Criminal Justice in Transition: The Northern Ireland Context

by Anne-Marie McAlinden (Editor), Clare Dwyer (Editor)

Overview

This book represents a critical examination of key aspects of crime and criminal justice in Northern Ireland which will have resonance elsewhere. It considers the core aspects of criminal justice policy-making in Northern Ireland which are central to the process of post-conflict transition, including reform of policing, judicial decision-making and correctional services such as probation and prisons. It examines contemporary trends in criminal justice in Northern Ireland and various dimensions of crime relating to female offenders, young offenders, sexual and violent offenders, community safety and restorative justice. The book also considers the extent to which crime and criminal justice issues in Northern Ireland are being affected by the broader processes of 'policy transfer', globalisation and transnationalism and the extent to which criminal justice in Northern Ireland is divergent from the other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom. Written by leading international authorities in the field, the book offers a snapshot of the cutting edge of critical thinking in criminal justice practice and transitional justice contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509918331
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/28/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.84(d)

About the Author

Anne-Marie McAlinden is Reader in Law at Queen's University, Belfast.

Clare Dwyer is Lecturer in Law at Queen's University, Belfast.

Table of Contents

Foreword v

List of Abbreviations ix

Notes on Contributors xiii

Table of Cases xix

Table of Statutes xxi

Part I Conceptualising Crime and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland

1 Crime and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: Conflict, Transition and the Legacy of the Past Clare Dwyer Anne-Marie McAlinden 3

2 Criminal Justice, Truth Recovery and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland Cheryl Lawther 27

3 Bringing Humanity Home: A Transformational Human Rights Culture for Northern Ireland? Colin Harvey 47

4 Criminal Justice Reform in Northern Ireland: The Agents of Change Brice Dickson 67

5 Governing Justice Through Risk: The Development of Penal and Social Policies in a Transitional Context Clare Dwyer 87

Part II The Criminal Justice Process

6 Policing in Transition John Topping 109

7 Finding 'Merit' in Judicial Appointments: The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC) and the Search for a New Judiciary for Northern Ireland John Morison 131

8 Judging and Conflict: Audience, Performance and the Judicial Past Kieran McEvoy Alex Schwartz 157

9 Prisons and Imprisonment in Northern Ireland Phil Scraton 185

10 Prisoner Reintegration in a Transitional Society: The Northern Ireland Experience Clare Dwyer 209

11 Probation and Community Sanctions in Northern Ireland: Historical and Contemporary Contexts Nicola Carr 229

12 Revisiting the Past: Miscarriages of Justice, the Courts and Transition Marny Requa 251

Part III Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice

13 Transition, Women and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland Linda Moore Azrini Wahidin 277

14 Young People, Crime and Justice in Northern Ireland Deena Haydon Siobhán McAlister 301

15 Public and Official Responses to Sexual and Violent Crime in Northern Ireland Anne-Marie McAlinden 321

16 Restorative Justice in the Northern Ireland Transition Anna Eriksson 341

Part IV Overview and Prospects

17 'Doing' Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: 'Policy Transfer', Transitional Justice and Governing Through the Past Anne-Marie McAlinden Clare Dwyer 365

Index

Editorial Reviews

...an excellent opportunity for the reader to access a stimulating collection of work written by experienced researchers within the context of transitional justice...It is quite simply an outstanding achievement.” —Declan Crawley, Irish Probation Law Journal

“... this is a very impressive collection - wide-ranging, informative, topical and insightful. It will certainly appeal to anyone interested in criminal justice in Northern Ireland but the issues it raises have a resonance far beyond there, and so it will also appeal to academics, researchers, policy-makers and others interested in transitional contexts and in the dynamics of institutional reform more generally.” —Aogán Mulcahy, University College Dublin, The British Journal of Criminology

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