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1.
0INTRODUCTI
ON

Nopuni shmenthasev erpossessedenoughpowerofdet err encetopr eventt hecommi ssi

onof
crimes.Ont hecont rar
y,what evert hepuni shment ,onceaspeci ficcri
mehasappear edforthe
fi
rsttime, i
tsr eappearancei smor el i
kelyt hanitsinit
ial emer gencecoul dev erhav ebeen.
(Arendt,1906- 1975).Crimei sanactort hecommi ssionofanactt hatiscommandedbya
publiclawandmakest heof fenderl i
ablet opunishmentbyt hatlaw( Mer ri
am- Webst er,
2014).
Thechal lengest oNat i
onal secur i
tyinNi ger i
aareenor mousandassuchar ethei ssuesof
reli
giouscr i
sisinsomest atesoft henor thernNigeria, r
itual kil
li
ngsandki dnappi ngsinsome
statesoft heSout heastandsout h-south, sectar
iancl ashesi nsomest atesoft hesout hwest ,
bombi ngsi nAbuj aandsomest at
esoft hef eder
ation.Theabov ement ionedi ssuesconst i
tutea
threattonat ionalsecurit
y,andi fnotcur tai l
ed,mightescal atet ogreaterpr oportionsthatmi ght
plunget hecount ryintoconf usion.Tomai ntai
npeaceandhar monyi nt hesoci ety,manhast o
fashionoutsomel awst ogov er
nt heconductofmember soft hesociet y.Whenpeopl eabideby
thesecodesofconductandl aws, protectionoflivesandpr oper t
iesareguar anteed.

“
Arecor
disaspeci
fi
cpi
eceo

finf
ormati
onpr oducedorr
etri
evedintheini
ti
ation,conductorcomplet
ionofaninst
it
uti
onalor
i
ndivi
dualacti
vit
y.Itcompr
isessuf
fi
cientcontent,contextandst
ruct
urestoprov
ideevi
denceof
theact
ivi
ty.I
tisnotephemeral

t
hati
s,i
tcont
ainsi
nfor
mat
iont
hati
swor
thyofpr
eser
vat
ioni
ntheshor
t,medi
um,
orl
ong-

t
erm.
”

TheNi
ger
iaPol
i
cei
saNat
ional
Inst
it
uti
ondesi
gnedi
nthebestt
radi
ti
onsoft
hepubl
i
c

ser
vicet
oser
vet
hel
ongt
ermi
nter
est
sofNi
ger
ia.I
tisNi
ger
ia‟
sPr
inci
pal
LawEnf
orcement

Agencyandani
ndi
spensabl
eOr
ganoft
heExecut
iveAr
m ofGov
ernment
.TheNi
ger
ian

(Publ
icRecor
dsOf
fi
ce,
Int
ernat
ional
Counci
lonAr
chi
ves,
Commi
tt
eeonEl
ect
roni
cRecor
ds,
1998)
.
3

Pol i
cei sbyl awchar gedwi tht her esponsi bil
ityofpr event i
nganddet ect i
ngcr i
me, preserving
peaceandor derandenf orci ngal l lawsandr egulati
ons.Asy stem ofpr ovidingt heNi ger i
an
Pol i
cewi t
hi nformat ionr egar dingcr iminalsandt hev ari
ousact i
v i
tiest heyhadcar r
iedouti nthe
past ,willgoal ongwayi nhel pingt ocheckmat ecriminalsandt heiract i
vit
ies; andt hiswi llalso
helpi nident ifyi
ngnewcasesofcr i
mesandcr i
minalswi thinagi venar ea.ACr imi nalRecor ds
ManagementSy stem wi l
l assi stthepol i
cewi thuseful i
nfor mat iont hatwi ll helpi nappr ehendi ng,
prosecut i
ng, andsanct ioningcr i
mi nal s.Ithasbeenacknowl edgedt hatt henear estwecanget
tot hecr i
mi nal happeni ngsorev ent sisther ecor dkeptbyt hePol ice, ofcr i
mesr eportedt ot hem
(James, 2010) .Theuseofcomput ersandot hercommuni cat i
ondev icest hatwi l
l helpi nkeepi ng
trackofcr iminalsandt hev ariousact i
vit
iestheyengagedi n, i
scur rent l
yv er ymi nimal .The
pol i
cekeept heirrecor dsonpaperandt hisdoesnothel pt heiref f
ici encyasi tdoesnotpr ov i
de
accur ate,reliableandcompr ehensi v edatar oundt hecl ock.I nr ecentt i
mes, witht heeconomi c
har dshipt hecount r
yi sgoi ngt hroughi tisnotuncommonf orthepol icet ocompl ai
naboutl ack
ofst ationeriesi ncaseswhi cht heymaywi sht orecord( Kawai &Samson, 2011) .TheCr i
me
Recor dsManagementSy stem beat sthemet hodofpaper wor kadopt edher ei nNi geria.Ont his
platform, allrecor dsar ecomput er ized, t
husel imi
natingl ossofdat at hroughr oughhandl i
ngby
thePol i
ceDepar t
ment ,andt hismakesi nvest igat
ionoff ut urecr imesr elativelyeasi er.Police
officersnowhav etheabi li
tyt oi mmedi atelygener atecr i
mer eportdi rectlyr el
ev antt ot he
situationathandr athert hansear chi ngthroughnumer ous, dust yfiles.TheCRMSwi l
l enabl ethe
pol i
cet ohav eaccur ateandsuf ficientst atisticsoninf ormat i
onofacase; they earacr imewas
commi tt
ed, whoi nv estigat edi tandot herrelat edcri
mi nal informat i
on

