Perceived unfair procedural justice, distrusted legal institutions and (re)emergence of indigenous restorative justice administration in Apata-Aje Community, Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8253254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Habeeb Abdulrauf Salihu (0000-0002-6049-5143, University of Ilorin, corresponding author), Hossein Gholami (0000-0002-6343-2690, Allameh Tabataba'i University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 297-316 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2770-6869 • E-ISSN: 2770-6877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/27706869.2022.2115196 |
| OpenAlex | W4293661842 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
The study undertakes a qualitative enquiry into the adoption of indigenous restorative justice system (IRJS) by the people of Apata-Aje Community of Kwara State, Nigeria in crime-related disputes. Eighty-Four members of the community (76 users and 8 practitioners of the system) participated in the study. They were selected through convenience and purposive sampling techniques. In-depth interview was the adopted method of data collection while thematic analysis was used for data analysis. Results indicate that the inadequacies of the legal institutions made people of Apata-Aje Community defy the formal criminal justice system (CJS) by not reporting crime-related disputes directly to the police, and by recognising and approving IRJS as a method of justice administration. The study suggests that as countries around the world move towards a restorative approach to justice administration, there is a need for public debates across Nigeria on the prospects of incorporating IRJS into the contemporary CJS
Administration of justice · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Indigenous · Nonprobability sampling · Political science · Qualitative research · Restorative justice · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions
Citizen Satisfaction with Police Encounters
Why People Obey the Law
The role of (self-)forgiveness in restorative justice
Possibilities for the incorporation of African indigenous procedures and mechanisms of dispute resolution in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria
Modes of Indigenous Disputing and Legal Interactions among the Ibos of Eastern Nigeria
Mob justice, corrupt and unproductive justice system in Nigeria
Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and the Effective Rule of Law
Enhancing Police Legitimacy
Compromised Police Legitimacy as a Predictor of Violent Crime in Structurally Disadvantaged Communities
Multiple Temporalities in Indigenous Justice and Healing Practices in Mozambique
Public Confidence in the Police
Resurgence of the Traditional Justice System in Postcolonial Benin (Nigeria) Society
Inherited legal systems and effective rule of law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |