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DOI: 10.31248/IJAH
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Review on the concentration of police stations in the Accra Metropolitan Area and its implications on security and social control
https://doi.org/10.31248/IJAH2023.108 | Article Number: DB31ADDF4 | Vol.4 (6) - December 2023
Received Date: 12 October 2023 | Accepted Date: 24 October 2023 | Published Date: 30 December 2023
Authors: Louis Dogbatsey* , Cyril Schandorf and Xeflide Godknows Harrison
Keywords: social control, Arc Software, GIS spatial data, PM (Presiding Member), MCDs (metro coordinator director), security
The increasing urban crime rate in Ghana is causing the development of police stations in the Accra metropolitan area. The location of a police station depends on factors influencing crime-prone areas. In Accra, 16 departments report crime situations to the metro coordinator director, who then organizes meetings with the presiding member. Crime rates are typically high in densely populated areas. This study aims to reveal the density of police stations and their impact on security and social control in the Accra metropolitan area. GIS spatial data and tools were used to observe the concentration of police stations, while Arc Software was used to determine the level of concentration and its impact on crime response and social control. Hotspots were also used to collect crime data for better monitoring of police station concentration in Accra and number of crime cases observed in each police station and more police stations presents with its impact on response to crime and social control.
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