Using Technologies in Crime Prevention and Detection in Nigeria: Legal Issues and Challenges

This paper examined technologies being used in crime prevention and detection with a view to identifying such technologies, legal issues and the challenges involved in the application of these technologies and attempted to forge an acceptable legal framework for the use of technologies in crime prevention and detection in Nigeria. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used. Primary sources include books, journal, publications, dailies, conventions and a host others. Secondary sources include materials sourced from the internet. The study revealed that though there are quite a good number of technologies for crime prevention and detection, the major issues involved are the human right abuse and the challenges of training the staff who are expected to apply these technologies among others. The study concluded that though there is need to employ sophisticated technologies in view of the alarming rate of crime commission worldwide and particularly in Nigeria , however, these technologies need to be reviewed to soften the hardship and human right abuses which are found in the application of the technologies. This can be achieved by putting in place an acceptable world standard and robust legal framework that would help in the mitigation of hardship and human abuses that are embedded in the application of the technologies.