On the Crisis of Boko Haram Terrorism: Causes and Perspectives

The book provides a pentapartite theoretical analysis of socio-economic factors as the grand basis for the evolution of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria.

Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice, School of Law, at the University of Venda, South Africa. He received his B.Sc. in Biological and Cultural Anthropology and M.Sc. in Sociology (Crime and Delinquency) from the University of Ibadan and University of Lagos respectively; and his PhD in Criminology and Forensic Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He is a South African National Research Foundation (NRF-Rated) Scholar and a life member of the International Criminology Association, International Society of Criminology, Canadian Criminal Justice Association, as well as Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa. His research interests currently focus on a broad range of specializations encompassing terrorism and violence, crime and racism, biopsychosocial context of criminal behaviour, crime scene investigation, criminological theories, crime & deviance (with a particular focus on cybercrime, drug use, rape and prostitution), youth and adolescent delinquent behaviour and related offenses. He has supervised over 50 postgraduate students to his credit and taught a wide range of courses in criminology and criminal justice across different institutions on the African continent. He has published numerous scholarly articles in high-impact and accredited national and international journals, books, and chapters in books and presented high-quality papers at renowned international conferences around the world. Olofinbiyi has served as an external examiner to a sizeable number of higher education institutions across the world. He is a peer reviewer to numerous international journals and has also served as an editorial board member to an appreciable number of these journals. Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi is a multidisciplinary scholar with a strong passion for collaborative research work. He has also been an invited visiting scholar to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada.