This country survey examines the core Irish criminal justice institutions; basic trends in crime
and punishment over the last 50 years; and critical junctures in the debate over law and …

Computational fluid dynamics has become the method of choice for aerodynamic shape
optimisation of complex engineering problems. However, the sensitivity of the final …

Voluntary sector organisations (VSOs) play a pivotal, but as yet unevaluated role in the Irish
criminal justice system. The aim of this paper is to address some of the key issues and …

Employing culture as a lens through which to examine the Irish criminal justice system, this
paper reflects on recent developments within key criminal justice agencies with a view to …

Abstract: This article offers an interpretive political analysis framework, exploring and
asserting its value for understanding penal change. It is argued that this approach serves, in …

In the past decade or so a significant body of work on 'Hibernian exceptionalism'to broader
punitive trends has emerged. The dominant argument and characterisation of Irish penality …

Background: In Ireland, under the Criminal Justice (Community Service) 1983 Act, a
community service order (CSO) must only be imposed if a custodial sentence has first been …

This chapter examines the legal tools which in the context of the Republic of Ireland were
used to introduce the militarisation of behaviours. The state relied on several legal …

While historically the incorporation of the ECHR in Ireland has met with some complacency,
the influence of European human rights norms and standards has been palpable in some …

Criminological research on the increase in punitiveness or harshness in both adult justice
(Feeley and Simon 1992, 1994; Garland, 2002; Pratt et al., 2005; Simon, 2007) and youth …