Policing and the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. He has a PhD in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Griffith University inAustralia. He was previously educated in his home country, Nigeria, as well as at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He has successfully attracted more than 17 scholarships, grants, recognition and awards in Nigeria, UnitedKingdom and Australia: including the prestigious British Commonwealth Scholarships, Australian Postgraduate Awards, and the Australian Government’s Endeavour Executive Fellowships.

• Introduction Part I: Rule of Law, Corruption and Abuse of Power 1. Patterns and Prevalence of Corruption in Ghana’s Criminal Justice System, Moses Agaawena Amagnya 2. Police corruption at the traffic checkpoints and roadblocks in Kenya, Gedion Onyango 3. Police-Citizen Relations in Nigeria: Obstacles to Trust and Cooperation with the Police, Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi 4. Can We Truly Find a Solution to Ghana’s Corruption Problem? Assessing the Fight Against Corruption and the Effectiveness of the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Moses Agaawena Amagnya and Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi Part II: Policing, Emerging Challenges and Reform 5. "Very Organized and Hard for Us to Detect": The Botswana Police Service’s Struggle against Sex Trade, Trafficking in Persons and Cybercrimes, Lesedi Mashumba, Moses Agaawena Amagnya, and Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi 6. Policing Rural Kenya: Practices and Challenges, Emmanuel K. Bunei and Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi 7. ‘Are we there yet or chasing shadows’: policing gang violence in contemporary South Africa, Paul Oluwatosin Bello 8. A Critical Evaluation of Police Reforms in Kenya, Joseph Kipkemboi Rono Part III: Rule of Law, Rights and Judicial Processes 9. Reconstructing the Rule of Law: Rights, Justice, and Plurality in Madagascar, Olivia Lwabukuna 10. Immunity Ratione Personae of Foreign State Officials before Rwandan Criminal Courts, Evode Kayitana Conclusion