Addressing the Rising Cases of Domestic Violence in 2017 and 2018 in Lagos State, Nigeria viz-a-viz The Rights of Members of a House Hold: A Wake Up Call on Stake Holders

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dc.contributor.authorNwaechefu, Hilary
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-29T08:23:18Z
dc.date.available2022-07-29T08:23:18Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe trend of domestic violenceis as old as humanity, and it has persisted in Nigeria for reasons not well addressed by the society. However the trend has assumed alarming dimensions in recent time in Lagos of Nigeria leading to the passage several legislative instruments. The law against domestic violencehas come on board to curb the ugly trend with little or minimal success. The legislation against domestic violenceis meant to save lives and properties in the family arena. In Nigeria there are various laws against Domestic violence applicable in the states of the federation. The primary objective of this paper is therefore to identify the reasons why domestic violencehas been on the rise in Lagos state notwithstanding legislations. This paper also identifieswhat constitutes domestic violence, instances of domestic violence in Lagos state of Nigeriaand make recommendations towards checking and minimizingthese animalistic behaviours of humans against fellow human beings. This paper approaches the topic by reference to statute books, Law Text Books, Law Reports, Internet sources, Newspapers. The findings in this paper are that, impatience, uncontrolled temper and incompatibilities among couples cum the wicked inclinations of humans lead to domestic violence. This paper makes recommendations towards stemming the tideen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3495
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Jos Law Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 1, No. 1;
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectEmotional and psychological painen_US
dc.subjectSexual abusesen_US
dc.subjectAggressionen_US
dc.titleAddressing the Rising Cases of Domestic Violence in 2017 and 2018 in Lagos State, Nigeria viz-a-viz The Rights of Members of a House Hold: A Wake Up Call on Stake Holdersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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