Etannibi Alemika

Etannibi Alemika is a Nigerian criminologist and professor of sociology of law at the University of Jos, whose research centers on policing effectiveness and crime prevention in Nigeria. His 1988 study Policing and Perceptions of Police in Nigeria became one of the most widely cited works in Nigerian criminology, and he has argued for building national criminal information systems and stronger legislative frameworks for the country's security agencies. He was appointed to a Nigerian federal anti-corruption oversight board in 2015 and holds advanced degrees from the University of Ibadan and the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his doctoral studies in criminology.