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Irish Examiner, 2024
Proposal for the use of the Criminal Assets Bureau in response to redress issues to clerical abus... more Proposal for the use of the Criminal Assets Bureau in response to redress issues to clerical abuse. Central to the argument is the notion of the Catholic Church in Ireland having been a criminal organisation.
Title Two-tier society; two-tier crime; two tier justice. Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) K... more Title Two-tier society; two-tier crime; two tier justice. Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) Kilcommins, Shane Kilkelly, Ursula Publication date 2010-11 Original citation McCullagh, C. (2010) 'Two-tier society; two-tier crime; two tier justice', in: Kilcommins, S. Kilkelly, U. Regulatory crime in Ireland. Dublin: First Law/Lonsdale Law Publishing, pp. 143-163. ISBN: 978-1-90732503-8 Type of publication Book chapter Rights © Shane Kilcommins and Ursula Kilkelly, 2010 Item downloaded from http://hdl.handle.net/10468/2636
This paper examines the origins of the role of the family as a social symbol in Irish society. Th... more This paper examines the origins of the role of the family as a social symbol in Irish society. The source, it argues, is in the nature of the inequalities that were present in late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Ireland. These were not simply through classes but also through families. The ideology of the family emerged to deny and to displace the tensions created by the nature of these kinds of inequalities. •Previous versions of this paper were presented in the Departments of Sociology in Colby College, Maine and in the University of Connecticut, both in the United States. A number of people commented on previous versions. My thanks to them all and in particular to Hilary Tovey of the Department of Sociology in Trinity College, Dublin. 1. John Mc Gahern captures its importance in his recent novel Amongst Women, when the daughters in Dublin face a family crisis. "Then she rang Sean Flynn (her fiance) who said he would leave work and come over to meet them in the canteen. Such was the primacy of the idea of the family that every one was able to leave work at once without incurring displeasure. In fact their superiors thought the sisters' involvement was admirable. Sheila won much sympathy and received many offers of help. 'You can make up the old work any time,' they said". (Mc Gahern, 1990, p. 123).
Title Getting a fix on crime in Limerick Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) Hourigan, Niamh M.... more Title Getting a fix on crime in Limerick Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) Hourigan, Niamh M. Publication date 2011-02 Original citation McCullagh, C. (2011) 'Getting a Fix on Crime in Limerick' in: Hourigan, N (ed.) Understanding Limerick: social exclusion and change. Cork : Cork University Press. pp. 136-151. Type of publication Book chapter
Economic and Social Review, 1985
In this article the proposals by the Association for Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, for a scheme... more In this article the proposals by the Association for Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, for a scheme of Community Policing, are outlined and discussed. Their innovatory nature is recognised but a number of problems — the notion of community which they use, difficulties in implementing such schemes and the question of whether they constitute a scheme of community policing — are considered. Finally the question is posed as tc to produce genuine community policing. whether the Gardai' could make the changes required I I N T R O D U C T I O N T proposals of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) for a system of cor rmuni ty policing are by any standards a landmark in the development o f ;in adequate response to the problem of crime in Ireland (AGSI , 1982). Tpey are imaginative and wide-ranging in their recognition that t radi t ional responses to crime and tradit ional styles of policing may now be inadequate in a modern industrial society. I f we they argue, we must...
The Northern Ireland legal quarterly, 2017
This paper offers a critique of the dominance that victim discourse has come to occupy in debates... more This paper offers a critique of the dominance that victim discourse has come to occupy in debates about criminal justice in Ireland. It argues that such a discourse works with an unacceptably simplistic notion of the term ‘victim’, it can lead to reforms that result in revictimisation rather than victim empowerment and it distorts the experiences of many crime victims for whom victimisation is inconvenient rather than traumatic.
This paper offers an alternative to the more orthodox psychological approach to the study of entr... more This paper offers an alternative to the more orthodox psychological approach to the study of entrepreneurship. It suggests that an adequate theory of entrepreneurship must consider a country's political and economic history and especially the way in which this history has structured the oppor tunities for economic gain open to social groups in the society. It further suggests that due to the different historical experience of underdeveloped countries, and especially international monopoly capital, these opportunities will be differently structured in such societies. Whilst the particular structure may not lead to development, it will be maintained by the class structure and political system which emerges in such societies and which may resist attempts to alter that particular structure of economic opportunities. However, while such opportunities are so structured, analysis of entre preneurship must also consider why there might be differential response to such opportunities in...
The first comprehensive account of crime in Ireland to examine policing policy, sentencing of cri... more The first comprehensive account of crime in Ireland to examine policing policy, sentencing of criminals and legal judgment and decisions.
Preface Introduction: Media Power: From Simple Answers to Complex Questions The Media as Definers... more Preface Introduction: Media Power: From Simple Answers to Complex Questions The Media as Definers of Social Reality Whose Frames? The Production of Media Messages: What Sets the Media Agenda? Changing Media Agendas, Widening Public Access? Innocent Entertainment? The Sociological Study of Television Fiction Media Audiences: Couch Potatoes or Armchair Intellectuals? Conclusion: The Future for Media Sociology? Bibliography Index
Giving Voice to Diversity in Criminological Research
Irish Examiner, 2024
Proposal for the use of the Criminal Assets Bureau in response to redress issues to clerical abus... more Proposal for the use of the Criminal Assets Bureau in response to redress issues to clerical abuse. Central to the argument is the notion of the Catholic Church in Ireland having been a criminal organisation.
