The Routledge handbook of Irish criminology. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of Irish criminology; Irish criminology
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Deirdre Healy, Claire Hamilton, Yvonne Daly and Michelle Butler.
• Editors: Healy, Deirdre; (Barrister), Hamilton, Claire; BCL, PhD, Daly, Yvonne; Butler, Michelle
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Understanding crime; 1 Crime trends; 2 Homicide; 3 Understanding domestic abuse and sexual violence: prevalence, policy and practice; 4 Plus ça change: white-collar and corporate crime in and after the crisis; 5 Cybercrime: towards a research agenda; 6 Crime, conflict and poverty; 7 Gangs and gang-related activity; 8 State crime; 9 Desistance, recidivism and reintegration: understanding change and continuity in criminal careers. PART II Responding to crime10 Crime prevention and community safety; 11 Restorative justice; 12 Children, crime and justice; 13 Trajectories of policing in Ireland: similarities, differences, convergences; 14 The criminal justice process: from questioning to trial; 15 Sentencing; 16 Community sanctions and measures; 17 Prisoners and prison life; 18 Prison education and rehabilitation: what works?; PART III Contexts of crime; 19 The inclusion and juridification of victims on the island of Ireland; 20 Media, public attitudes and crime. 21 Illicit drugs, criminal justice and harm reduction: getting the balance right22 The policymaking process and penal change; 23 Penal policy in Ireland: notes from a small country; 24 Criminal justice policy and the European Union; 25 Neo-liberalism, crime and punishment; 26 Women, imprisonment and social control; PART IV Emerging ideas; 27 Hindsight, foresight and historical judgement: child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church; 28 Mental illness and the criminalisation process; 29 Organised crime in Ireland; 30 Ethnicity, identity and criminal justice; Afterword: why Irish criminology.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 364.9417; Criminology -- Ireland; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Ireland; Criminal justice, Administration of; Criminology; Ireland; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317698166; 1317698169; 9781317698159; 1317698150; 9781317698173; 1317698177
• Related ISBNs: 9781138019430
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: CIP data; item not viewed.
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