Deirdre Healy is a Lecturer at the UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. Her teaching and research interests include desistance, reintegration, community sanctions, criminological theory and victimisation. She has a track record of high-quality publications in peer-reviewed international and Irish journals and her work has attracted interest from policymakers and practitioners as well as academics. She has published two books: The Dynamics of Desistance: Charting Pathways through Change (Routledge, 2012) and Rape and Justice in Ireland (with Conor Hanly and Stacey Scriver; Liffey Press, 2009). Claire Hamilton practised as a barrister in criminal law until 2004 when she became a full-time academic. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University, having previously worked as a lecturer in criminology in Dublin Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast. Her research interests lie in the area of penology, particularly comparative penology. She has published three books, the most recent being Reconceptualising Penality: A comparative perspective on punitiveness in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand (Ashgate, 2014). She has written widely on various criminological topics in national and international journals.Yvonne Daly is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and the Law of Evidence in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University and a member of DCU’s Socio-Legal Research Centre. Her research focuses on the pre-trial investigative process, with particular regard to the rights to silence and legal advice, and to the rules on improperly obtained evidence. She has published widely and is co-author of Irish Criminal Justice: Theory, process and procedure (Clarus Press, 2010). She is a Board Member of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development (ACJRD) and Vice-Chair of the Royal Irish Academy's Ethical, Political, Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee.Michelle Butler is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast. She is a former graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Kent at Canterbury and holds a Doctorate in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include imprisonment, criminological psychology, identity, shame, masculinity and violence. To date she has been involved in a number of research projects in England, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland exploring issues such as imprisonment, identity, violence, young people on remand, fear of crime and vulnerable people in the criminal justice system.

• Foreword, Michael Tonry Introduction, Claire Hamilton and Deirdre Healy I. Understanding Crime 1. Crime Trends, Sara Parsons 2. Homicide, Sarah Skedd 3. Understanding Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence: Prevalence, Policy and Practice, Stephanie Holt and John Devaney 4. Plus Ca Change: While Collar and Corporate Crime In and After the Crisis, Ciaran McCullagh 5. Cybercrime in Ireland: Towards a Research Agenda, TJ McIntyre 6. Crime, Conflict and Poverty, Siobhan McAllister and Deirdre Healy 7. Gang and Gang-related Activity, Niamh Hourigan 8. State Crime, Elaine Byrne, Kristian Lasslett and Bill Rolston 9. Desistance, Recidivism and Reintegration: Understanding change and continuity in criminal careers, Deirdre Healy II. Responding to Crime 10. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Matt Bowden and John Topping 11. Restorative Justice, Kieran O’Dwyer and Brian Payne 12. Children, Crime and Justice, Una Convery and Mairead Seymour 13. Trajectories of Policing in Ireland: Similarities, Differences, Convergences, Aogan Mulcahy 14. The Criminal Justice Process: From Questioning to Trial, Yvonne Daly and John Jackson 15. Sentencing, Niamh Maguire 16. Community Sanctions and Measures, Nicola Carr 17. Prisoners and Prison Life, Michelle Butler 18. Prison Education and Rehabilitation: What Works?, Cormac Behan and Jackie Bates-Gaston III. Contexts of Crime 19. The Inclusion and Juridification of Victims on the Island of Ireland, Shane Kilcommins and Luke Moffett 20. Media, Public Attitudes and Crime, Lynsey Black 21. Illicit Drugs, Criminal Justice and Harm Reduction: Getting the Balance Right, Johnny Connolly and Andrew Percy 22. The Policymaking Process and Penal Change, Mary Rogan 23. Penal Policy in Comparative Perspective: Notes from a Small Country, Claire Hamilton 24. Criminal Justice Policy and the European Union, Andrea Ryan and Claire Hamilton 25. Neoliberalism, Crime and Punishment, Barry Vaughan 26. Women, Imprisonment and Social Control, Christina Quinlan IV. Emerging Ideas 27. Hindsight, Foresight and Historical Judgement: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church, Marie Keenan 28. Mental Illness and the Criminalisation Process, Damien Brennan 29. Organised Crime, Liz Campbell 30. Ethnicity, Identity and Criminal Justice, Denis Bracken Afterword, Shadd Maruna and Kieran McEvoy.