Thesamei nformat ionprovi

desapower fuldecisionmaki ngt oolf
orpol i
cemen, investigators,
databaseadmi nistr
ators,j
udgesandf ell
owl awenf or
cementagenci es.Theadv entoft he
backgr oundscr eeningindustryinNi geriawi t
hcompani esl i
keBackgr oundCheckI nternational
andRi skcont rol hasledt otheper formanceofbackgr oundchecksf orcivi
lpurposest hanf or
cri
mi nal i
nvestigations.MostNi ger i
anempl oy er
snowr equestcr i
mi nalhi
storyinformat ionas
partoft hehiringpr ocess.Forexampl eEt i
salat,
Fi r
stBank, AccessBank, BrunelEner gy,Day
Wat ermanCol lege,Guinness, Lafarge, MTNPr ojectFame, GlaxoSmi t
hKl i
neandExxonMobi l
demandbackgr oundchecksonal l
orv i
rtuall
yallapplicants(BackgroundCheckI nternational,
2014) .Criminal backgroundr eportsar eonl yasr eli
ableast heunder lyi
ngrecordsf rom whi ch
theyar edrawn

(
Gaebl
er,
2013)
.Andt
hisonl
yemphasi
zesmor
eont
heneedf
oranef
fi
cient
,accur
ate,
compr
ehensi
veandr
eli
abl
eCr
imeRecor
dManagementSy
stem.

1.
1STATEMENTOFPROBLEM

Wewantt odesignasy stem fortheproperrecordingofcriminalact

ivi
ti
esthatwi l
lenable
storage, r
etr
ievalandsecur i
tyofcriminali
nformat i
onwi t
hinNigeri
a.Theuseofmanual pr
ocess
usingpaperf il
esi nt hedocument ati
onofcr i
minal inf
ormat i
onbytheNigerianPoliceForcehas
hadanegat i
v eimpactont heNi ger
ianpopulati
onsuchas; adrawbackinpol i
cing,i
ncreased
l
ev elofinsecurit
yi nt heeconomyasawhol eandsoonduet o;del
ayedaccesst oinformati
on,
unav ail
abil
it
yofi nfor mati
onfrom formeryearsr esult
ingfrom l
ossofcriminaldata,stol
enor
mispl acedcriminal casef i
l
es,damagedcasef i
lesei t
her

CriminalRecordsintheDigi
tal
Age: ARev i
ewofCur r
entPracti
cesandRecommendat i
onsfor
Reformi nTexas,Pg.14,Hel
enGaebl er,
2013.Thisdocumentshowshowi mportanati
tisto
steerclearofhavi
ngacr i
minalrecordasitrest
ri
ctsopport
unit
iesforalotoft
hings,andital
so
suggest sref
ormsonent r
yofsuchr ecords,
anddisseminati
onofinfor
mat i
on

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1.
0INTRODUCTI
ON

Nopuni shmenthasev erpossessedenoughpowerofdet er

rencetopreventt hecommi ssi
onof
cri
mes.Ont hecont r
ary,what ev
erthepuni shment ,onceaspeci f
iccri
mehasappear edforthe
fi
rsttime, i
tsreappearanceismor el i
kel
yt hanit
si nit
ial emergencecouldev erhavebeen.
(Arendt,1906-1975).Crimei sanactort hecommi ssionofanactt hati
scommandedbya
publiclawandmakest heoffenderliabl
et opunishmentbyt hatlaw( Merr
iam- Webster,
2014).
Thechal lengestoNat i
onalsecur i
tyinNigeriaareenor mousandassuchar et heissuesof
rel
igiouscr i
sisi
nsomest atesofthenor thernNigeria, r
itual
kil
li
ngsandki dnappingsinsome
statesoft heSoutheastandsout h-sout
h, sect
ariancl ashesinsomest atesoft hesouthwest,
bombi ngsinAbuj
aandsomest atesofthefeder
ation.Theabov ement i
onedissuesconstitutea
threattonati
onal
securi
ty,
andi fnotcurt
ail
ed,mightescalatetogreaterpr
oportionsthatmi ght
plungethecountr
yint
oconf usi
on.Tomai ntai
npeaceandhar monyi nthesociety,manhast o
fashionoutsomelawstogov erntheconductofmember softhesociety.Whenpeopl eabideby
thesecodesofconductandl aws,prot
ecti
onoflivesandpr opert
iesareguaranteed.

“
Arecor
disaspeci
fi
cpi
eceo

finf
ormati
onpr oducedorr
etri
evedintheini
ti
ation,conductorcomplet
ionofaninst
it
uti
onalor
i
ndivi
dualacti
vit
y.Itcompr
isessuf
fi
cientcontent,contextandst
ruct
urestoprov
ideevi
denceof
theact
ivi
ty.I
tisnotephemeral

t
hati
s,i
tcont
ainsi
nfor
mat
iont
hati
swor
thyofpr
eser
vat
ioni
ntheshor
t,medi
um,
orl
ong-

t
erm.
”

TheNi
ger
iaPol
i
cei
saNat
ional
Inst
it
uti
ondesi
gnedi
nthebestt
radi
ti
onsoft
hepubl
i
c

ser
vicet
oser
vet
hel
ongt
ermi
nter
est
sofNi
ger
ia.I
tisNi
ger
ia‟
sPr
inci
pal
LawEnf
orcement

Agencyandani
ndi
spensabl
eOr
ganoft
heExecut
iveAr
m ofGov
ernment
.TheNi
ger
ian

(Publ
icRecor
dsOf
fi
ce,
Int
ernat
ional
Counci
lonAr
chi
ves,
Commi
tt
eeonEl
ect
roni
cRecor
ds,
1998)
.

