Abstract
Criminal justice policy in Ireland is often criticised for lacking a robust evidence base.
Increased knowledge about crime and criminal justice may act to enrich all types of criminological enquiry and policy formation. This paper explores the potential of large population registries, similar to those created in the health sector, to inform criminal justice policymaking. The paper looks at the importance of such data collection for criminal justice research and policy and the potential hurdles to its development.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 303-323 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Economic and Social Review |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- criminal justice policy
- Ireland
- evidence base
- crime
- criminological enquiry
- policy formation
- population registries
- data collection
- research
- hurdles
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