The ODL Reconstruction of Inclusive Education and Career in Criminal Justice for Sustainable Law Enforcement in Nigeria

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Conventional education and career access disparity across gender accessioned by profit driven privatization and culturally imposed discrimination in some professions like the criminal justice administration (CJA) in African is male dominated. It has implications for sustainable and inclusive law enforcement. However, while there is greater attention given to accessing conventional education and CJA career, despite profit and cultural restrictions, less attention is given to accessing Open Distance Learning (ODL). The ODL provides lifelong learning space to deepen inclusive education and career across class and gender without restriction. This paper therefore focuses on the challenges and prospects of borderlessness in access to education and law enforcement career; with a view to examining ODL reconstruction of inclusive education and career in criminal justice for sustainable law enforcement in Nigeria. Berger and Luckman`s Social Constructionist Theory provided the framework while the design was exploratory. Qualitative techniques of data collection was used on respondents drawn from the Academia and the Criminal Justice Administrators. The findings of the paper revealed that equity and inclusive education as well as sustainable law enforcement are endangered in Nigeria because of profit maximization and patriarchal culture of segregation and discrimination. The paper, therefore, called for bridging the access gap in education and CJA career by opening up lifelong learning space that could ensure equity and inclusiveness in education and career for all without restrictions