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Foreword, Liam Leonard
Regimes In Irish Prisons: ‘Inhumane’ And ‘Degrading’: An Analysis And The Outline Of A Solution, Kevin Warner
Regimes In Irish Prisons: ‘Inhumane’ And ‘Degrading’: An Analysis And The Outline Of A Solution, Kevin Warner
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Recent reports depict regimes in Irish prisons as ‘inhumane’, and as ‘increasingly oppressive and destructive’. This deterioration in conditions is part of a larger ‘punitive turn’ that can be identified in the Irish prison system since the late 1990s, and that is also evident in a huge increase in the scale of incarceration and much greater demonisation of those held in prison. In 1985, the Whitaker Report set standards for ‘basic living conditions’ in prisons. The Whitaker standards mirror similar ones in the European Prison Rules. For example, both stipulate that an imprisoned person should normally have a single cell. …
Book Review: Hourigan, N. (Ed.) (2011). Understanding Limerick: Social Exclusion And Change, Liam Leonard
Book Review: Hourigan, N. (Ed.) (2011). Understanding Limerick: Social Exclusion And Change, Liam Leonard
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
No abstract provided.
Increasing The Potential For Diversion In The Irish Criminal Justice System: The Role Of The Garda Síochána Adult Cautioning Scheme, Graham Tolan, Mairéad Seymour
Increasing The Potential For Diversion In The Irish Criminal Justice System: The Role Of The Garda Síochána Adult Cautioning Scheme, Graham Tolan, Mairéad Seymour
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
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Learning For Liberation, Teaching For Transformation: Can Education In Prison Prepare Prisoners For Active Citizenship?, Anne Costelloe
Learning For Liberation, Teaching For Transformation: Can Education In Prison Prepare Prisoners For Active Citizenship?, Anne Costelloe
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
The idea that education can imbue the learner with the skills, values and attitudes necessary for active citizenship has come to permeate mainstream educational discourse. This paper examines the relevance of that discourse for prison education and considers what it may have to offer the prison learner? It suggests that it has much to offer because 'citizenship' is itself a learning process that instils developmental and transformative change. Thus, prison educators should not only think of learning as a key dimension of citizenship but citizenship as a key dimension of learning. Accordingly, 'civic competency' should be seen to be just …
Book Review: Rogan, M. (2011). Prison Policy In Ireland: Politics, Penal-Welfarism And Political Imprisonment, Liam Leonard, Tatiana Kelly
Book Review: Rogan, M. (2011). Prison Policy In Ireland: Politics, Penal-Welfarism And Political Imprisonment, Liam Leonard, Tatiana Kelly
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
No abstract provided.
No Place For Children: A Case For The Abolition Of Child Imprisonment In England And Wales, Paul Gavin
No Place For Children: A Case For The Abolition Of Child Imprisonment In England And Wales, Paul Gavin
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This paper provides an argument for the abolition of child imprisonment in England and Wales. England and Wales is not Ireland, but the cultural and social similarities suggest that children face a great deal of the same pressures, difficulties, trials and tribulations regardless of which side of the Irish Sea they live on. Therefore, it may provide a useful analogy for Irish policy makers. The paper argues that the incarceration of children has a wide range of negative effects on children and is provided at an excessive cost to the exchequer. Restorative justice is put forward as a viable alternative …
Bad Laws Or Bad Attitudes? Assessing The Impact Of Societal Attitudes Upon The Conviction Rate For Rape In Ireland, Susan Leahy
Bad Laws Or Bad Attitudes? Assessing The Impact Of Societal Attitudes Upon The Conviction Rate For Rape In Ireland, Susan Leahy
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
The low conviction rate for rape is often highlighted as a cause for concern. The typical response is to call for reform of Irish rape law. Although reform is necessary, this article argues that the low conviction rate for rape is caused not simply by ‘bad’ or inadequate laws but also by ‘bad’ or prejudicial attitudes about rape which persist in Irish society. These attitudes are at odds with the reality of rape and therefore create unrealistic expectations as to what, for example, constitutes a ‘real rape’ or a ‘real victim’. Jurors who are influenced by these attitudes are likely …
Book Review: O’Sullivan, E. & O’Donnell, E. (2012). Coercive Confinement In Ireland. Patients, Prisoners And Penitents, Mary Rogan
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
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Placing The Promotion Of Health And Well Being On The Irish Prison Agenda - The Complexity Of Health Promotion In Irish Prisons, Catherine Macnamara, Patricia Mannix-Mcnamara
Placing The Promotion Of Health And Well Being On The Irish Prison Agenda - The Complexity Of Health Promotion In Irish Prisons, Catherine Macnamara, Patricia Mannix-Mcnamara
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
The prison population experiences significant health inequality and social exclusion (Department of Health 2002). Once incarcerated, prisoners are at increased risk of mental illness and have higher exposure to communicable diseases (WHO 2008). Prisoners generally have poorer health because imprisonment negatively impacts upon the health of the individual (WHO 2008). However, the prison setting offers a unique opportunity to implement targeted health promotion initiatives with a population that may have had very limited experience of accessing health services prior to incarceration. The World Health Organisation recognises the need for health promotion in prisons. This is evidenced in the Health in …
Emotional Labour In Harm-Reduction Practice In Ireland: An Exploratory Study, Joanna Fabianowska, Niall G. Hanlon
Emotional Labour In Harm-Reduction Practice In Ireland: An Exploratory Study, Joanna Fabianowska, Niall G. Hanlon
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Arlie Russell Hochschild’s concept of emotional labour has been applied extensively in the analysis of the emotional, relational and identity processes in a wide variety of service occupations, and to a lesser extent to caring occupations where the central goal is nurturing. It has featured infrequently in social care in general and has not featured significantly in academic debates in Ireland. The paper is based on a small qualitative study of social care workers in harm reduction [HR] day services in the Dublin region. The aim of the research study was to explore how emotional labour impacts on workers employed …