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Irish Farm Crime Survey, Nicola Hughes Dr, Matt Bowden
Crime, Risk And Resilience In The Countryside: Governing Rural Security, Artur Pytlarz
Crime, Risk And Resilience In The Countryside: Governing Rural Security, Artur Pytlarz
Doctoral
A consequence of globalisation is a growing transport infrastructure which exposes rural communities to a greater risk of crime and increased insecurity. This is compounded by the withdrawal of both market and state in policing, banking, hospitals and postal services leaving rural citizens with what seems to be ontological insecurity. This project is set in Ireland but addresses global themes such as late modernity, risk and globalization and undertakes an intensive qualitative sociological study of how communities build the capacity to manage these changes. These capacities, it is hypothesised, can be found in nascent forms of local informal crime control …
The Role Of Therapeutic Communities In The Process Of Desistance: A Figurational Analysis, Darragh Farrell
The Role Of Therapeutic Communities In The Process Of Desistance: A Figurational Analysis, Darragh Farrell
Dissertations
The therapeutic community (TC) is predominantly used for the treatment of substance users. Its approach, which focuses on a strong sense of community, relies on the peer group itself as an agent of change. In one Irish TC, desistance from crime appears to be an unintended outcome of the social processes and cultural forces existing there. The current study utilises qualitative data collected from a small cohort of seven male therapeutic community graduates. All participants had histories of involvement in serious crime and had desisted to varying degrees. Using a figuarational approach, concerned with social processes, analysis of the data …
Regenerating Out Crime - The Impact Of An Urban Regeneration Programme On Safety And Security In A Dublin Suburb, Jonathan Grant
Regenerating Out Crime - The Impact Of An Urban Regeneration Programme On Safety And Security In A Dublin Suburb, Jonathan Grant
Dissertations
The regeneration of Turristown was a programme for the economic, social and physical renewal of a suburban town in the north-west of Dublin, which began in 1997 and which remains on-going to this date. The area of Turristown is one which has been blighted by socioeconomic and physical deprivation since its establishment in the late 1960s, and the regeneration programme was therefore formulated to provide much needed housing, social services and economic investment to the area. This study sought to assess the impact of this urban regeneration on security and safety as perceived by the suppliers and consumers of security …
Support For Victims Of Crime: Reality Or Rhetoric?, Jennifer Rice
Support For Victims Of Crime: Reality Or Rhetoric?, Jennifer Rice
Dissertations
The criminal justice system has drawn the victim of crime from the background to become a major actor in the criminal justice process. Over the last two decades, a considerable number of Irish policies have been drafted to meet the needs of the victim of crime. Whilst Ireland has followed the same path as a number of other jurisdictions such as the UK, it is interesting to consider why particular policies have been enacted. Is the victim of crime being used as a pawn in political game play? Or, are politicians genuinely addressing the needs of Irish victims of crime? …
Partners Against Crime A Review Of Partnerships In Joint Policing Committees, Dermot Harrington
Partners Against Crime A Review Of Partnerships In Joint Policing Committees, Dermot Harrington
Dissertations
Recent developments of policing in Ireland have seen a shift towards local crime prevention initiatives through local partnerships. The principle aim of this study is to explore the effects of the partnership model of policing with the recent introduction of Joint Policing Committees (JPCs). This dissertation seeks to examine the opinions of members of JPCs towards this model. The research employed a qualitative methodology obtained through semi-structured interviews of JPC members and observational studies. In addition, this thesis reports on literature regarding partnership, security and governance in modern society. While this research project found that informal partnerships between An Garda …
Organised Crime In Ireland: A Policy Analysis Of The Introduction Of Organised Crime To The Irish Statute Book, Elizabeth Davey
Organised Crime In Ireland: A Policy Analysis Of The Introduction Of Organised Crime To The Irish Statute Book, Elizabeth Davey
Dissertations
This thesis is an examination of the policy process employed in the introduction of organised crime to the Irish Statute Book. Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 creates, for the first time in Irish criminal law, specific organised crime offences. This thesis examines the different definitions of organised crime that have been proffered by various academics since the 1960s and highlights the difficulties that exist in coining an all-encompassing yet specific definition for the phenomenon. The methods by which Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 became law are also scrutinised. The views of various interest groups …
A March Of Moral Panic?: An Examination Of Reaction To Crime In Ireland In March 2006, Robin Maginn
A March Of Moral Panic?: An Examination Of Reaction To Crime In Ireland In March 2006, Robin Maginn