Policeisbyl awchar gedwi tht her esponsi bil

it
yofpr event i
nganddet ect i
ngcr i
me, preserving
peaceandor derandenf orcingal llawsandr egulat
ions.Asy stem ofpr ovi
dingt heNiger i
an
Policewithi nformationregar dingcr iminalsandt hev ari
ousact i
vit
iest heyhadcar r
iedouti nthe
past ,
willgoal ongwayi nhel pingt ocheckmat ecriminalsandt hei
ract i
vit
ies;andt hi
swi llal
so
helpinident ifyi
ngnewcasesofcr i
mesandcr i
minalswi thinagi v
enar ea.ACr iminalRecor ds
ManagementSy stem wil
lassi stthepol i
cewi thusefulinfor mat i
ont hatwi llhelpinappr ehending,
prosecuting, andsanct i
oningcr i
minal s.Ithasbeenacknowl edgedt hatt henear estwecanget
tot hecri
mi nal happeningsorev ent sisther ecordkeptbyt hePol i
ce, ofcrimesr eportedt othem
(James, 2010) .Theuseofcomput ersandot hercommuni cationdev icest hatwi l
lhelpinkeepi ng
trackofcr i
mi nalsandt hev ariousact ivit
iestheyengagedi n,iscurrent l
yv erymi ni
mal .The
policekeept heirr
ecordsonpaperandt hisdoesnothel pt heireffi
ciencyasi tdoesnotpr ovide
accur ate,reli
abl
eandcompr ehensi vedataroundt hecl ock.Inrecentti
mes, witht heeconomic
har dshipt hecountr
yisgoi ngt hroughi ti
snotuncommonf orthepoli
cet ocompl ainaboutlack
ofst ationeri
esincaseswhi cht heymaywi sht orecord( Kawai &Samson, 2011) .TheCr i
me
Recor dsManagementSy stem beat sthemet hodofpaper workadoptedher einNi ger
ia.Onthis
platform, allr
ecordsarecomput eri
zed, t
husel imi
natingl ossofdatathroughr oughhandl i
ngby
thePol i
ceDepar t
ment ,andt hi
smakesi nvestigat
ionoff uturecrimesrelativel
yeasi er.Pol
ice
officersnowhav etheabi l
i
tyt oi mmedi atel
ygener atecr i
mer eportdir
ectlyr el
ev anttothe
situationathandr atherthansear chingthroughnumer ous, dustyfi
l
es.TheCRMSwi l
lenablethe
pol i
cet ohav eaccurateandsuf fi
cientstati
sticsoninf ormat i
onofacase; they earacr i
mewas
commi tt
ed,whoinvestigateditandot herrelatedcri
mi nal i
nformati
on.

Thesamei nformat ionprovi

desapower fuldecisionmaki ngt oolf
orpol i
cemen, investigators,
databaseadmi nistr
ators,j
udgesandf ell
owl awenf or
cementagenci es.Theadv entoft he
backgr oundscr eeningindustryinNi geriawi t
hcompani esl i
keBackgr oundCheckI nternational
andRi skcont rol hasledt otheper formanceofbackgr oundchecksf orcivi
lpurposest hanf or
cri
mi nal i
nvestigations.MostNi ger i
anempl oy er
snowr equestcr i
mi nalhi
storyinformat ionas
partoft hehiringpr ocess.Forexampl eEt i
salat,
Fi r
stBank, AccessBank, BrunelEner gy,Day
Wat ermanCol lege,Guinness, Lafarge, MTNPr ojectFame, GlaxoSmi t
hKl i
neandExxonMobi l
demandbackgr oundchecksonal l
orv i
rtuall
yallapplicants(BackgroundCheckI nternational,
2014) .Criminal backgroundr eportsar eonl yasr eli
ableast heunder lyi
ngrecordsf rom whi ch
theyar edrawn

(Gaebler
,2013)
.Andthisonl
yemphasizesmoreont
heneedforanef
fi
cient
,accur
ate,
comprehensi
veandrel
iabl
eCrimeRecordManagementSy
stem.

1.
1STATEMENTOFPROBLEM

Wewantt odesignasy stem fortheproperrecordingofcriminalact

ivi
ti
esthatwi l
lenable
storage, r
etr
ievalandsecur i
tyofcriminali
nformat i
onwi t
hinNigeri
a.Theuseofmanual pr
ocess
usingpaperf il
esi nt hedocument ati
onofcr i
minal inf
ormat i
onbytheNigerianPoliceForcehas
hadanegat i
v eimpactont heNi ger
ianpopulati
onsuchas; adrawbackinpol i
cing,i
ncreased
l
ev elofinsecurit
yi nt heeconomyasawhol eandsoonduet o;del
ayedaccesst oinformati
on,
unav ail
abil
it
yofi nfor mati
onfrom formeryearsr esult
ingfrom l
ossofcriminaldata,stol
enor
mispl acedcriminal casef i
l
es,damagedcasef i
lesei t
her