Deirdre Healy is a Lecturer at the UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. Her teaching and research interests include desistance, reintegration, community sanctions, criminological theory and victimisation. She has a track record of high-quality publications in peer-reviewed international and Irish journals and her work has attracted interest from policymakers and practitioners as well as academics. She has published two books: The Dynamics of Desistance: Charting Pathways through Change (Routledge, 2012) and Rape and Justice in Ireland (with Conor Hanly and Stacey Scriver; Liffey Press, 2009). Claire Hamilton practised as a barrister in criminal law until 2004 when she became a full-time academic. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University, having previously worked as a lecturer in criminology in Dublin Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast. Her research interests lie in the area of penology, particularly comparative penology. She has published three books, the most recent being Reconceptualising Penality: A comparative perspective on punitiveness in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand (Ashgate, 2014). She has written widely on various criminological topics in national and international journals.Yvonne Daly is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and the Law of Evidence in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University and a member of DCU’s Socio-Legal Research Centre. Her research focuses on the pre-trial investigative process, with particular regard to the rights to silence and legal advice, and to the rules on improperly obtained evidence. She has published widely and is co-author of Irish Criminal Justice: Theory, process and procedure (Clarus Press, 2010). She is a Board Member of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development (ACJRD) and Vice-Chair of the Royal Irish Academy's Ethical, Political, Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee.Michelle Butler is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast. She is a former graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Kent at Canterbury and holds a Doctorate in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include imprisonment, criminological psychology, identity, shame, masculinity and violence. To date she has been involved in a number of research projects in England, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland exploring issues such as imprisonment, identity, violence, young people on remand, fear of crime and vulnerable people in the criminal justice system.

• Foreword, Michael Tonry Introduction, Claire Hamilton and Deirdre Healy I. Understanding Crime 1. Crime Trends, Sara Parsons 2. Homicide, Sarah Skedd 3. Understanding Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence: Prevalence, Policy and Practice, Stephanie Holt and John Devaney 4. Plus Ca Change: While Collar and Corporate Crime In and After the Crisis, Ciaran McCullagh 5. Cybercrime in Ireland: Towards a Research Agenda, TJ McIntyre 6. Crime, Conflict and Poverty, Siobhan McAllister and Deirdre Healy 7. Gang and Gang-related Activity, Niamh Hourigan 8. State Crime, Elaine Byrne, Kristian Lasslett and Bill Rolston 9. Desistance, Recidivism and Reintegration: Understanding change and continuity in criminal careers, Deirdre Healy II. Responding to Crime 10. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Matt Bowden and John Topping 11. Restorative Justice, Kieran O’Dwyer and Brian Payne 12. Children, Crime and Justice, Una Convery and Mairead Seymour 13. Trajectories of Policing in Ireland: Similarities, Differences, Convergences, Aogan Mulcahy 14. The Criminal Justice Process: From Questioning to Trial, Yvonne Daly and John Jackson 15. Sentencing, Niamh Maguire 16. Community Sanctions and Measures, Nicola Carr 17. Prisoners and Prison Life, Michelle Butler 18. Prison Education and Rehabilitation: What Works?, Cormac Behan and Jackie Bates-Gaston III. Contexts of Crime 19. The Inclusion and Juridification of Victims on the Island of Ireland, Shane Kilcommins and Luke Moffett 20. Media, Public Attitudes and Crime, Lynsey Black 21. Illicit Drugs, Criminal Justice and Harm Reduction: Getting the Balance Right, Johnny Connolly and Andrew Percy 22. The Policymaking Process and Penal Change, Mary Rogan 23. Penal Policy in Comparative Perspective: Notes from a Small Country, Claire Hamilton 24. Criminal Justice Policy and the European Union, Andrea Ryan and Claire Hamilton 25. Neoliberalism, Crime and Punishment, Barry Vaughan 26. Women, Imprisonment and Social Control, Christina Quinlan IV. Emerging Ideas 27. Hindsight, Foresight and Historical Judgement: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church, Marie Keenan 28. Mental Illness and the Criminalisation Process, Damien Brennan 29. Organised Crime, Liz Campbell 30. Ethnicity, Identity and Criminal Justice, Denis Bracken Afterword, Shadd Maruna and Kieran McEvoy.

