{"id":1461,"date":"2025-05-28T13:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1461"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:29:46","slug":"franca-c-attoh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1461","title":{"rendered":"FRANCA C. \u00a0ATTOH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1461\" class=\"elementor elementor-1461\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9835a62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9835a62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ef15d8\" data-id=\"8ef15d8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a9716e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a9716e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FRANCA.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FRANCA.jpg 365w, https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FRANCA-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FRANCA-133x146.jpg 133w, https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FRANCA-46x50.jpg 46w, https:\/\/sosc.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FRANCA-68x75.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-121b2c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"121b2c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b726ac1\" data-id=\"b726ac1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d640a68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d640a68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): <strong>PROF.<\/strong><\/p><p>NAME: <strong>FRANCA C. \u00a0ATTOH<\/strong><\/p><p>POSITION: <strong>PROFESSOR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>SPECIALISATION<strong>: CRIME &amp; DELIQUENCY, CULTURE,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOCIAL CHANGE, FAMILY AND CRIMINOLOGY<\/strong><\/p><p>EDUCATION\/TRAINING <em>(Begin with Bachelor\u2019s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, <\/em><em>include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add\/delete rows as necessary.)<\/em><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"349\"><p>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>DEGREE <br \/><em>(if <br \/>applicable)<\/em><\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>Completion <br \/>Date <br \/>MM\/YYYY<\/p><\/td><td width=\"174\"><p>FIELD OF STUDY<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"349\"><p>University of Nigeria , Nsukka Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>B.Sc.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>06\/1983<\/p><\/td><td width=\"174\"><p>Sociology &amp; Anthropology<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"349\"><p>University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>M.Sc.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>07\/1985<\/p><\/td><td width=\"174\"><p>Sociology<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"349\"><p>University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria<\/p><\/td><td width=\"96\"><p>Ph.D.<\/p><\/td><td width=\"106\"><p>01\/2009<\/p><\/td><td width=\"174\"><p>Sociology<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>.<\/p><ol><li><strong>Personal Statement<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>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 \u2018Construction in Nigeria\u2019. 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.<\/p><p>\u00a0She has 67 publications in both national and international Journals and has co-edited three textbooks in sociology and terrorism.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li><strong>Selected Most Recent Publications \/Contributions to Knowledge (five<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Attoh, F. (2023). Policing the Campus: The Golden Decade of Security. In Akinyele, R.T. and Adeboye, O. (eds). University of Lagos: The 6<sup>th <\/sup> Unilag Press and Bookshop Ltd.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li>Tinuola, F.R., Olorunlana, A., Adejoh, S. O. &amp; 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<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"3\"><li>Adejoh, S. O., Attoh, F., Akinbode, G. A. A., &amp; 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 <u>\u00a0<\/u><\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol start=\"4\"><li>Adejoh, S. O., Attoh, F., Akinbode, G.A., Okoye, O.C., &amp; Olorunlana, A. (2022). Predictors of fear of crime among residents in selected communities in Lagos, Nigeria.\u00a0 The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. Vol. 20 No.2 . ISSN:0331-4111, E-ISSN:2736-075X<\/li><li>Adisa, W., Alabi, T., Ayodele, J., Attoh, F. &amp; Adejoh, S. (2021). 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