Community service for misdemeanours in Accra: Preferences of offenders, victims, judiciary and community members.
dc.contributor.author | Parima, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Osafo, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nyarko, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Anakwah, N. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-19T15:51:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-19T15:51:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.description | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Taking religiosity into account, the study explored preferences for community service sentencing by victims, offenders, judiciary, and community members from Accra, Ghana. One hundred and ninety respondents were sampled (females = 38.42%, offenders = 5.26%, victims = 58.95%, law enforcement = 10.52%, members of the Judiciary = 4.74%, and general community members = 65.26%). They responded to the Attitude Towards Community Service Questionnaire, and the data were analysed utilising ANOVA between group difference tests. Offenders expressed a higher preference for community sentencing than victims and members of the judiciary. Religion aligned participants supported community sentencing. Community sentencing seems a preferred sentencing option by a cross section of Ghanaian community members for adult non-violent offenders. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Feikoab Parimah, Joseph Osafo, Kingsley Nyarko & Nkansah Anakwah (2017) Community service for misdemeanours in Accra: Preferences of offenders, victims, judiciary, and community members, Journal of Psychology in Africa, 27:5, 455-457, DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2017.1375205 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1815-5626 | |
dc.identifier.other | Pages 455-457 | |
dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2017.1375205 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/27658 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Volume 27;Issue 5 | |
dc.subject | community service | en_US |
dc.subject | imprisonment | en_US |
dc.subject | misdemeanours | en_US |
dc.subject | restorative justice | en_US |
dc.title | Community service for misdemeanours in Accra: Preferences of offenders, victims, judiciary and community members. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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