Nigeria: Can Police Stop Blue-Collar

9 August 2010
analysis

Lagos — The menace of blue and white-collar crimes in Nigeria is daily battering the image of the country's various security outfits. WISDOM PATRICK critically examines this ugly scenario:

In criminology, blue-collar crime is regarded as any crime committed by an individual from a lower social class, as opposed to white-collar crime committed by individuals of a higher social class. An example of a blue-collar criminal is a member of the police force who demands for a bribe at the police check-point. On the other hand, it is bribery when one other than a public official corruptly takes the initiative and offers what he knows is not an authorised fee to a public official; and it is extortion when a public official corruptly makes an unlawful demand which is paid by one who does not realise it is not the fee authorised for the services rendered (see latest (2009) edition of the Black's Law Dictionary).

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