Robert Kwame Ame

Robert Kwame Ame
Wilfrid Laurier University | WLU · Human Rights & Criminology

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Child Panels (CPs) are quasi-judicial bodies charged with administering alternative measures in accordance with the Juvenile Justice Act and the Children’s Act in Ghana. This study set out to examine the functioning, relevance, efficiency, and sustainability of CPs. Drawing on qualitative research methods of observation, semi-structured interviews,...
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Since 2010, there have been series of discussions by stakeholders to revamp Ghana’s current juvenile justice system to make it more relevant and sustainable within Ghana’s domestic context. These efforts led to the adoption of the Justice for Children Policy (J4CP) by cabinet in 2015. Using a qualitative analysis of secondary data, this preliminary...
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The origin(s) of the contemporary juvenile justice system in Ghana could be traced to the country’s colonial era just like most modern criminal justice institutions in Africa. Colonization and its consequent introduction of English education, laws, administration, and Christianity challenged the traditional agencies for maintaining social control a...
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The troxovi system lies at the interface of traditional religion, social structure, and social/crime control; hence, one cannot fully understand the system without also understanding these factors. Trokosis children, mostly female virgins, are made to atone for the crimes of family members. The human rights violations of this practice are numerous...
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This volume set out to achieve two specific aims. Firstly, it sought to explore the efforts that have been made to export, or transport, to other societies around the world particular notions of childhood and child development which are intricately bound to historical developments that have taken place in Western Europe and North America in the las...
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Mediation with a Traditional Flavor advocates the use of culturally tuned indigenous values, norms, and ethnographic practices as foundations for conflict resolution. It blends traditional African with Western mediation processes for greater efficiency. It is best situated at the interface between traditional African mediation, the “imported” W...
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Mediation with a Traditional Flavor advocates the use of culturally tuned indigenous values, norms, and ethnographic practices as foundations for conflict resolution. It blends traditional African with Western mediation processes for greater efficiency. It is best situated at the interface between traditional African mediation, the ““imported”” Wes...
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In a country where implementing children's rights in general remains a major challenge, the idea of according rights to children in conflict with the law can be a daunting task. With too many other children's problems to deal with such as the millions of street children and child laborers, female circumcision, and sexual violence against female chi...
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This paper argues that restorative justice approaches such as truth and reconciliation commissions (TRCs) and peacemaking criminology could greatly enhance a country’s democratic practice paving the way for wider societal development. Drawing on the example of Ghana’s National Reconciliation Commission, the paper contends that the principles and pr...

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