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(ASJP): a Citizens' Perception Survey of Security and Justice Access to Security and Justice Programme (ASJP): A Citizens’ Perception Survey of Security and Justice Report Submitted by Dalan Development Consultants September 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dalan Consultants are extremely grateful to a number of stakeholders and individuals for their invaluable input into this study. Firstly, gratitude is extended to ASJP, for providing Dalan with valuable leadership, timely reviews and inputs to strengthen the report overall. Tribute also goes to the Dalan technical and field teams, along with data entry operators, whose tireless efforts contributed significantly to the success of this study. We would also like to thank community leaders throughout the four regions of Sierra Leone for granting permission for Dalan to collect data within their communities. Finally, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all of the survey and focus group respondents for their generous contribution of time and input in interviews and/or discussions. i TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................ ii List of Figures ...................................................................................................................................... iii List of Annexes .................................................................................................................................... iii ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................... vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................... vii 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 Survey Objectives ............................................................................................................................ 2 Key Concepts/Themes of the Survey .............................................................................................. 2 2.0 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................... 3 2. 1 The Household Survey- Quantitative Component ................................................................... 3 2.2 Focus Group Discussions- Qualitative Component ................................................................... 4 3.0 CHALLENGES, UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENTS AND MITIGANTS ............................................. 5 3.1 Challenges ............................................................................................................................ 6 3.2 Unforeseen Developments .................................................................................................. 7 4.0 FINDINGS .................................................................................................................................. 8 Presentation of the findings ........................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Respondent Demographics .................................................................................................. 8 4.2 Citizens’ Perceptions of Personal Safety and Security ....................................................... 11 4.3 Citizens’ Perceptions and Experiences of the Justice Sector .................................................. 21 4.3.1 Public perceptions and experience of traditional/informal justice: Chiefs/Headmen’s administration of justice- Enabling factors & barriers to access ............... 21 4.3.2 Public perceptions and experience of formal justice: Local and Magistrate Courts- Enabling factors& barriers to access......................................................................................... 29 Reported Response to Local Courts .......................................................................................... 36 Magistrate Courts ..................................................................................................................... 38 4.3.3 Public knowledge and perception of mediation services .................................................... 42 4.4 Citizens’ Perceptions and Experience of the Security Sector ................................................. 49 4.4.1 The Police (SLP) ................................................................................................................ 49 Reported Response to the Police.............................................................................................. 51 i 4.4.2 Chiefdom &Metropolitan Police .......................................................................................... 57 5.0 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 60 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................................... 61 Annex 1-Summary – From Focus Group Discussion Proceedings .................................................... 61 Annex 2: Final Survey Questionnaire ................................................................................................ 79 Annex 3: FGD Topic Guide ................................................................................................................ 96 Annex 4 Survey Sampling ............................................................................................................... 102 Annex 5: Sample Size ...................................................................................................................... 104 Annex 6: FGD Sampling ................................................................................................................... 105 Annex 7: Number of respondents who view local leader’s dispute resolution as fair, by Chiefdom ......................................................................................................................................... 106 List of Tables Table 1: Measures taken to mitigate risk during fieldwork ................................................................ 5 Table 2: Marital status of the sampled population ............................................................................ 8 Table 3: Monthly income of respondent ............................................................................................ 9 Table 4: Reported ownership of personal assets ............................................................................. 10 Table 5: Reported usage of radio ...................................................................................................... 10 Table 6: Perceptions of personal safety and security within the community, by community type ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Table 7: Perceptions of personal safety and security within the community, by district ................ 13 Table 8: Breaches of security that respondents are most worried about, by district* .................... 13 Table 9: First mediation authority of choice, in the event of a dispute with a fellow community member, by community type* ...................................................................................... 17 Table 10: Choice mediation authority, by district ............................................................................ 18 Table 11: Females first mediation authority of choice, in the event of a dispute with a fellow household member ........................................................................................................................... 19 Table 12: Advice provided by females if a woman was being beaten by her husband ................... 20 Table 13: Profile of the respondents with experience with Local leaders* ..................................... 21 Table 14: Reported dispute requiring local leader's action .............................................................. 21 Table 15: Percentage of respondents who regard dispute resolution by Local Leaders as fair, by district .......................................................................................................................................... 23 Table 16: Reasoning for the reported dissatisfaction with Local leaders ........................................ 24 Table 17: Confidence level in Local Chiefs, by age group ................................................................. 26 Table 18: Traditional/informal justice authority's sensitivity to gender difference, by age group ................................................................................................................................................. 28 Table 19: Respondent role during interaction with Local Courts ..................................................... 31 ii Table 20: Respondent’s experience with Local Courts* ................................................................... 31 Table 21: Reported satisfaction in Local Courts, from experience with these authorities; by gender ............................................................................................................................................... 32 Table 22: Gender ratings of Local Court administration of justice ..................................................
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