Cri
minal
RecordsintheDigi
tal
Age:AReviewofCurr
entPr
acti
cesandRecommendati
onsfor
Refor
minTexas,Pg.14,Hel
enGaebler
,2013.Thi
sdocumentshowshowimpor
tanati
tist
o
steercl
earofhav
ingacr
iminal
recordasitr
est
ri
ctsopport
unit
iesforalotoft
hings,
andital
so
suggestsref
ormsonent
ryofsuchrecor
ds,anddi
sseminati
onofinfor
mat i
ontothepubl
i
c.

bypest,wat
erorfi
reoutbr
eak.Thefir
stpi
ecesofinf
ormationi
nacr iminalcasefi
l
eare
generat
edatt
hepointofcontactbet
weenasuspectandthepolice.Subsequentpi
ecesof
i
nformati
onaret
hengeneratedbyothercr
iminal
just
iceagenci
es.

(CRI MSYS, 2010)Accesst othecr i

minal i
nformat ionisnotwel l
cont r
olledandt hereisnocl ear
secur i
tyonav oidingpossi blemani pulationofi nformationwhi chr esult
si npossiblealt
erationby
unaut hori
zeduser s.Ret r
ievinginformat ionfrom t histypeofsy stem canbecumber someand
ti
meconsumi ngespeci all
ywhensear chingf orinformat i
onf r
om f ormery ears.Withthecur rent
situati
on, mor aldecadencei sbeingpr omot edasi tbecomeshi ghlydiffi
cul ti
fnotimpossi bleto
trackdowncr i
mi nals,accesspastcr i
mi nalhistoryofasuspectandsol vecr i
mecasesandi fnot
addr essedint henear estfuturewoul dhav eanappal l
i
ngef fectont heNi geri
anpopulation,
hencet heneedf oraCRMSwhi chwi l
lgoal ongwayi naidingt hepol i
cei ncombat ti
ngcr i
mei n
thecount ryt hrougheasyaccesst ocr iminal i
nformat i
onf orreferencingi nsolvi
ngcr i
mes,
properst orageofcr iminalinformation, andpr operi nt
egrati
onofcr iminal i
nformati
on.

1.
2AI
M ANDOBJECTI
VES

Theaim oft
hisproj
ectist
odesignandimpl
ementacri
merecor
dsmanagementsy stem t
o
assi
sttheNiger
ianPoli
ceinst
orageandret
ri
eval
ofi
nfor
mati
on;theobj
ect
ivesar
e,to:i
.

Desi
gnauserf r
iendl
yinter
facef
oruser
ssuchaspol
i
cemen,
inv
est
igat
ors,
dat
abase
admini
str
ator
sandj udges.i
i.

Hav
eadat
abaseofev
erycr
imi
nal
inf
ormat
ionsuchas

bypest,wat
erorfi
reoutbr
eak.Thefir
stpi
ecesofinf
ormationi
nacr iminalcasefi
l
eare
generat
edatt
hepointofcontactbet
weenasuspectandthepolice.Subsequentpi
ecesof
i
nformati
onaret
hengeneratedbyothercr
iminal
just
iceagenci
es.
3

(CRI MSYS, 2010)Accesst othecr i

minal i
nformat ionisnotwel l
cont r
olledandt hereisnocl ear
secur i
tyonav oidingpossi blemani pulationofi nformationwhi chr esult
si npossiblealt
erationby
unaut hori
zeduser s.Ret r
ievinginformat ionfrom t histypeofsy stem canbecumber someand
ti
meconsumi ngespeci all
ywhensear chingf orinformat i
onf r
om f ormery ears.Withthecur rent
situati
on, mor aldecadencei sbeingpr omot edasi tbecomeshi ghlydiffi
cul ti
fnotimpossi bleto
trackdowncr i
mi nals,accesspastcr i
mi nalhistoryofasuspectandsol vecr i
mecasesandi fnot
addr essedint henear estfuturewoul dhav eanappal l
i
ngef fectont heNi geri
anpopulation,
hencet heneedf oraCRMSwhi chwi l
lgoal ongwayi naidingt hepol i
cei ncombat ti
ngcr i
mei n
thecount ryt hrougheasyaccesst ocr iminal i
nformat i
onf orreferencingi nsolvi
ngcr i
mes,
properst orageofcr iminalinformation, andpr operi nt
egrati
onofcr iminal i
nformati
on.

1.
2AI
M ANDOBJECTI
VES

Theaim oft
hisproj
ectist
odesignandimpl
ementacri
merecor
dsmanagementsy stem t
o
assi
sttheNiger
ianPoli
ceinst
orageandret
ri
eval
ofi
nfor
mati
on;theobj
ect
ivesar
e,to:i
.

