Crime and poverty in Ireland / [edited by] Ivana Bacik and Michael O'Connell.
Contributor(s): Bacik, Ivana
| O'Connell, Michael.
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BookPublisher: Dublin : Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell, 1998Description: 98p ; 24cm + pbk.ISBN: 1899738770 (m); 9781899738779.Subject(s): Crime -- Economic aspects -- Ireland | Crime -- Social aspects -- Ireland | Crime -- Ireland | Poverty -- Ireland | Poverty & unemployment | Causes & prevention of crime | Comparative law | Criminal law: procedure & offencesDDC classification: 364.256 BAC Summary: Demonstrates how economic factors underpin the workings of the criminal justice system at every stage. This work states that any useful debate on offending must put issues of poverty and deprivation to the forefront.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 364.256 BAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000034144 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This collection of research essays demonstrates how economic factors underpin the workings of the criminal justice system at every stage. It insists that any useful debate on offending must put issues of poverty and deprivation to the forefront. association between community deprivation, District Court appearance and sentence severity; crime, punishment and poverty - how the criminal population is constructed through decisions made by the gardai about when and where to pursue action; punishing poverty and personal adversity - an examination of the characteristics of samples of Mountjoy prisoners at different times, revealing the atypical social features of the prisoners' lives; and juvenile justice and the regulation of the poor - a historical analysis examining patterns of biased policing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Demonstrates how economic factors underpin the workings of the criminal justice system at every stage. This work states that any useful debate on offending must put issues of poverty and deprivation to the forefront.