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Faculty Highlights: Dr. Demetrios Kazakos Professor, COSET: Mathematical Sciences
Full text linkAppointment as Editor-in-Chief of the WSEAS Journal: Transactions on Systems and Controlhttps://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/provost_fh/1006/thumbnail.jp
Parents’ Dispositions on Social Emotional Learning and their Policy Imperatives: The Relevance of Context/Locality
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An Oral History of African American Seniors Seeking Housing, Health, and Climate Justice in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey
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Welfare in Area of Rehabilitation in Nigerian Correctional Centers: A Study of Ikoyi Custodial Center
Full text linkThe Nigeria Correctional Service is an agency of the criminal justice system (CJS), saddled with the responsibility of safe custody and rehabilitation of persons remanded. This paper examined the welfare and rehabilitation of inmates in Nigeria correctional centers, focusing on the Ikoyi Custodial Center, Lagos state. For rehabilitation to occur, certain conditions must be necessary, including the welfare of inmates in recreational activities and vocational training/skill acquisition. Data was collected using structured questionnaires administered to one hundred and fifty (150) inmates and in-depth interviews. Results from the study showed a significant positive relationship between recreational activities and rehabilitation. It also revealed a significant relationship between vocational training/skill acquisition and rehabilitation. It was concluded that better recreational activities and vocational training/skill acquisition positively influence inmate rehabilitation. Therefore, the author recommends improving recreational facilities and vocational training/skill acquisition
Reinventing Issues of Law and Justice, Counter-terrorism, Correctional Matters in African Criminology and Criminal Justice
Full text linkReinventing Issues of Law and Justice, Counterterrorism, Correctional Matters in African Criminology and Criminal Justice The authors of this Issue examined burning and contemporary criminal justice matters affecting Africa. While these articles focus on Nigeria, they generally have legal and criminal justice implications for Africa. Africa still faces many dilemmas in finding ways to eliminate terrorism from below and above, causing enormous havoc for political, economic, cultural, and religious instabilities. The correctional systems in some of the African States have also failed in sustaining systems of correctional facilities that respect the tenets of human rights. Additionally, businesses and companies hesitate to do business in Nigeria due to inadequate arbitration rules that favor promising ethical and industrial management modalities. Society is stagnant, and the youths and citizens are not safe and suffer the continuous hemorrhage of surplus populations
