TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival analysis of average time to justice delivery in the northern region of ghana
AU - Mwini, Enoch Deyaka
AU - Onsongo, Winnie Mokeira
AU - Adu, Alfred Asiwome
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 the author(s).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this study, survival analysis was used to determine the mean time to justice delivery in the District, Circuit and High courts in Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region of Ghana. Three main models, namely; Kaplan-Meier estimator, Cox regression, and gamma distribution were utilized in the analysis to explore all useful information that can help policy makers and stakeholders in minimizing delays in justice delivery in the law courts. Results produced by the parametric probability distributions were similar to those of the semi-parametric, Cox regression model. Of the independent variables under consideration, four of them i.e sex of the accused, number of subsequent hearings of a case, type of court handling the case, and the type/nature of case were found to contribute significantly to the mean time to justice delivery. Moreover, it was observed that, males constituted 76.7% of the accused persons and 23.3% females for both criminal and civil cases. Also, it was evident from the study that cases terminated faster in the Circuit and High courts as compared to the District court. Finally, it was found that civil cases tend to have shorter life spans than criminal cases.
AB - In this study, survival analysis was used to determine the mean time to justice delivery in the District, Circuit and High courts in Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region of Ghana. Three main models, namely; Kaplan-Meier estimator, Cox regression, and gamma distribution were utilized in the analysis to explore all useful information that can help policy makers and stakeholders in minimizing delays in justice delivery in the law courts. Results produced by the parametric probability distributions were similar to those of the semi-parametric, Cox regression model. Of the independent variables under consideration, four of them i.e sex of the accused, number of subsequent hearings of a case, type of court handling the case, and the type/nature of case were found to contribute significantly to the mean time to justice delivery. Moreover, it was observed that, males constituted 76.7% of the accused persons and 23.3% females for both criminal and civil cases. Also, it was evident from the study that cases terminated faster in the Circuit and High courts as compared to the District court. Finally, it was found that civil cases tend to have shorter life spans than criminal cases.
KW - Justice delivery
KW - Survival analysis
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U2 - 10.28919/cmbn/6430
DO - 10.28919/cmbn/6430
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117061253
SN - 2052-2541
VL - 2021
JO - Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience
JF - Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience
M1 - 79
ER -