Ghanaians don't trust the police. A criminologist on what needs to be done about it

By Justice Tankebe, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Cambridge

The relationship between Ghanaian citizens and officers of its police service is a tenuous one. Recent reports by the research network Afrobarometer show a decline in trust between citizens and officers amid complaints of harassment and bribery. There have also been accusations of the police being used by the political hierarchy to stifle dissent by…

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