ESCALATING RATES OF CRIME AND CRIMINALITY: ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN CRIME MANAGEMENT

The rates of crime and criminality are escalating in many parts of the world, particularly in Nigeria. The power and centrality of the media make them indispensable in whatever crime management actions that are being taken to arrest the worsening security situation and escalating crime rate in Nigeria. This paper is a discourse which highlights, against the backdrop of the prevalence of crime and criminality in contemporary Nigeria, the role of a professional media system as a major factor that can help mitigate crime and criminality in the country. Undoubtedly,  responsible  and  professionally-oriented  media  can  do  a lot  of  good  in  crime  management,  and  the media should rise to the occasion in the effort to arrest the present precarious situation.