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Correspondence Analysis as a Strategy to Explore the Association between Different Categories of Crime in Yobe State, Nigeria

With the rapid increase in population at both rural and urban areas and the increasing rate of unemployment, criminal activities in Nigeria have increased dramatically in dimension, frequency and sophistication. The study examine the relationships between crimes committed by criminals that were caught and reported to the police by individuals or apprehended by the police and their offences documented in police stations across Yobe State for the period of ten years using correspondence analysis. The crimes analyzed were; murder, robbery, rape, theft, house breaking, kidnapping, grievous hurt an…