Why Africa cannot prosecute (or even educate) its way out of road accidents: insights from Ghana

Abstract The paper sheds light on the problem of the growing embracement of penal populism (fines and prison sentences) as a measure for dealing with road trauma in Africa through a case study of Ghana. It argues that the policy of hunting for rogue drivers to make roads safer in the continent is as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Festival Godwin Boateng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021-01-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00695-5