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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2021-01-01
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Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00695-5 |