Members of the Executive Committee Abdul-Mumin Sa'ad
NIGERIAProfessor of Sociology and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Executive Director of the Centre for Research and Documentation, Kano, Nigeria (2000-3).
Teaching and research interests: Criminology and Criminal Justice in the Third World (especially: sociology of law; crime and delinquency; punishment and correction; women, law and social regulations; human rights); Theory and methods in sociology; Social change and development; and Social work and administration.
Membership of professional societies: Social Science Academy of Nigeria, Union for Africa Population Studies, 21st Century Trust, UK., Criminological Society of South Africa, British Society of Criminology, International Sociological Association, since 2000-.Publications. Three of the too numerous to list here are: The Politics of Information Justice: A Critical Analysis of Informal Process of Justice in Rural Kilba, Mumuye and Jukun of Nigeria, Africa Development, Vol. 20(3). Senegal: CODESRIA. 1995.
Traditional Institutions and the Violation of Womens Human Rights in Contemporary Rural Africa: The Nigerian Case, in Apollo Rwomire (ed) Social Problems in Africa. London, Zeb Books, 1997.
Law and Justice on Gwoza Hills: An Assessment of the Viability of Informal Justice for Good Governance and Democracy in Nigeria, in Olowu, Dele et.al. (Eds.) Governace and Democratisation in West Africa. Senegal: CODESRIA Book Series. 1999.
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