Criminal Justice in IrelandPaul O'Mahony Comprehensive overview of the Irish criminal justice system, its current problems and its vision for the future. Collection of essays by major office-holders, experienced practitioners, leading academics, legal scholars, sociologists, psychologists, philosophers and educationalists. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Child Sex Abuse in early | 10 |
The Legal Framework of the Criminal Law | 11 |
Criminal Procedure and Evidence | 42 |
The Constitution and Criminal Justice | 72 |
Reflections on TwentyFive Years as Irelands First Director | 89 |
Introduction | 103 |
Assessment of the Crime Rate in Ireland Issues and Considerations | 116 |
A Critical Analysis of the Proposal | 407 |
Introduction | 421 |
Challenges Facing An Garda Síochána | 431 |
A Legal and Constitutional Perspective | 447 |
Recent Developments in Forensic Science | 472 |
Past Present and Future | 483 |
The Kerry Babies Case | 520 |
Introduction | 545 |
Women and the Criminal Justice System | 134 |
How Dirty is the White Collar? Analysing White Collar Crime | 155 |
Drugs Crime and Prohibitionist Ideology | 202 |
Introduction | 221 |
Prisons Politicians and Democracy | 232 |
The Portrayal of Crime in the Media Does it Matter? | 245 |
Justice for Young Offenders in a Caring Society | 268 |
The Impact of the Northern Troubles on Criminal Justice in | 275 |
The Emerging Structure | 297 |
Introduction | 327 |
The Courts Service | 337 |
The Practice of Sentencing in the Irish Courts | 348 |
How Much is Enough? | 371 |
A View from The Bench | 384 |
The Victim and the Criminal Justice Process | 393 |
Can we talk about it? | 558 |
The Irish Prisons Service Past Present and Future A Personal | 570 |
The Social Analysis of the Irish Prison System | 595 |
Punishing Poverty and Personal Adversity | 615 |
Its Role in Criminal Justice | 635 |
Introduction | 659 |
Youth Crime Prevention | 674 |
Offender Rehabilitation Programmes for Imprisoned | 705 |
Penal Policy and the Adult Education of Prisoners | 726 |
Restorative Justice | 746 |
Social and Psychological Aspects of Drug Treatment | 759 |
Table of Cases | 783 |
Table of Constitutional Provisions | 789 |
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