Restorative justice ideology among High School teachers in Ghana: investigating the role of collectivism and personality

Parimah, F, Davour, MJ, Kofi, CC and Winder, B ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-679X, 2018. Restorative justice ideology among High School teachers in Ghana: investigating the role of collectivism and personality. Contemporary Justice Review. ISSN 1028-2580

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Abstract

Studies on Restorative Justice (RJ) ideology in school settings have largely focused on Western societies, to the neglect of African societies. This means that variables relevant to the Ghanaian setting that might be associated with RJ ideology have not been examined. The current study investigates the association between High School teachers’ Collectivism, Openness to Experience (OE), and their idea of Restoration. Analysis of data from 191 (Male=128, Female=63) teachers in Accra indicated that Collectivism and OE both predicted the idea of Restoration. This suggests that both Collectivism and OE are important resources that may help teachers embrace the idea of restoring a student offender to morally acceptable behaviour. This and other findings are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Contemporary Justice Review
Creators:	Parimah, F., Davour, M.J., Kofi, C.C. and Winder, B.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Date:	10 October 2018
ISSN:	1028-2580
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/10282580.2018.1532794 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	11 Oct 2018 08:27
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2020 03:00
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/34645

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