Irish Probation Journal

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)

Irish Probation Journal - Volume 16, 2019

Full version
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 16, 2019 (PDF)

Contents and individual articles:

Contents (PDF)

Editorial (PDF)

Criminal Justice Culture(s) in Ireland: Quo Vadis? – CLAIRE HAMILTON (PDF)

‘More than Just a Number’: Meeting the Needs of Those with Mental Illness, Learning Difficulties and Speech and Language Difficulties in the Criminal Justice System – STAN HOUSTON AND MICHELLE BUTLER (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)

Delivering Victim Services: An Overview of Practice in the Probation Board for Northern Ireland – GILLIAN MONTGOMERY (PDF)

A Practitioner’s Response to ‘Resilience in the Face of Trauma: Implications for Service Delivery’ – DEIRDRE GRANT (PDF)

Testing Artificial Intelligence in the United States Probation and Pretrial Services System- MATTHEW G. ROWLAND, NANCY BEATTY-GREGOIRE AND JOHN J. FITZGERALD (PDF)

Aspire – ‘Changing Lives to Make Communities Safer’ – JOAN RITCHIE AND GAIL McGREEVY (PDF)

‘Prison is the Worst Place a Traveller Could Be’: The Experiences of Irish Travellers in Prison in England and Wales – PAUL GAVIN (PDF)

Reducing Youth Crime: The Role of Mentoring – KIERAN O’DWYER (PDF)

Human Trafficking and Its Interface with the Irish Criminal Justice System: Shared Learning – ANN MARIE KEANE (PDF)

Safer Injecting Facilities: Will they Work in an Irish Context? – CAROLINE BATES (PDF)

Book Reviews (PDF)

Irish Probation Journal - Volume 15, 2018

Full version
Irish Probation Journal – Volume 15, 2018 (PDF)

Contents and individual articles:

Editorial (PDF)

A More Humane Approach to Addressing the Harm of Criminal Behaviour Starts with Victims – TIM CHAPMAN (PDF)

Unmasking the ‘Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector’ in the Republic of Ireland: Towards a Research Agenda – KATHARINA SWIRAK

Non-compliance and Breach Processes in Ireland: A Pilot Study – NIAMH MAGUIRE

From the High, Hard Ground of Theory to the Swampy Lowlands of Risk Assessment in Practice: The Real-Life Challenges of Decision-Making – ANNIE MCANALLEN

ADHD and the Irish Criminal Justice System: The Question of Inertia – ETAIN QUIGLEY AND BLANAID GAVIN

A Practitioner’s Response to ‘Understanding Radicalisation: Implications for Criminal Justice Practitioners’ – DARREN BROOMFIELD

Probation in Japan: Engaging the Community – SAKI KATO

Service Design in Criminal Justice: A Co-production to Reduce Reoffending – NICHOLAS DE LEON, BIRGIT MAGER AND JUDAH ARMANI

Problem-Solving Justice and Problem-Solving Courts: What Northern Ireland Can Learn from the US Experience of Mental Health Courts – GERALDINE O’HARE

Resilience in the Face of Trauma: Implications for Service Delivery – AOIFE DERMODY, CAROLINE GARDNER, SHARON DAVIS, SHARON LAMBERT, JOHN DERMODY AND MARISA FEIN

Measuring Attitudinal Change: An Action Research Project – DAVID WILLIAMSON, STEPHEN ROE, DARREN FERGUSON AND NIAMH DOOLEY

Book Reviews (PDF)

Irish Probation Journal - Previous volumes

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)