Desi
gnauserf r
iendl
yinter
facef
oruser
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PARTIALFULFILLMENTOFTHEAWARDFORB. SC.COMPUTERSCIENCETI
TLE:DESI
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POLICEFORCESUBMI TTEDBY: OLAOREOLUFUNMI KEA.
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1.
0INTRODUCTI
ON

Nopuni shmenthasev erpossessedenoughpowerofdet err encetopr eventt hecommi ssi

onof
crimes.Ont hecont rar
y,what evert hepuni shment ,onceaspeci ficcri
mehasappear edforthe
fi
rsttime, i
tsr eappearancei smor el i
kelyt hanitsinit
ial emer gencecoul dev erhav ebeen.
(Arendt,1906- 1975).Crimei sanactort hecommi ssionofanactt hatiscommandedbya
publiclawandmakest heof fenderl i
ablet opunishmentbyt hatlaw( Mer ri
am- Webst er,
2014).
Thechal lengest oNat i
onal secur i
tyinNi ger i
aareenor mousandassuchar ethei ssuesof
reli
giouscr i
sisinsomest atesoft henor thernNigeria, r
itual kil
li
ngsandki dnappi ngsinsome
statesoft heSout heastandsout h-south, sectar
iancl ashesi nsomest atesoft hesout hwest ,
bombi ngsi nAbuj aandsomest at
esoft hef eder
ation.Theabov ement ionedi ssuesconst i
tutea
threattonat ionalsecurit
y,andi fnotcur tai l
ed,mightescal atet ogreaterpr oportionsthatmi ght
plunget hecount ryintoconf usion.Tomai ntai
npeaceandhar monyi nt hesoci ety,manhast o
fashionoutsomel awst ogov er
nt heconductofmember soft hesociet y.Whenpeopl eabideby
thesecodesofconductandl aws, protectionoflivesandpr oper t
iesareguar anteed.

“
Arecor
disaspeci
fi
cpi
eceo

finf
ormati
onpr oducedorr
etri
evedintheini
ti
ation,conductorcomplet
ionofaninst
it
uti
onalor
i
ndivi
dualacti
vit
y.Itcompr
isessuf
fi
cientcontent,contextandst
ruct
urestoprov
ideevi
denceof
theact
ivi
ty.I
tisnotephemeral

t
hati
s,i
tcont
ainsi
nfor
mat
iont
hati
swor
thyofpr
eser
vat
ioni
ntheshor
t,medi
um,
orl
ong-

t
erm.
”

TheNi
ger
iaPol
i
cei
saNat
ional
Inst
it
uti
ondesi
gnedi
nthebestt
radi
ti
onsoft
hepubl
i
c

ser
vicet
oser
vet
hel
ongt
ermi
nter
est
sofNi
ger
ia.I
tisNi
ger
ia‟
sPr
inci
pal
LawEnf
orcement

Agencyandani
ndi
spensabl
eOr
ganoft
heExecut
iveAr
m ofGov
ernment
.TheNi
ger
ian

(Publ
icRecor
dsOf
fi
ce,
Int
ernat
ional
Counci
lonAr
chi
ves,
Commi
tt
eeonEl
ect
roni
cRecor
ds,
1998)
.
3

Pol i
cei sbyl awchar gedwi tht her esponsi bil
ityofpr event i
nganddet ect i
ngcr i
me, preserving
peaceandor derandenf orci ngal l lawsandr egulati
ons.Asy stem ofpr ovidingt heNi ger i
an
Pol i
cewi t
hi nformat ionr egar dingcr iminalsandt hev ari
ousact i
v i
tiest heyhadcar r
iedouti nthe
past ,willgoal ongwayi nhel pingt ocheckmat ecriminalsandt heiract i
vit
ies; andt hiswi llalso
helpi nident ifyi
ngnewcasesofcr i
mesandcr i
minalswi thinagi venar ea.ACr imi nalRecor ds
ManagementSy stem wi l
l assi stthepol i
cewi thuseful i
nfor mat iont hatwi ll helpi nappr ehendi ng,
prosecut i
ng, andsanct ioningcr i
mi nal s.Ithasbeenacknowl edgedt hatt henear estwecanget
tot hecr i
mi nal happeni ngsorev ent sisther ecor dkeptbyt hePol ice, ofcr i
mesr eportedt ot hem
(James, 2010) .Theuseofcomput ersandot hercommuni cat i
ondev icest hatwi l
l helpi nkeepi ng
trackofcr iminalsandt hev ariousact i
vit
iestheyengagedi n, i
scur rent l
yv er ymi nimal .The
pol i
cekeept heirrecor dsonpaperandt hisdoesnothel pt heiref f
ici encyasi tdoesnotpr ov i
de
accur ate,reliableandcompr ehensi v edatar oundt hecl ock.I nr ecentt i
mes, witht heeconomi c
har dshipt hecount r
yi sgoi ngt hroughi tisnotuncommonf orthepol icet ocompl ai
naboutl ack
ofst ationeriesi ncaseswhi cht heymaywi sht orecord( Kawai &Samson, 2011) .TheCr i
me
Recor dsManagementSy stem beat sthemet hodofpaper wor kadopt edher ei nNi geria.Ont his
platform, allrecor dsar ecomput er ized, t
husel imi
natingl ossofdat at hroughr oughhandl i
ngby
thePol i
ceDepar t
ment ,andt hismakesi nvest igat
ionoff ut urecr imesr elativelyeasi er.Police
officersnowhav etheabi li
tyt oi mmedi atelygener atecr i
mer eportdi rectlyr el
ev antt ot he
situationathandr athert hansear chi ngthroughnumer ous, dust yfiles.TheCRMSwi l
l enabl ethe
pol i
cet ohav eaccur ateandsuf ficientst atisticsoninf ormat i
onofacase; they earacr imewas
commi tt
ed, whoi nv estigat edi tandot herrelat edcri
mi nal informat i
on.