Title Two-tier society; two-tier crime; two tier justice. Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) K... more Title Two-tier society; two-tier crime; two tier justice. Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) Kilcommins, Shane Kilkelly, Ursula Publication date 2010-11 Original citation McCullagh, C. (2010) 'Two-tier society; two-tier crime; two tier justice', in: Kilcommins, S. Kilkelly, U. Regulatory crime in Ireland. Dublin: First Law/Lonsdale Law Publishing, pp. 143-163. ISBN: 978-1-90732503-8 Type of publication Book chapter Rights © Shane Kilcommins and Ursula Kilkelly, 2010 Item downloaded from http://hdl.handle.net/10468/2636
This paper examines the origins of the role of the family as a social symbol in Irish society. Th... more This paper examines the origins of the role of the family as a social symbol in Irish society. The source, it argues, is in the nature of the inequalities that were present in late nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Ireland. These were not simply through classes but also through families. The ideology of the family emerged to deny and to displace the tensions created by the nature of these kinds of inequalities. •Previous versions of this paper were presented in the Departments of Sociology in Colby College, Maine and in the University of Connecticut, both in the United States. A number of people commented on previous versions. My thanks to them all and in particular to Hilary Tovey of the Department of Sociology in Trinity College, Dublin. 1. John Mc Gahern captures its importance in his recent novel Amongst Women, when the daughters in Dublin face a family crisis. "Then she rang Sean Flynn (her fiance) who said he would leave work and come over to meet them in the canteen. Such was the primacy of the idea of the family that every one was able to leave work at once without incurring displeasure. In fact their superiors thought the sisters' involvement was admirable. Sheila won much sympathy and received many offers of help. 'You can make up the old work any time,' they said". (Mc Gahern, 1990, p. 123).
Title Getting a fix on crime in Limerick Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) Hourigan, Niamh M.... more Title Getting a fix on crime in Limerick Author(s) McCullagh, Ciaran Editor(s) Hourigan, Niamh M. Publication date 2011-02 Original citation McCullagh, C. (2011) 'Getting a Fix on Crime in Limerick' in: Hourigan, N (ed.) Understanding Limerick: social exclusion and change. Cork : Cork University Press. pp. 136-151. Type of publication Book chapter
Economic and Social Review, 1985
In this article the proposals by the Association for Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, for a scheme... more In this article the proposals by the Association for Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, for a scheme of Community Policing, are outlined and discussed. Their innovatory nature is recognised but a number of problems — the notion of community which they use, difficulties in implementing such schemes and the question of whether they constitute a scheme of community policing — are considered. Finally the question is posed as tc to produce genuine community policing. whether the Gardai' could make the changes required I I N T R O D U C T I O N T proposals of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) for a system of cor rmuni ty policing are by any standards a landmark in the development o f ;in adequate response to the problem of crime in Ireland (AGSI , 1982). Tpey are imaginative and wide-ranging in their recognition that t radi t ional responses to crime and tradit ional styles of policing may now be inadequate in a modern industrial society. I f we they argue, we must...
The Northern Ireland legal quarterly, 2017
This paper offers a critique of the dominance that victim discourse has come to occupy in debates... more This paper offers a critique of the dominance that victim discourse has come to occupy in debates about criminal justice in Ireland. It argues that such a discourse works with an unacceptably simplistic notion of the term ‘victim’, it can lead to reforms that result in revictimisation rather than victim empowerment and it distorts the experiences of many crime victims for whom victimisation is inconvenient rather than traumatic.
This paper offers an alternative to the more orthodox psychological approach to the study of entr... more This paper offers an alternative to the more orthodox psychological approach to the study of entrepreneurship. It suggests that an adequate theory of entrepreneurship must consider a country's political and economic history and especially the way in which this history has structured the oppor tunities for economic gain open to social groups in the society. It further suggests that due to the different historical experience of underdeveloped countries, and especially international monopoly capital, these opportunities will be differently structured in such societies. Whilst the particular structure may not lead to development, it will be maintained by the class structure and political system which emerges in such societies and which may resist attempts to alter that particular structure of economic opportunities. However, while such opportunities are so structured, analysis of entre preneurship must also consider why there might be differential response to such opportunities in...
The first comprehensive account of crime in Ireland to examine policing policy, sentencing of cri... more The first comprehensive account of crime in Ireland to examine policing policy, sentencing of criminals and legal judgment and decisions.
Preface Introduction: Media Power: From Simple Answers to Complex Questions The Media as Definers... more Preface Introduction: Media Power: From Simple Answers to Complex Questions The Media as Definers of Social Reality Whose Frames? The Production of Media Messages: What Sets the Media Agenda? Changing Media Agendas, Widening Public Access? Innocent Entertainment? The Sociological Study of Television Fiction Media Audiences: Couch Potatoes or Armchair Intellectuals? Conclusion: The Future for Media Sociology? Bibliography Index
Giving Voice to Diversity in Criminological Research
conference contribution, 2005
Conference Contribution, March 12th, 2018