Deirdre Healy is a Lecturer at the UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. Her teaching and research interests include desistance, reintegration, community sanctions, criminological theory and victimisation. She has a track record of high-quality publications in peer-reviewed international and Irish journals and her work has attracted interest from policymakers and practitioners as well as academics. She has published two books: The Dynamics of Desistance: Charting Pathways through Change (Routledge, 2012) and Rape and Justice in Ireland (with Conor Hanly and Stacey Scriver; Liffey Press, 2009). Claire Hamilton practised as a barrister in criminal law until 2004 when she became a full-time academic. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Law at Maynooth University, having previously worked as a lecturer in criminology in Dublin Institute of Technology and Queen’s University Belfast. Her research interests lie in the area of penology, particularly comparative penology. She has published three books, the most recent being Reconceptualising Penality: A comparative perspective on punitiveness in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand (Ashgate, 2014). She has written widely on various criminological topics in national and international journals.Yvonne Daly is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law and the Law of Evidence in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University and a member of DCU’s Socio-Legal Research Centre. Her research focuses on the pre-trial investigative process, with particular regard to the rights to silence and legal advice, and to the rules on improperly obtained evidence. She has published widely and is co-author of Irish Criminal Justice: Theory, process and procedure (Clarus Press, 2010). She is a Board Member of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development (ACJRD) and Vice-Chair of the Royal Irish Academy's Ethical, Political, Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee.Michelle Butler is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast. She is a former graduate of University College Dublin and the University of Kent at Canterbury and holds a Doctorate in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include imprisonment, criminological psychology, identity, shame, masculinity and violence. To date she has been involved in a number of research projects in England, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland exploring issues such as imprisonment, identity, violence, young people on remand, fear of crime and vulnerable people in the criminal justice system.

• Foreword, Michael Tonry Introduction, Claire Hamilton and Deirdre Healy I. Understanding Crime 1. Crime Trends, Sara Parsons 2. Homicide, Sarah Skedd 3. Understanding Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence: Prevalence, Policy and Practice, Stephanie Holt and John Devaney 4. Plus Ca Change: While Collar and Corporate Crime In and After the Crisis, Ciaran McCullagh 5. Cybercrime in Ireland: Towards a Research Agenda, TJ McIntyre 6. Crime, Conflict and Poverty, Siobhan McAllister and Deirdre Healy 7. Gang and Gang-related Activity, Niamh Hourigan 8. State Crime, Elaine Byrne, Kristian Lasslett and Bill Rolston 9. Desistance, Recidivism and Reintegration: Understanding change and continuity in criminal careers, Deirdre Healy II. Responding to Crime 10. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, Matt Bowden and John Topping 11. Restorative Justice, Kieran O’Dwyer and Brian Payne 12. Children, Crime and Justice, Una Convery and Mairead Seymour 13. Trajectories of Policing in Ireland: Similarities, Differences, Convergences, Aogan Mulcahy 14. The Criminal Justice Process: From Questioning to Trial, Yvonne Daly and John Jackson 15. Sentencing, Niamh Maguire 16. Community Sanctions and Measures, Nicola Carr 17. Prisoners and Prison Life, Michelle Butler 18. Prison Education and Rehabilitation: What Works?, Cormac Behan and Jackie Bates-Gaston III. Contexts of Crime 19. The Inclusion and Juridification of Victims on the Island of Ireland, Shane Kilcommins and Luke Moffett 20. Media, Public Attitudes and Crime, Lynsey Black 21. Illicit Drugs, Criminal Justice and Harm Reduction: Getting the Balance Right, Johnny Connolly and Andrew Percy 22. The Policymaking Process and Penal Change, Mary Rogan 23. Penal Policy in Comparative Perspective: Notes from a Small Country, Claire Hamilton 24. Criminal Justice Policy and the European Union, Andrea Ryan and Claire Hamilton 25. Neoliberalism, Crime and Punishment, Barry Vaughan 26. Women, Imprisonment and Social Control, Christina Quinlan IV. Emerging Ideas 27. Hindsight, Foresight and Historical Judgement: Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church, Marie Keenan 28. Mental Illness and the Criminalisation Process, Damien Brennan 29. Organised Crime, Liz Campbell 30. Ethnicity, Identity and Criminal Justice, Denis Bracken Afterword, Shadd Maruna and Kieran McEvoy.