Thesamei nformat ionprovi

desapower fuldecisionmaki ngt oolf
orpol i
cemen, investigators,
databaseadmi nistr
ators,j
udgesandf ell
owl awenf or
cementagenci es.Theadv entoft he
backgr oundscr eeningindustryinNi geriawi t
hcompani esl i
keBackgr oundCheckI nternational
andRi skcont rol hasledt otheper formanceofbackgr oundchecksf orcivi
lpurposest hanf or
cri
mi nal i
nvestigations.MostNi ger i
anempl oy er
snowr equestcr i
mi nalhi
storyinformat ionas
partoft hehiringpr ocess.Forexampl eEt i
salat,
Fi r
stBank, AccessBank, BrunelEner gy,Day
Wat ermanCol lege,Guinness, Lafarge, MTNPr ojectFame, GlaxoSmi t
hKl i
neandExxonMobi l
demandbackgr oundchecksonal l
orv i
rtuall
yallapplicants(BackgroundCheckI nternational,
2014) .Criminal backgroundr eportsar eonl yasr eli
ableast heunder lyi
ngrecordsf rom whi ch
theyar edrawn

(Gaebler
,2013)
.Andthisonl
yemphasizesmoreont
heneedforanef
fi
cient
,accur
ate,
comprehensi
veandrel
iabl
eCrimeRecordManagementSy
stem.

1.
1STATEMENTOFPROBLEM
Wewantt odesignasy stem fortheproperrecordingofcriminalact
ivi
ti
esthatwi l
lenable
storage, r
etr
ievalandsecur i
tyofcriminali
nformat i
onwi t
hinNigeri
a.Theuseofmanual pr
ocess
usingpaperf il
esi nt hedocument ati
onofcr i
minal inf
ormat i
onbytheNigerianPoliceForcehas
hadanegat i
v eimpactont heNi ger
ianpopulati
onsuchas; adrawbackinpol i
cing,i
ncreased
l
ev elofinsecurit
yi nt heeconomyasawhol eandsoonduet o;del
ayedaccesst oinformati
on,
unav ail
abil
it
yofi nfor mati
onfrom formeryearsr esult
ingfrom l
ossofcriminaldata,stol
enor
mispl acedcriminal casef i
l
es,damagedcasef i
lesei t
her

CriminalRecordsintheDigi
tal
Age: ARev i
ewofCur r
entPracti
cesandRecommendat i
onsfor
Reformi nTexas,Pg.14,Hel
enGaebl er,
2013.Thisdocumentshowshowi mportanati
tisto
steerclearofhavi
ngacr i
minalrecordasitrest
ri
ctsopport
unit
iesforalotoft
hings,andital
so
suggest sref
ormsonent r
yofsuchr ecords,
anddisseminati
onofinfor
mat i
ontot hepubl
ic.

bypest,wat
erorfi
reoutbr
eak.Thefir
stpi
ecesofinf
ormationi
nacr iminalcasefi
l
eare
generat
edatt
hepointofcontactbet
weenasuspectandthepolice.Subsequentpi
ecesof
i
nformati
onaret
hengeneratedbyothercr
iminal
just
iceagenci
es.

(CRI MSYS, 2010)Accesst othecr i

minal i
nformat ionisnotwel l
cont r
olledandt hereisnocl ear
secur i
tyonav oidingpossi blemani pulationofi nformationwhi chr esult
si npossiblealt
erationby
unaut hori
zeduser s.Ret r
ievinginformat ionfrom t histypeofsy stem canbecumber someand
ti
meconsumi ngespeci all
ywhensear chingf orinformat i
onf r
om f ormery ears.Withthecur rent
situati
on, mor aldecadencei sbeingpr omot edasi tbecomeshi ghlydiffi
cul ti
fnotimpossi bleto
trackdowncr i
mi nals,accesspastcr i
mi nalhistoryofasuspectandsol vecr i
mecasesandi fnot
addr essedint henear estfuturewoul dhav eanappal l
i
ngef fectont heNi geri
anpopulation,
hencet heneedf oraCRMSwhi chwi l
lgoal ongwayi naidingt hepol i
cei ncombat ti
ngcr i
mei n
thecount ryt hrougheasyaccesst ocr iminal i
nformat i
onf orreferencingi nsolvi
ngcr i
mes,
properst orageofcr iminalinformation, andpr operi nt
egrati
onofcr iminal i
nformati
on.

1.
2AI
M ANDOBJECTI
VES

Theaim oft
hisproj
ectist
odesignandimpl
ementacri
merecor
dsmanagementsy stem t
o
assi
sttheNiger
ianPoli
ceinst
orageandret
ri
eval
ofi
nfor
mati
on;theobj
ect
ivesar
e,to:i
.
Desi
gnauserf r
iendl
yinter
facef
oruser
ssuchaspol
i
cemen,
inv
est
igat
ors,
dat
abase
admini
str
ator
sandj udges.i
i.

Haveadatabaseofev
erycr
imi
nal
inf
ormat
ionsuchascr
imecommi
tt
ed,
evi
dencesand
det
ect
ivesinchar
ge.

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imeJust
iceI
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stem,
2010.

