O. Oko Elechi is an associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at the Prairie View A&M University. He received his PhD from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. He also holds two degrees from the University of Oslo, Norway. His writings on restorative justice, community policing, and African indigenous justice systems have been extensively published in international journals, book chapters, and anthologies. He is also the author of Doing Justice without the State: The Afi kpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model (2006).