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Some key documents
(2024) Drug use and current alternatives to coercive sanctions in Ireland. Mapping the existing alternatives to coercive sanctions for people found in possession of controlled drugs for personal use. National Drugs Strategy. Strategic Implementation Group 5 (SIG-5) and summary
(2024) Ireland: national report for 2023 - drug markets and crime. Health Research Board.
(2023) The Greentown project: building evidence to inform intervention design for juveniles caught-up in local criminal networks. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
(2022) Understanding and addressing anti-social behaviour: a rapid evidence review. Department of Justice
(2021) Debts, threats, distress and hope: towards understanding drug-related intimidation in Dublin’s North East Inner City. Ana Liffey Drug Project
(2020) Research papers on spent convictions. Department of Justice
(2020) Lifting the lid on Redtown: a replication case study, which investigates the contribution of engagement in a local criminal network to young people’s more serious and persistent offending patterns. University of Limerick
(2019) Evaluation of the Bail Supervision Scheme for Children (pilot scheme). Department of Children and Youth Affairs
See also, our crime page.
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