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PARTIALFULFILLMENTOFTHEAWARDFORB. SC.COMPUTERSCIENCETI
TLE:DESI
GNAND
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MPLEMENTATI ONOFACRI MERECORDSMANAGEMENTSYSTEM FORTHENI GERIAN
POLICEFORCESUBMI TTEDBY: OLAOREOLUFUNMI KEA.
,11/
2219SOWUNMIOLUWAWUNMI
O.,
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1.
0INTRODUCTI
ON

Nopuni shmenthasev erpossessedenoughpowerofdet err encetopr eventt hecommi ssi

onof
crimes.Ont hecont rar
y,what evert hepuni shment ,onceaspeci ficcri
mehasappear edforthe
fi
rsttime, i
tsr eappearancei smor el i
kelyt hanitsinit
ial emer gencecoul dev erhav ebeen.
(Arendt,1906- 1975).Crimei sanactort hecommi ssionofanactt hatiscommandedbya
publiclawandmakest heof fenderl i
ablet opunishmentbyt hatlaw( Mer ri
am- Webst er,
2014).
Thechal lengest oNat i
onal secur i
tyinNi ger i
aareenor mousandassuchar ethei ssuesof
reli
giouscr i
sisinsomest atesoft henor thernNigeria, r
itual kil
li
ngsandki dnappi ngsinsome
statesoft heSout heastandsout h-south, sectar
iancl ashesi nsomest atesoft hesout hwest ,
bombi ngsi nAbuj aandsomest at
esoft hef eder
ation.Theabov ement ionedi ssuesconst i
tutea
threattonat ionalsecurit
y,andi fnotcur tai l
ed,mightescal atet ogreaterpr oportionsthatmi ght
plunget hecount ryintoconf usion.Tomai ntai
npeaceandhar monyi nt hesoci ety,manhast o
fashionoutsomel awst ogov er
nt heconductofmember soft hesociet y.Whenpeopl eabideby
thesecodesofconductandl aws, protectionoflivesandpr oper t
iesareguar anteed.
“
Arecor
disaspeci
fi
cpi
eceo

finf
ormati
onpr oducedorr
etri
evedintheini
ti
ation,conductorcomplet
ionofaninst
it
uti
onalor
i
ndivi
dualacti
vit
y.Itcompr
isessuf
fi
cientcontent,contextandst
ruct
urestoprov
ideevi
denceof
theact
ivi
ty.I
tisnotephemeral

t
hati
s,i
tcont
ainsi
nfor
mat
iont
hati
swor
thyofpr
eser
vat
ioni
ntheshor
t,medi
um,
orl
ong-

t
erm.
”

TheNi
ger
iaPol
i
cei
saNat
ional
Inst
it
uti
ondesi
gnedi
nthebestt
radi
ti
onsoft
hepubl
i
c

ser
vicet
oser
vet
hel
ongt
ermi
nter
est
sofNi
ger
ia.I
tisNi
ger
ia‟
sPr
inci
pal
LawEnf
orcement

Agencyandani
ndi
spensabl
eOr
ganoft
heExecut
iveAr
m ofGov
ernment
.TheNi
ger
ian

(Publ
icRecor
dsOf
fi
ce,
Int
ernat
ional
Counci
lonAr
chi
ves,
Commi
tt
eeonEl
ect
roni
cRecor
ds,
1998)
.

Policeisbyl awchar gedwi tht her esponsi bil

ityofpr event i
nganddet ect i
ngcr i
me, preserving
peaceandor derandenf orci ngal llawsandr egul
at i
ons.Asy stem ofpr ovidi
ngt heNi ger i
an
Policewi thi nformat i
onr egar dingcr iminalsandt hev ari
ousact i
v i
tiest heyhadcar riedouti nthe
past ,wil
l goal ongwayi nhel pingt ocheckmat ecriminalsandt heiract i
vit
ies;andt hiswi llal
so
helpi nident ifyi
ngnewcasesofcr i
mesandcr iminalswi thinagi venar ea.ACr iminal Recor ds
ManagementSy stem wi l
l assi stthepol i
cewi t
husef ulinfor mat iont hatwi llhelpinappr ehending,
prosecut ing, andsanct ioningcr i
minal s.Ithasbeenacknowl edgedt hatt henear estwecanget
tot hecrimi nal happeni ngsorev ent sisther ecordkeptbyt hePol ice, ofcr i
mesr epor tedt othem
(James, 2010) .Theuseofcomput ersandot hercommuni cat i
ondev icest hatwi l
lhel pinkeepi ng
trackofcr iminalsandt hev ariousact i
vit
iestheyengagedi n, i
scur rent l
yv erymi ni
mal .The
policekeept heirrecordsonpaperandt hisdoesnothel pt heiref f
iciencyasi tdoesnotpr ov i
de
accur at
e, reliableandcompr ehensi v edatar oundt hecl ock.I nr ecentt i
mes, wi
tht heeconomi c
hardshipt hecount r
yisgoi ngt hroughi tisnotuncommonf orthepol icet ocompl ainaboutl ack
ofst ati
oner iesi ncaseswhi cht heymaywi sht orecor d( Kawai &Samson, 2011).TheCr ime
Recor dsManagementSy stem beat sthemet hodofpaper wor kadopt edher einNi geria.Ont his
platform, allrecor dsarecomput erized, t
husel iminatingl ossofdat at hroughr oughhandl i
ngby
thePol i
ceDepar t
ment ,andt hismakesi nvest i
gationoff ut urecr imesr elativ
elyeasi er.Police
off
icer
snowhav etheabi l
i
tytoi
mmedi atel
ygener at
ecrimereportdir
ect
lyrel
evantt
ot he
si
tuati
onathandratherthansearchingthroughnumer ous,dustyfi
l
es.TheCRMSwi llenabl
ethe
poli
cetohaveaccurateandsuffi
cientstati
sticsoninfor
mat i
onofacase; t
heyearacrimewas
commi t
ted,
whoinvestigatedi
tandot herrelatedcri
minali
nformati
on.