Dissertations
Moral Panic is a concept that examines disproportionate reaction towards an event or persons. In March of 2006, several events occurred which provoked strong reactions from the media and from politicians. This thesis explores and examines those reactions, and will try to determine if a moral panic could be said to have occurred. This is accomplished through a qualitative reading of the reactions, by identifying themes running through the discourse on crime of the time in question, and by applying indicators of moral panic to the data. The study finds that though the reactions may not necessarily indicate moral panic, …
Still Playing The Game:An Ethnography Of Young People, Street Crime And Juvenile Justice In The Inner-City Dublin Community, Jonathan Ilan
Still Playing The Game:An Ethnography Of Young People, Street Crime And Juvenile Justice In The Inner-City Dublin Community, Jonathan Ilan
Doctoral
Crime must be understood as a facet of class-cultural interaction, given that the majority of the convicted are young, urban, disadvantaged males, while the criminal law enshrines and enforces what could be viewed as middle-class behavioural expectations. Class-cultural dynamics have become increasingly complex in late modernity, however, with traditional certainties and class boundaries becoming blurred and indistinct. This thesis examines the social and cultural factors underlying youth offending and justice in an inner-city Dublin community through an ethnographic treatment of the various actors in a locality which has undergone significant change in recent years. The Crew, a group of young …
Young People And Crime: Research, Policy And Practice, Kevin Lalor, Fergus Ryan, Mairéad Seymour, Claire Hamilton
Young People And Crime: Research, Policy And Practice, Kevin Lalor, Fergus Ryan, Mairéad Seymour, Claire Hamilton
Conference Papers
These are the full proceedings of a two-day national conference on Young People and Crime, hosted by the Centre for Social and Educational Research.
Crime Prevention Through Social Development, Ed Rawlinson
Crime Prevention Through Social Development, Ed Rawlinson
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
The following document outlines the emergence of Crime Prevention through Social Development (CPTSD) as one pro-active method of crime prevention addressing root causes of crime. A review of the literature reveals that CPTSD programmes have a positive impact on promoting of pro-social behaviours in at-risk populations - with at risk being defined as: those more likely to be involved in the criminal justice process either by committing a crime or as a victim of a crime. Normalization is seen as a process of gathering heterogeneous audiences together for CPTSD deliveries in generically named programmes that will not scare off participants …
Young Offenders And Juvenile Delinquency In Canada: A Look At The Canadian Juvenile Justice Act (2003), Cameron D.M. Brody
Young Offenders And Juvenile Delinquency In Canada: A Look At The Canadian Juvenile Justice Act (2003), Cameron D.M. Brody
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This paper provides an evaluation and analysis of the laws in place to deal with juvenile delinquency in Canada. The primary focus of this paper is the Criminal Justice Act (Aprill, 2003) which is being introduced to replace the pre-existing Young Offenders Act. Canada's New Criminal Justice Act is the topic of this paper. The Act is to be implemented on April 1, 2003. Fundamentally, it is the old Young Offender Act revised and also includes new changes, revisions, and mandates. After having taken a fairly in-depth look at this new proposal, I will attempt to break it down and …
Crime Prevention Directory, L. Ryan, L. Caldwell
Crime Prevention Directory, L. Ryan, L. Caldwell
Reports
Research commissioned by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, 2002.
Crime, Punishment And Penal Policy, Ian O'Donnell
Crime, Punishment And Penal Policy, Ian O'Donnell
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Academic interest in crime and punishment in Ireland has grown in recent years and a number of important books have appeared (Bacik and O'Connell 1998, Brewer et al 1997, McCullagh 1996, O'Mahony 1993, O'Malley 2000). However any attempt to create a detailed understanding of the criminal justice process is frustrated by a lack of data. Statistical information is often published years in arrears, is of poor quality and is uncritically accepted as accurate and meaningful. The purpose of this paper is to give a snapshot of current understanding of the criminal justice system and to highlight a small number of …
Research For Change: Young People, Youth Crime And The Use Of Custody On Teesside, Keith Munroe
Research For Change: Young People, Youth Crime And The Use Of Custody On Teesside, Keith Munroe
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This Action Research study was established in 1997 by the Society because of our concerns about the sharp increase in the use of custody for chi ldren and young people aged under 18 in England and Wales since 1992. Teesside was selected as the site for the enquiry because the local Courts have an established pattern of using high levels of custody for juveniles. The research also took place during a period when the Youth Justice Process in England and Wales was being reformed and reorganised via the Crime and Disorder Act (1998). MUltiple methods and sources were used to …