Lecturer in Criminology and Policing with research interests and specialism on terrorism, counterterrorism, and peacebuilding in post conflict context. She is also a recipient of the 2018 best article award from the British International Studies Association Royal African Society Postgraduate paper prize. Tarela have also published on areas concerning reintegration in post conflict settings. Tarela have also been involved in research that informs government policies. b Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations with research interests largely in Criminology, International terrorism and corruption in war-torn contexts. Danny's studies include mechanisms of crime control within indigenous environments, namely in developing and war-torn contexts. Danny's research also spans other criminology-related disciplines. These include international terrorism and human rights. It also includes criminology related to police corruption, state corruption and methods of crime control. c Lecturer in Psychology with expertise on mental health within the African and Caribbean contexts. Dung's PhD research also received accolades such as the 2017 and 2018 Delegates Choice Poster Winner at the British Psychological Society (BPS) Annual Conferences in Brighton and Nottingham UK. d Senior lecturer in Youth Works with research interests on youth justice, culture, identity and belonging. Sean has developed key specialisms in a range of topics, including Youth Work Practice, Childhood and Youth Studies. Sean has also been engaged in systematic review concerning reintegration in post-conflict settings. e Research Assistant with expertise in data retrieval, and literature synthesis. Evangelyn has engaged in research and systematic synthesis related to reintegration in post conflict settings.
Community perspectives of repentant terrorist combatants and militants alongside the trust accorded reintegration programmes are important for successful reintegration. This review attempt to fill a significant gap through the synthesis of evidence on community perspectives of interventions adopted to foster reintegration of former terrorist combatants and militants in Nigeria. Six databases including the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts, Web of Science, Scopus, Proquest and EBsco were searched. Eighteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Informed by the principles of thematic analysis and conceptual framework of synthesis, five themes emerged: (1) Design of reintegration programmes devoid of community consultation; (2) Scepticism towards the sincerity behind monetizing rehabilitation and reintegration programmes; (3) Resistance towards reintegration due to perceived favourable incentives provided to repentant combatants; (4) Lack of confidence in the genuine repentance of former repentant combatants; and (5) Lack of confidence in government's reintegration programme. The review recommends randomised controlled trials which incorporate context-specific community-centred interventions to encourage successful reintegration.
Domestic violence, including intimate partner violence, increased exponentially following the Covid-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, there appears to be a paucity of research that draws on a social constructionist theoretical lens to explore women’s perspectives of the Nigerian government’s interventions addressing such violence. The study recruited 24 purposively selected female participants from Delta state, Nigeria. Informed by a social constructionist thematic analysis, findings revealed that they were a perceived sense that law enforcement agencies’ gender-biased response to domestic violence complaints and lack of awareness of legal solutions fuel domestic violence. The study recommends a randomised control trial to test the efficacy of legal education interventions in improving domestic violence awareness in Nigeria.
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