Abstract:
This study investigated the information needs and information seeking behaviour of
Police Prosecutors at The Greater Accra Region. This study sought to identify the
sources of information for Police Prosecutors, the effect of age, education and
experience on information seeking behaviour and perception, police prosecutors hold
about the Library. The study also investigated the barriers to information seeking by
Police Prosecutors and the extent to which Police Prosecutors rely on the Library for
their information needs as well as the limitation of the Library in providing adequate
information to Police Prosecutors.
Questionnaires were distributed to 50 Prosecutors. Thirty-five (35) usable responses
received. The responses have been presented and analyzed.
Results gathered from the analyses indicate that a great number of Prosecutors are
much aware of the pivotal role of the library. They are of the view that the Library
should be expended, resourced with the current books and staff of Police Service be
trained in Library skills to enhance effective information provision.
The Police Service in general is bedeviled with many constraints to information.
Among them are suspects of crime unwillingness to share information, lack of
funding for the library, and the changing nature of the law relating to crime.
Among the recommendation made to enhance the Prosecutor's ability to combat
crime and to keep abreast of the law are the holding of regular Meeting and Seminars
and Six months' training on Criminal Code
