Volume 20, Issue 1 (2024) | Journal of Social Sciences

Conceptual Archaeology of a Temporal Place: Albert and Kessler (1976) Applied to Chacma Baboons (Papio ursinus)

Lucy Baehren — 2024-03-21

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 21 March 2024; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.1.11

Although leave-taking in non-human species has been preliminarily investigated in a few species, the mechanisms driving encounter ends remain unstudied. In 1976 Albert and Kessler published a landmark...

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Social Media Content

Elsir Ali Saad Mohamed — 2024-04-22

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.12.16

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a powerful tool for creating and managing social media content. Social media platforms have integrated AI technology into their algorithms to optimize the user ...

Impact of Comic Video Clips on English Language Learners Listening Comprehension

Bahman Gorjian — 2024-06-22

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 22 June 2024; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.17.27

Technology-enhanced language learning has attracted educational practitioners' attention, especially in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. This study aimed to explore the effect of using comedy video cli...

Monetary Policy, Sub-National Inflation Dynamics and Regional Spillovers in Nigeria

Chioma Peace Nwosu — 2024-07-02

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 2 July 2024; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.28.44

This study evaluates the relationship between monetary policy shocks and sub-national inflation dynamics in Nigeria, using the SVAR framework. Furthermore, using the Diebold-Yilmaz (DY) methodology, i...

Innovations in Access to Justice in Uganda: Justice Users’ Lens

Kakuru Timothy — 2024-07-29

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 29 July 2024; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.45.52

Access to justice remains a global challenge and in Uganda, four in ten people have at least one legal problem every four years, yet seven in ten of the legal problems are not resolved. While innovati...

Male Rape: The Forbidden Word

Ines Yagi — 2024-10-11

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 11 October 2024; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.53.64

There is much research and growing attention on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), including rape against men and boys. There is substantial evidence indicating that sexual violence against men is common in...

Racialization of Drug Use and Gang Involvement: Racial Crime Stereotype of Minorities, Fear of Crime and the Impact of Sex

Veronica M. Ahadzie — 2025-01-02

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 2 January 2025; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.65.77

This study examines how racialized crime and drug stereotypes of African Americans and Hispanics affect the fear of crime. Based on racial threat theory, which argues that members of the majority raci...

Roles of Community Empowerment in Community Policing Program in Addis Ababa Police Commission

Dawit Habetegabrael — 2025-01-02

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 2 January 2025; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.78.86

Effective policing demands active participation and engagement of the local community. Addis Ababa Police Commission implemented community policing to work with the community to solve crime-related pr...

Enhancing Disaster Resilience through Spatial Planning Strategies, a Case Study of Bono Region, Ghana

Amponsah Maxwell — 2024-12-30

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 30 December 2024; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.87.99

The adverse impact of climate change has necessitated the global community to leverage spatial planning to curb the negative impacts of such incidents. Disasters continue to occur in human settlements...

Yazidi Women in Displacement in Northern Iraq: Gendered Realities and their Impact on Mental Health

Kristina Jadranović — 2025-02-03

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 3 February 2025; doi:10.3844/jssp.2024.100.117

This study explores how gendered realities affect the mental health of Yazidi women, currently displaced in Northern Iraq. The aim is to identify positive and negative gender practices, explore their ...