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Young People and Crime
Lead Researcher: Dr Kofi Boakye This project focuses on young people and crime in Africa. The project takes a comparative ...
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Criminal law is at the heart of criminological enquiries. We are especially interested in law making, law breaking and reaction ...
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Welcome to the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice. The Centre aims to promote high quality research and teaching on crime and justice in Africa.
It provides training for professionals in the fields of crime and justice (police officers, prosecutors, judges, prison officers, probation officers, and private security providers) in evidence based approach to crime prevention and justice delivery.
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Commercial vehicle drivers (‘trotro’ drivers) who experience police corruption are more likely to break traffic laws – Research
Commercial vehicle drivers (‘trotro’ drivers) who experience police corruption are more likely to break traffic laws. That’s the finding from ...
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Study looks at support for offender rehabilitation among Ghanaian prison officers
Support among prison officers in Ghana for the rehabilitation of offenders is heavily dependent on their sense of self-legitimacy, a ...
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A new study on what motivates young educated Ghanaians to report corruption to anti-corruption agencies
Young educated Ghanaians are more likely to report corruption to anti-corruption agencies if they are certain it will lead to ...
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How young educated Ghanaians view corruption
A corruption scandal is in the news in Ghana again. Media reports suggest an elaborate scheme of cronyism in the ...
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Confronting Political Vigilantism in Ghana [Policy Brief]
On 9 April 2019, Ghana’s two main political parties – the ruling New Patriotic Party and the opposition National Democratic ...
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Young People and Crime
Lead Researcher: Dr Kofi Boakye This project focuses on young people and crime in Africa. The project takes a comparative ...
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Criminal law
Criminal law is at the heart of criminological enquiries. We are especially interested in law making, law breaking and reaction ...
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Prison and Prison Officers Stress
Prisons Research Lead Researcher: Dr Thomas Akoensi Prison officers constitute a major resource pool for all prison facilities. Without them, ...
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Policing in Africa
Lead Researcher: Dr Justice Tankebe Our expertise here focuses on evidence-based police interventions, such as ‘what works’ in building public ...
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Sentencing
Sentence and sentencing disparity Lead Researchers: Dr Peter Atupare, Dr Kofi Boakye, Dr. Justice Tankebe This project aims to investigate ...
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Traditional Justice
Traditional Justice in informal Urban Settlements in Ghana British Academy Funded Project Lead Researchers: Dr Thomas Akoensi and Dr Amy ...
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Corruption
Lead Researchers: Dr. Justice Tankebe, Kofi Odei Addo, Dr Kofi Boakye Corruption – the abuse of authority for personal gain ...
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