The Irish Probation Journal is a joint initiative of the Probation Service (formerly the Probation and Welfare Service) and Probation Board. Each article submitted will be considered by an Editorial Committee composed of Probation Service and Probation Board staff. The Editorial Committee is coordinated by two co-editors, representing the Probation Service and Probation Board.
The latest Irish Probation Journal, Volume 17 can be downloaded below. Individual articles are also available to download using the links provided. Previous volumes can also be downloaded below.
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 17, 2020
Title: IPJ 2020 Full Journal
Article: Full Journal (PDF)
Contents and individual articles:
Title: IPJ Journal Contents
Article: Contents (PDF)
Title: IPJ Journal Editorial
Article: Editorial (PDF)
Author: Denis C. Bracken
Title: Interactions with the Traveller Community by Prison and Probation Staff (PDF)
Author: Kieran McCartan and Hazel Kemshall
Title: The Potential Role of Recovery Capital in Stopping Sexual Offending: Lessons from Circles of Support and Accountability to Enrich Practice (PDF)
Author: Clare Cresswell
Title: ‘Why Would You Choose to Study Sex Offenders?: Assisted Desistance and Reintegration of Perpetrators of Sexual Harm (PDF)
Author: Anna Flynn and Marita Costigan
Title: The Management of People Serving Life Sentences in Ireland: A Multidisciplinary Model (PDF)
Author: Joe Garrihy
Title: ‘There are Fourteen Grey Areas’: ‘Jailing’, Professionalism and Legitimacy in Prison Officers’ Occupational Cultures (PDF)
Author: Sheena Norton
Title: COVID-19 Pandemic: Practitioner Reflections on Probation Practice (PDF)
Author: Mark Nicholson and Stevie Mann
Title: Partnership Working Towards More Effective Resettlement (PDF)
Author: Dr Geraldine O’Hare and Peter Luney
Title: Tackling Substance Misuse from a Problem- Solving Justice Approach (PDF)
Author: Ian O’Donnell
Title: Reducing Reoffending: Choices and Challenges (PDF)
Author: Ioan Durnescu, Margaret Griffin and John Scott
Title: Developing an Irish Offender Supervision Framework: A Whole System Approach (PDF)
Author: Jean O’Neill and Gail McGreevy
Title: Reflections on a Pandemic: How COVID-19 Impacted upon Probation Practice in Northern Ireland (PDF)
Author: Christina Power
Title: Engaging with Mental Health Challenges in Probation Practice (PDF)
Author: Aine Travers and Tracey McDonagh
Title: Promising Directions for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: The Case of Northern Ireland (PDF)
Author: Marguerite Woods
Title: ‘Helping Others and Helping Myself’: Wounded Healers as Peer Workers (PDF)
Title: IPJ Journal Book Reviews
Article: Book Reviews (PDF)
Full version
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 16, 2019 (PDF)
Contents and individual articles:
Criminal Justice Culture(s) in Ireland: Quo Vadis? – CLAIRE HAMILTON (PDF)
James P. Organ, the ‘Irish System’ and the Origins of Parole – GERRY McNALLY (PDF)
Restorative Justice as the New Default in Irish Criminal Justice – IAN D. MARDER (PDF)
Aspire – ‘Changing Lives to Make Communities Safer’ – JOAN RITCHIE AND GAIL McGREEVY (PDF)
Reducing Youth Crime: The Role of Mentoring – KIERAN O’DWYER (PDF)
Safer Injecting Facilities: Will they Work in an Irish Context? – CAROLINE BATES (PDF)
Full version
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 15, 2018 (PDF)
Contents and individual articles:
Non-compliance and Breach Processes in Ireland: A Pilot Study – NIAMH MAGUIRE
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 14, 2017 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 13, 2016 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 12, 2015 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 11, 2014 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 10, 2013 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 9, 2012 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 8, 2011 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 7, 2010 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 6, 2009 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 5, 2008 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 4, 2007 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 3, 2006 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 2, 2005 (PDF)
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 1, 2004 (PDF)