Risk Factors of Recidivism: Lessons from Central Prison in Kumasi, Ghana - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.5 No.10, October 2018

Open Access Library Journal

Volume 5, Issue 10 (October 2018)

ISSN Print: 2333-9705 ISSN Online: 2333-9721

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Risk Factors of Recidivism: Lessons from Central Prison in Kumasi, Ghana ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1104744 719 Downloads 3,015 Views Citations

Author(s)

Christine Glover¹, Jacob Obodai², James Mabery Forkuor¹, Abena Korang Acheampong Abaitey²

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Theology, Christian Service University College, Kumasi, Ghana.
²Department of Planning, Christian Service University College, Kumasi, Ghana.

ABSTRACT

Recidivism is a major problem faced by all countries in the world and entails a tendency to relapse into a previous behavior (criminal behavior in the context of this study). Using a qualitative approach, this study examined the risk factors of recidivism in Kumasi Central Prisons. Purposive sampling method was espoused to gather data from thirty prison inmates and key informants including prison ministry evangelists, prison officers and families of ex-offenders. The study found inadequate support from family, stigma by society, lack of job opportunities, lack of income and ac-commodation as the most prominent risk factors of recidivism among prison inmates in the Kumasi Central Prisons despite the important roles played by Christian churches through their prison ministries. The study therefore among others recommends that prison ministry must go beyond the prison walls by eliciting the active participation of family, community and society in the physical and spiritual care for the ex-offender.

KEYWORDS

Recidivism, Prison, Risk Factor, Central Prison, Ghana

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Glover, C. , Obodai, J. , Forkuor, J. and Abaitey, A. (2018) Risk Factors of Recidivism: Lessons from Central Prison in Kumasi, Ghana. Open Access Library Journal, 5, 1-17. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1104744.

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