Thesamei nformat ionprovi

desapower fuldecisionmaki ngt oolf
orpol i
cemen, investigators,
databaseadmi nistr
ators,j
udgesandf ell
owl awenf or
cementagenci es.Theadv entoft he
backgr oundscr eeningindustryinNi geriawi t
hcompani esl i
keBackgr oundCheckI nternational
andRi skcont rol hasledt otheper formanceofbackgr oundchecksf orcivi
lpurposest hanf or
cri
mi nal i
nvestigations.MostNi ger i
anempl oy er
snowr equestcr i
mi nalhi
storyinformat ionas
partoft hehiringpr ocess.Forexampl eEt i
salat,
Fi r
stBank, AccessBank, BrunelEner gy,Day
Wat ermanCol lege,Guinness, Lafarge, MTNPr ojectFame, GlaxoSmi t
hKl i
neandExxonMobi l
demandbackgr oundchecksonal l
orv i
rtuall
yallapplicants(BackgroundCheckI nternational,
2014) .Criminal backgroundr eportsar eonl yasr eli
ableast heunder lyi
ngrecordsf rom whi ch
theyar edrawn

(Gaebler
,2013)
.Andthisonl
yemphasizesmoreont
heneedforanef
fi
cient
,accur
ate,
comprehensi
veandrel
iabl
eCrimeRecordManagementSy
stem.

1.
1STATEMENTOFPROBLEM

Wewantt odesignasy stem fortheproperrecordingofcriminalact

ivi
ti
esthatwi l
lenable
storage, r
etr
ievalandsecur i
tyofcriminali
nformat i
onwi t
hinNigeri
a.Theuseofmanual pr
ocess
usingpaperf il
esi nt hedocument ati
onofcr i
minal inf
ormat i
onbytheNigerianPoliceForcehas
hadanegat i
v eimpactont heNi ger
ianpopulati
onsuchas; adrawbackinpol i
cing,i
ncreased
l
ev elofinsecurit
yi nt heeconomyasawhol eandsoonduet o;del
ayedaccesst oinformati
on,
unav ail
abil
it
yofi nfor mati
onfrom formeryearsr esult
ingfrom l
ossofcriminaldata,stol
enor
mispl acedcriminal casef i
l
es,damagedcasef i
lesei t
her

CriminalRecordsintheDigi
tal
Age: ARev i
ewofCur r
entPracti
cesandRecommendat i
onsfor
Reformi nTexas,Pg.14,Hel
enGaebl er,
2013.Thisdocumentshowshowi mportanati
tisto
steerclearofhavi
ngacr i
minalrecordasitrest
ri
ctsopport
unit
iesforalotoft
hings,andital
so
suggest sref
ormsonent r
yofsuchr ecords,
anddisseminati
onofinfor
mat i
ontot hepubl
ic.
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bypest,wat
erorfi
reoutbr
eak.Thefir
stpi
ecesofinf
ormationi
nacr iminalcasefi
l
eare
generat
edatt
hepointofcontactbet
weenasuspectandthepolice.Subsequentpi
ecesof
i
nformati
onaret
hengeneratedbyothercr
iminal
just
iceagenci
es.

(CRI MSYS, 2010)Accesst othecr i

minal i
nformat ionisnotwel l
cont r
olledandt hereisnocl ear
secur i
tyonav oidingpossi blemani pulationofi nformationwhi chr esult
si npossiblealt
erationby
unaut hori
zeduser s.Ret r
ievinginformat ionfrom t histypeofsy stem canbecumber someand
ti
meconsumi ngespeci all
ywhensear chingf orinformat i
onf r
om f ormery ears.Withthecur rent
situati
on, mor aldecadencei sbeingpr omot edasi tbecomeshi ghlydiffi
cul ti
fnotimpossi bleto
trackdowncr i
mi nals,accesspastcr i
mi nalhistoryofasuspectandsol vecr i
mecasesandi fnot
addr essedint henear estfuturewoul dhav eanappal l
i
ngef fectont heNi geri
anpopulation,
hencet heneedf oraCRMSwhi chwi l
lgoal ongwayi naidingt hepol i
cei ncombat ti
ngcr i
mei n
thecount ryt hrougheasyaccesst ocr iminal i
nformat i
onf orreferencingi nsolvi
ngcr i
mes,
properst orageofcr iminalinformation, andpr operi nt
egrati
onofcr iminal i
nformati
on.

1.
2AI
M ANDOBJECTI
VES

Theaim oft
hisproj
ectist
odesignandimpl
ementacri
merecor
dsmanagementsy stem t
o
assi
sttheNiger
ianPoli
ceinst
orageandret
ri
eval
ofi
nfor
mati
on;theobj
ect
ivesar
e,to:i
.

Desi
gnauserf r
iendl
yinter
facef
oruser
ssuchaspol
i
cemen,
inv
est
igat
ors,
dat
abase
admini
str
ator
sandj udges.i
i.

Haveadatabaseofev
erycr
imi
nal
inf
ormat
ionsuchascr
imecommi
tt
ed,
evi
dencesand
det
ect
ivesinchar
ge.

Cr
imeJust
iceI
nfor
mat
ionManagementSy
stem,
2010.