Mensah Adinkrah, Ph.D

Sociology 

Anspach Hall 126
(989) 774-3367
adink1m@cmich.edu
 
 

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 1988                                                                   M.A. in Sociology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A, 1986                                                                        M.A. in Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1983                                                                    B.A. (Honors) in Sociology, University Ghana, Legon, Ghana, 1980

 

Teaching Expertise

Criminology                                                                  Criminal Justice                                                                      Juvenile Delinquency                                                              International Criminal Justice  Systems                                                                                Murder:  A Global Perspective                                 Victimology                                                                          Social Deviance                                                             Corrections

Research Interests

Homicide                                                                         Violence Against Women                                                   International Criminal Justice

Selected Publications

Books

Adinkrah, M.  (1996).  Violent encounters:  A study of homicide patterns in Fiji society.  Suva, Fiji:  Fiji Council of Social Services.

Adinkrah, M.  (1995)  Crime, deviance & delinquency in Fiji.  Suva, Fiji:  Fiji Council of Social Services.

Articles in Scholarly Journals

Adinkrah, M. (In Press). "Spousal Homicides in Contemporary Ghana."  Journal of Criminal Justice.

Adinkrah, M (In Press).  "Husbands Who Kill Their Wives: An Analysis of Uxoricides in Contemporary Ghana."  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Adinkrah, M (In Press).  "Witchcraft Themes in Popular Ghanaian Music."  Popular Music and Society.

Adinkrah, M. (2007) "Women Who Kill Their Husbands: Mariticides in Contemporary Ghana."  Aggressive Behavior, 33, 526-536.

Adinkrah, M. (with C. M. White).  (2007).  "Mythical Realities":  College students' construction of the South Pacific.  College Student Journal, 41, 99-111.

Adinkrah, M. (2005).  Vigilante Homicides in Contemporary Ghana.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 33, 413-427.

Adinkrah, M. (2005).  Ritual Homicides in Contemporary Ghana.  International Journal of Comparative Criminology, 5, 29-59.

Adinkrah, M. (2004).  Witchcraft Accusations and Female Homicide Victimization in Contemporary Ghana.  Violence Against Women, 10, 325-356.

Adinkrah, M. (2003). Men who kill their own children:  Paternal filicide incidents in contemporary Fiji.  Child Abuse & Neglect:  The International Journal, 27, 557-569.

Adinkrah, M. (2003).  Homicide-Suicides in Fiji:  Offense patterns, situational factors & sociocultural contexts.  Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 33, 65-73.

Adinkrah, M.  (2001).  When Parents Kill:  An Analysis of Filicides in Fiji.  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 45, 144-158.

Adinkrah, M.  (2001).  Patriarchal family ideology and female homicide victimization in Fiji.  Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 32, 283-301.

Adinkrah, M.  (2001).  Child homicide victimization in contemporary Fiji.  International Journal of Comparative Criminology, 1, 23-39.

Adinkrah, M.  (2000).  Female-perpetrated spousal homicides:  The Fiji case.  Journal of Criminal Justice, 28, 151-161.

Adinkrah, M.  (2000).  Maternal infanticides in Fiji.  Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 24, 1543-1555.

Adinkrah, M.  (1999).  Spousal homicides in Fiji.  Homicide Studies, 3, 215-240.

Adinkrah, M.  (1999).  Uxoricide in Fiji:  The sociocultural context of husband-wife killings.  Violence Against Women, 5, 1294-1320.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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