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APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
卷 107, 期 -, 页码 39-71出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2022.02.005
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Mathematical model; Criminal gang; Bifurcation; Sensitivity analysis; Model-fitting
This paper examines the impact of correctional intervention measures on the population dynamics of criminal gangs in Nigeria. The study finds that timely prosecution and correction can potentially eradicate adolescent delinquencies from the population and control the entire criminal gangs' population.
The prevalence of criminal gang activities in the society has continued to be a huge burden to mankind. Despite several attempts by the government and non-governmental organizations in curtailing the activities of criminal gangs, new criminal gangs are beginning to emerge with associated criminal cases on the high side, thereby causing social unrest. This paper examines the impact of correctional intervention measures on the population dynamics of the criminal gangs in Nigeria, following an age-structured paradigm. The existence of backward bifurcation is presented sequel to the coexistence of gang free equilibrium and gang endemic equilibrium when the reproduction number is less than unity. Also, the model exhibits periodic trajectories (Hopf bifurcation) as a result of coexistence among the criminal gang classes. Using the Nigeria crime data (from 1993 to 2013) as obtained from Elsevier Data in Brief, we analyze the criminal gang model quantitatively and provide the sociological implications of the results. The numerical results obtained from this work show that if at least 60% of adolescents between 8-17 years who commit crimes are apprehended with prompt prosecution and correction, we can potentially eradicate adolescent delinquencies from the population and thus control the entire criminal gangs' population. (C) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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