Justice Tankebe
Self-Help, Policing, and Procedural Justice: Ghanaian Vigilantism and the Rule of Law
University of Cambridge
public recourse vigilante selfhelp often attributed lack effective state intervention less attention given character intervention using tylerian procedural justice perspective argue article perceived procedural injustice contributes increased public support violent selfhelp mechanisms vigilante violence current study tests theoretical argument using survey data 374 residents accra ghana results show age education police trustworthiness significant predictors support vigilante selfhelp impacts procedural fairness found embraced within police trustworthiness perceptions police effectiveness experience police corruption statistically significant predictors vigilante support