Criminal Justice Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book considers the challenges faced within criminal justice systems across a range of African jurisdictions, identifying recent efforts at reform, and highlighting instances of best practice. Most African countries continue to experience issues of unlawful pre-trial detention, human rights abus...
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| description | This book considers the challenges faced within criminal justice systems across a range of African jurisdictions, identifying recent efforts at reform, and highlighting instances of best practice. Most African countries continue to experience issues of unlawful pre-trial detention, human rights abuses in prisons, long periods of awaiting trials, and prolonged criminal trials. The presence of these issues mars criminal justice processes and judicial oversight functions, and risks feeding corruption and increasing risks of torture, as well as negatively impacting suspects, their families, and communities. Drawing on insights from African academics, judges, and legal practitioners, this book considers recent criminal justice reforms across Burundi, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. Authors focus on best practice for managing pre-trial detention, implementing effective non-custodial measures, expediting trials, and exploring the role of restorative justice in criminal justice administration. The comparative insights and best practice for reform implementation highlighted in this book will be useful for legal and criminal justice researchers, as well as legal practitioners and policymakers working on criminal justice reform in sub-Saharan Africa. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1742602026-06-21T05:07:03Z Criminal Justice Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa Adekunle, Adedeji Oyakhire, Suzzie Onyeka Eruaga, Osatohanmwen Kenya Comparative legal analysis Judges Pretrial detention reform Congo Human rights law Africa South Africa Non-custodial sentencing Suspects Restorative justice practices Defendants Judicial corruption prevention Technology African criminal justice reform strategies Attorneys Human rights Burundi Ghana Rwanda Courts Non-custodial sentences Nigeria Trial Victims Restorative justice Administration of Criminal Justice Act Petty offences Pre-trial detention Artificial intelligence Violent crime thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAF Systems of law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFB Criminal justice law thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAM Comparative law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure::LNFX1 Sentencing and punishment thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general::LNDU Local government law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general::LNDH Government powers This book considers the challenges faced within criminal justice systems across a range of African jurisdictions, identifying recent efforts at reform, and highlighting instances of best practice. Most African countries continue to experience issues of unlawful pre-trial detention, human rights abuses in prisons, long periods of awaiting trials, and prolonged criminal trials. The presence of these issues mars criminal justice processes and judicial oversight functions, and risks feeding corruption and increasing risks of torture, as well as negatively impacting suspects, their families, and communities. Drawing on insights from African academics, judges, and legal practitioners, this book considers recent criminal justice reforms across Burundi, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. Authors focus on best practice for managing pre-trial detention, implementing effective non-custodial measures, expediting trials, and exploring the role of restorative justice in criminal justice administration. The comparative insights and best practice for reform implementation highlighted in this book will be useful for legal and criminal justice researchers, as well as legal practitioners and policymakers working on criminal justice reform in sub-Saharan Africa. 2026-03-24T05:06:56Z 2026-03-24T05:06:56Z 2026-03-23T15:20:03Z 2026 book ONIX_20260323T152922_9781040874431_11 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112153 9781040874431 9781003561927 9781040874462 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174260 eng Routledge Studies on Law in Africa open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112153/1/9781040874431.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112153/1/9781040874431.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112153/1/9781040874431.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003561927 10.4324/9781003561927 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040874431 9781003561927 9781040874462 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge African Studies 2026 Routledge 318 Oxford open access |
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| title | Criminal Justice Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Criminal Justice Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Criminal Justice Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| title_short | Criminal Justice Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| topic | Kenya Comparative legal analysis Judges Pretrial detention reform Congo Human rights law Africa South Africa Non-custodial sentencing Suspects Restorative justice practices Defendants Judicial corruption prevention Technology African criminal justice reform strategies Attorneys Human rights Burundi Ghana Rwanda Courts Non-custodial sentences Nigeria Trial Victims Restorative justice Administration of Criminal Justice Act Petty offences Pre-trial detention Artificial intelligence Violent crime thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAF Systems of law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFB Criminal justice law thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAM Comparative law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure::LNFX1 Sentencing and punishment thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general::LNDU Local government law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general::LNDH Government powers |
| topic_facet | Kenya Comparative legal analysis Judges Pretrial detention reform Congo Human rights law Africa South Africa Non-custodial sentencing Suspects Restorative justice practices Defendants Judicial corruption prevention Technology African criminal justice reform strategies Attorneys Human rights Burundi Ghana Rwanda Courts Non-custodial sentences Nigeria Trial Victims Restorative justice Administration of Criminal Justice Act Petty offences Pre-trial detention Artificial intelligence Violent crime thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAF Systems of law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFB Criminal justice law thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAR Legal aspects of criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAM Comparative law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues::LAZ Legal history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure::LNFX1 Sentencing and punishment thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFX Criminal procedure thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general::LNDU Local government law thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general::LNDH Government powers |
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