sunday Ojo,
Folahanmi Aina and Samuel Oyewole, in the book “Armed Banditry in Nigeria:
Evolution, Dynamics, and Trajectories’’ drives the truth home. The authors are
of the opinion that armed banditry, one of the major security threats in
Nigeria, can be traced to the historical legacy of rural violence and mobility
of armed groups in ungoverned spaces, Collapse of effective governance, Sporadic
herder–farmer conflicts and Proliferation of small arms. 
While the book points
at the northwest of Nigeria, it explodes with the origins, social and economic
drivers, structure, and impact of banditry in Nigeria that no other contemporary
indigenous book has featured. Grab an e-copies now! Links below!
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Philip Zimbardo (2011). The Lucifer Effect:
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. Link: https://apple.co/4qh6YQw
Wayne Petherick and Grant Sinnamon (2016). The
Psychology of Criminal and Antisocial Behaviours. Link: https://apple.co/4q8D3dc
John Douglas and Mark Olshaker (2017). The Anatomy of Motive:
The FBI’s Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent.
Link: https://apple.co/49Nf0LV
John Sunday Ojo, Folahanmi Aina & Samuel Oyewole (2024).
Link: https://apple.co/4a4fQTe
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