Elijah Tukwariba Yin

SENIOR LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, since 2022per ORCID

Publishing since 2013, latest 2026

Dr. Elijah Tukwariba Yin is a distinguished scholar in law and society and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast. He currently holds dual roles as Vice-Dean of the Faculty and Director of the Centre for Legal Research, also within the Faculty. Dr. Yin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the University of Law in the United Kingdom, and a Master of Laws degree from Unicaf… More on ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
Law
Clinical Psychology
Economics and Econometrics
Gender Studies
Information Systems

In their own words

Law & Society

Publications: 352013–2026
Citations: 133to those papers
h-index: 6i10-index 4
Field-weighted impact: 3.291.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 46%12 of 26 scored papers
Open access: 65%17 of the 26 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 197 citations, h-index 8 and i10-index 8 (185 citations and h-index 8 since 2021), as of October 5, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

SENIOR LECTURER, FACULTY OF LAWUNIVERSITY OF CAPE COASTsince 2022

Education

Higher Education Teaching Certificate, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and LearningHarvard University2024
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, LawUniversity of Law2022–2023
Master of Laws (LLM), LawUNICAF University2020–2022
PhD (Law and Society Focus), Department of SociologyUniversity of Cape Coast

Publications

35 in all

Long-term sentencing and the social conditions of rehabilitation in Ghana: insights from correctional officers’ institutional perspectives [2017–2025]
2026International Review of SociologyJournal0 citations10.1080/03906701.2026.2666111
Sexual Harassment as Workplace Deviance in Ghana’s Hospitality Industry: A Socio-Legal Analysis of Lived Experiences and Institutional Responses
2026

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1749%
Law411%
Clinical Psychology39%
Economics and Econometrics39%
Gender Studies39%
Information Systems39%
Accounting26%
Demography26%
Finance26%
General Health Professions26%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis10
Crime Patterns and Interventions6
Homelessness and Social Issues2
Legal Education and Practice Innovations2
Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending2
Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria2
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues1
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education1
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency1
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security1
Business Law and Ethics1
Climate Change Policy and Economics1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

23% of their 26 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2233334Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States4
United Kingdom2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of GhanaGH6 papers
Northern Virginia Community CollegeUS4 papers
Takoradi Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Bolgatanga Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Ho Technical UniversityGH2 papers
Oxford Brookes UniversityGB1 paper
University of HuddersfieldGB1 paper
University of Education, WinnebaGH1 paper
Ghana Health ServiceGH1 paper

Where they publish

UCC Law Journal6
Cogent Social Sciences3
Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series2
African Journal of Empirical Research2
Masyarakat Kebudayaan dan Politik2
Advances in computational intelligence and robotics book series1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

16Peace, justice and strong institutions8
5Gender equality4
10Reduced inequalities2
1No poverty1
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
13Climate action1

Most cited

The Legal Anthropology of Marriage in Ghana: Presenting Power Dynamics through Legal Arenas
International Journal of Current Research
201420 citations
Religion as an organising principle in Ankaful maximum security prison, Ghana
Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape Coast
201818 citations
Family acceptance, economic situation, and faith community: The lived experiences of ex-convicts in Ghana
Social Sciences & Humanities Open
202116 citationsWorld top 10%

International Master in Sociology of Law, International Institute for the Sociology of LawUniversity of the Basque Country2012–2013

BA, Department of SociologyUniversity of Cape Coast2005–2009

Honours, memberships and service

International Law Association
Onati Community
IGLP Network @ Harvard Law School
Law and Society Association

The Gendered Realities of Digital Transformation in Ghana

2026Gender Justice and Rights in the Digital EconomyBook chapterFirst author0 citations10.4018/979-8-3373-7107-8.ch013

Regulation and Ethical Issues of Artificial Intelligence in Ghana

2025Advances in computational intelligence and robotics book seriesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.4018/979-8-3373-3384-7.ch005

Capacity Development for Effective Police Prosecution in Ghana: Promoting Due Process of Law

2025African Journal of Empirical ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.51867/ajernet.6.1.38

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

2024UCC Law JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.47963/ucclj.v4i1.1547

Organised Crime and the Role of Law and Law Enforcement Agencies in Ghana

2024Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book seriesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4018/979-8-3693-0327-6.ch005

Revisiting MSMEs Financing Through Banking Reform Processes: Assessing the Ghanaian Legal Experiences

2023Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutionsBook chapterSenior author3 citations10.1007/978-3-031-09345-6_9

The material conception of religion among inmates in the Ankaful maximum security prison, Ghana

2022Masyarakat Kebudayaan dan PolitikJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.20473/mkp.v35i32022.252-264

Domestication of International Law on the Environment and Climate Change in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects

2022Democratic Governance, Law, and Development in AfricaBook chapterSenior author0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-15397-6_23

Family acceptance, economic situation, and faith community: The lived experiences of ex-convicts in Ghana

2021Social Sciences & Humanities OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100240

Rights and religious belief in maintaining prison social order

2021UCC Law JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.47963/ucclj.v1i1.217

The informal prison economy in Ghana: patterns, exchanges, and institutional contradictions

2021Cogent Social SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1080/23311886.2021.2004673

Costs and Delays in Accessing Justice

2021Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book seriesBook chapterFirst author5 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-7898-8.ch007

Prisoners’ Access to Justice: Family Support, Prison Legal Education, and Court Proceedings

2021Journal of Politics and LawJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.5539/jpl.v14n4p113

If I Die I Lose Everything: Understanding Poverty from the Perspective of Ankaful Residents in Ghana

2021Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social SciencesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.9734/arjass/2021/v15i330259

We Were Very Tired and So We Slept: Investigating the Lived Experiences of Crime Victims in University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2021Contemporary Issues in Criminology in AfricaBook chapterSenior author0 citations

Contemporary Issues in Criminology in Africa

2021Nova Science PublishersReportFirst author0 citations

Waste Management Practices as Local Order: Attitudes and Perceptions of Residents in Ashaiman, Ghana

2021Journal of Sustainable Development in AfricaJournalFirst author2 citations

Costs and delays in accessing justice: A comparative analysis of Ghana and Sierra Leone

2021Advancing civil justice reform and conflict resolution in Africa and Asia: Comparative analyses and case studiesBook chapterFirst author10 citations

Religion as an organising principle in Ankaful maximum security prison, Ghana

2018Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Cape CoastJournalFirst author18 citations

The Legal Anthropology of Marriage in Ghana: Presenting Power Dynamics through Legal Arenas

2014International Journal of Current ResearchJournalFirst author20 citations

A socio-legal approach: Gender and domestic solid waste management in Ashaiman, Ghana

2013The International Journal of Humanities & Social StudiesJournalFirst author3 citations

Advancing civil justice reform and conflict resolution in Africa and Asia: Comparative analyses and case studies1

Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences1

How it can be read

65% free to read, of the 26 recorded

Diamond 8 · 23%Free to read and to publish
Gold 7 · 20%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 6%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 9 · 26%Behind a paywall
Unknown 9 · 26%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 35 papers name a funder

University of Ghana2

Costs and delays in accessing justice: A comparative analysis of Ghana and Sierra Leone

Advancing civil justice reform and conflict resolution in Africa and Asia: Comparative analyses and case studies

202110 citations

Rights and religious belief in maintaining prison social order

UCC Law Journal16

20219 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond