On the 'darkness of dark figure'of sexual crimes: survivors' rape reporting experiences with the Nigerian police

RA Aborisade - International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 2023 - Elsevier
While extensive studies have identified the influence of social perception and victims' self-
blame as factors responsible for underreporting of rape, fewer studies have explored victims' …

“You deserve mob justice too”: Discursive justifications of mob (In) Justice on social media in Africa

ME Addadzi-Koom - International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper explores how social media discourses justify mob justice to fuel its perpetration in
Africa. It asks, what discursive strategies and patterns rationalise mob justice in social media …