An empirical analysis of predisposing factors influencing highway crimes in Kogi state, Nigeria

Highway crime has escalated into a severe and systemic security threat along the vital regional transit corridors of Nigeria, with consequences that extend well beyond the immediate victim to the macroeconomic stability of the regions through which the affected highways pass. This paper examines the specific environmental, infrastructural, and socioeconomic factors that predispose the highways of Kogi State to elevated criminal activity, a state that functions as a critical geographic conflue