All Outputs (29)

Behind the badge: Addressing organizational and operational stress in policing mental health (2025)
Journal Article

Police officers in the UK and Ireland experience comparable mental health challenges, largely due to workplace culture and repeated exposure to trauma. Poor management, bullying, and lack of organzational support contribute as much to mental health c... Read More about Behind the badge: Addressing organizational and operational stress in policing mental health.

Exploring social perceptions of hiring individuals convicted of sexual offences in the United Kingdom: A methodological review (2025)
Journal Article

Purpose
Employment plays a crucial role in the desistance process, yet individuals with criminal records often face substantial challenges in securing and maintaining jobs. This is particularly problematic for individuals with a sexual offence convi... Read More about Exploring social perceptions of hiring individuals convicted of sexual offences in the United Kingdom: A methodological review.

Barriers to engaging with mental health support services for police officers in Ireland (2025)
Journal Article

Police officers are routinely exposed to stressors which can negatively impact their mental health. This paper presents findings from an anonymous online survey undertaken by 98 members of An Garda Siochána (the Irish police force). It considers Iris... Read More about Barriers to engaging with mental health support services for police officers in Ireland.

Sexual misconduct and evaluation of candidate appropriateness for employment within a nonpublic-facing role (2025)
Journal Article

Employment is a barrier for individuals with a prior sexual offence. This study examined employability for a non-public-facing, low-skilled job, before and after a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. The DBS check revealed either (i) rape, (i... Read More about Sexual misconduct and evaluation of candidate appropriateness for employment within a nonpublic-facing role.

A review of the healthcare and social care needs of the older prisoner population in England and Wales (2024)
Journal Article

In recent years, research on older prisoners in England and Wales has expanded significantly, and the term “older prisoner” is now well entrenched in the prison-based literature. Those prisoners who are over the age of 50 are now the fastest growing... Read More about A review of the healthcare and social care needs of the older prisoner population in England and Wales.

‘Constant pressures from all angles’: Understanding the mental health of UK police officers (2024)
Journal Article

Policing in the United Kingdom can be challenging. The organisational (i.e., within the police force) and operational (i.e., when working in the field) stressors that police officers encounter can negatively impact their mental health. To investigate... Read More about ‘Constant pressures from all angles’: Understanding the mental health of UK police officers.

Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions (2024)
Report

The first 2PS (Prevent & protect through support) Knowledge Transfer Workshop (KTW) was held with stakeholders on 22nd January 2024 at UWE in Bristol bringing together professionals, practitioners, academics, and policy makers from acro... Read More about Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions.

Understanding the impact of organisational and operational stressors on the mental health of police officers in Ireland (2024)
Journal Article

The mental health of police officers is a critical yet under-researched area. They face unique operational and organisational stressors, including exposure to violence and trauma, as well as bullying, managerial conflict, and a lack of support in the... Read More about Understanding the impact of organisational and operational stressors on the mental health of police officers in Ireland.

Secondary victims of homicide and restorative justice (2023)
Book Chapter

This chapter considers how restorative justice (RJ) can be used to help secondary victims of homicide in dealing with their loss. It begins by discussing the impact of homicide on secondary victims. It then considers some of the principles of RJ and... Read More about Secondary victims of homicide and restorative justice.

Resettlement needs for foreign national prisoners returning to their home country (2023)
Journal Article

While a wide range of literature exists on the topic of prisoner resettlement, little is known about the struggles faced by foreign national prisoners who return to their home country after serving a prison sentence aboard. This paper aims to address... Read More about Resettlement needs for foreign national prisoners returning to their home country.

Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Current and future directions in the UK (2023)
Journal Article

Restorative justice seeks to repair the harm caused by crime by bringing together victims, offenders, and affected parties in a facilitated dialogue. Restorative justice is often viewed negatively in relation to cases of sexual violence, due to fears... Read More about Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Current and future directions in the UK.

Moving forward with restorative justice in Ireland (2023)
Journal Article

Restorative justice in cases of sexual offending  (2022)
Journal Article

Restorative justice seeks to repair the harm caused by crime by bringing together victims, offenders, and affected parties in a facilitated dialogue. Restorative justice is often viewed negatively in relation to cases of sexual violence, due to fears... Read More about Restorative justice in cases of sexual offending .

Not “proper” foreign national prisoners: Irish ex-prisoner reflections on imprisonment in England and Wales (2022)
Journal Article

Irish prisoners are one of the oldest minority groups and one of the most represented foreign national groups in the prison system, yet little is known about their experiences of imprisonment in England and Wales. This article presents findings from... Read More about Not “proper” foreign national prisoners: Irish ex-prisoner reflections on imprisonment in England and Wales.

The application of restorative justice to sexual offending cases (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On August 2022 the Department of Social Sciences at the University of the West of England ‘UWE’ Bristol held an in person one-day conference to consider the role that restorative justice can play in cases of sexual offending. The event was a part of... Read More about The application of restorative justice to sexual offending cases.

Irland macht rasante fortschritte (2022)
Journal Article

Seit der Veröffentlichung des Abschlussberichts der irischen National Commission for Restorative Justice im Jahr 2009 hat sich die bis dato langsa-me und stetige Entwicklung der Restorative Justice in Irland sprunghaft beschleunigt. Das einst eher ne... Read More about Irland macht rasante fortschritte.

Therapeutic jurisprudence and the development of family courts in Ireland (2021)
Journal Article

While specialised family and children’s courts are commonplace throughout Europe and in other common law jurisdictions, Ireland has yet to develop such courts. Despite the Family Court Bill, the purpose of which was to establish a dedicated family co... Read More about Therapeutic jurisprudence and the development of family courts in Ireland.

Irish ex-prisoner reflections on their psychological wellbeing whilst in prison in England and Wales (2020)
Journal Article

Over the past 25 years the prison population of England and Wales has doubled and this has resulted in a significant proportion of the prisoner population suffering from mental ill-health. This paper considers the position of an under-researched grou... Read More about Irish ex-prisoner reflections on their psychological wellbeing whilst in prison in England and Wales.

Viewing the Dublin Drug Treatment Court through the lens of therapeutic jurisprudence (2020)
Journal Article

Over the last 25 years problem solving courts have developed internationally to provide a response to entrenched criminal justice related issues including addiction and mental health problems. These courts operate in adherence with the concept of The... Read More about Viewing the Dublin Drug Treatment Court through the lens of therapeutic jurisprudence.

Developing community courts with restorative justice in Ireland (2019)
Journal Article

In 2007 the Irish National Crime Council recommended that community courts should be established in Ireland, located in the inner city of Dublin, to deal with quality-of-life offences. In 2009 the final report of the National Commission on Restorativ... Read More about Developing community courts with restorative justice in Ireland.