TITLE (PROF/DR/): PROF.

NAME: FRANCA C.  ATTOH

POSITION: PROFESSOR                                         SPECIALISATION: CRIME & DELIQUENCY, CULTURE,      SOCIAL CHANGE, FAMILY AND CRIMINOLOGY

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE
(if
applicable)

Completion
Date
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FIELD OF STUDY

University of Nigeria , Nsukka Nigeria

B.Sc.

06/1983

Sociology & Anthropology

University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria

M.Sc.

07/1985

Sociology

University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria

Ph.D.

01/2009

Sociology

 

 

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  1. Personal Statement

 

Professor Franca Attoh bagged her honours degree in Sociology/Anthropology from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. And her Masters degree in Sociology from the University of Lagos. She worked for a decade in the organised private sector as the editor ‘Construction in Nigeria’. She then returned to the University of Lagos for a doctoral programme. She completed and bagged the Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology with specialization in Crime and Delinquency. Professor Franca Attoh has been in the services of the University of Lagos since 2007 when she joined the Department of Sociology as an Assistant Lecturer.

 She has 67 publications in both national and international Journals and has co-edited three textbooks in sociology and terrorism.  Her research spans the areas of human trafficking, intra African migration and spatial incidences of crime in built and external environments. Prof. Attoh is a laureate of the Ford Foundation and CODESRIA in Dakar Senegal. She is an alumnus of the CODESRIA Gender Institute. She is a distinguished fellow of the Institute of Security Nigeria.  She has extensive experience in research and consultancy and has consulted for several organizations including the Early Warning System in ECOWAS, International Organization for Migration (IOM), National Agency for the Prohibition of Human Trafficking and other related matters (NAPTIP), National Identity Management Commission etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge (five

 

  1. Attoh, F. (2023). Policing the Campus: The Golden Decade of Security. In Akinyele, R.T. and Adeboye, O. (eds). University of Lagos: The 6th Unilag Press and Bookshop Ltd.

 

  1. Tinuola, F.R., Olorunlana, A., Adejoh, S. O. & Attoh, F. (2022). Covid-19 Protocol: Attitude and Practice among Business Entrepreneurs in Southwest Nigeria. Texila International Journal of Public Health. Special Edition Nov. 2022. DOI: 10.21522/TIJPH.2013.SE.2201. Art004

 

  1. Adejoh, S. O., Attoh, F., Akinbode, G. A. A., & Ajijola, A. (2022). Socio-Demographic, Community Characteristics and the Fear of Crime as Correlates of Self-Reported Health Status in Lagos, Nigeria. Ibom Journal of Social Issues. Vol.11 No. 2 (June 22). DOI: 10.36108/IJSI/2202.11.0270  

 

  1. Adejoh, S. O., Attoh, F., Akinbode, G.A., Okoye, O.C., & Olorunlana, A. (2022). Predictors of fear of crime among residents in selected communities in Lagos, Nigeria.  The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. Vol. 20 No.2 . ISSN:0331-4111, E-ISSN:2736-075X
  2. Adisa, W., Alabi, T., Ayodele, J., Attoh, F. & Adejoh, S. (2021). Violent Victimisation in Lagos Metropolis: An Empirical Investigation of Community and Personal Predictors. In International Review of Victimology. DOI: 10. 1177/0269758021 1027987.