Abstract:
Technology-assisted living is a growing trend in
most developing nations, particularly for young-aged
demographic countries, as it presents a platform for personal
development and knowledge management. However, this societyscaping trend has also introduced the myriad opportunity for the
formation of complex crime, which is often beyond the
(immediate) capability of the policing entity in developing
nations. To address this lingering and futuristic problem,
particularly in Nigeria, this study developed a context-based
digital policing framework for the enhancement of the Nigerian
Police. This Nigerian-context framework presents the viability
and relevance of the digital policing mechanism in addressing
challenges ravaging society. Furthermore, it also presents a
modality for improving and enhancing the policing apparatus of
the Nigerian society, as a model for other developing nations.
The knowledge from the Nigerian-context of digital policing has
both research and societal implications. In terms of research, it
opens the community of security researchers into the contextual
characteristics of digital policing as well as the probable research
direction required to implement digital policing in developing
nations. With respect to society, knowledge provides a substratum
for the integration of the community-policing model.
