Abstract
The article explores the extent to which criminal justice in Northern Ireland has been reconstructed over the past fifteen years. The focus is on the framework provided in the Good Friday Agreement (1998) and the range of transition processes that followed. Post-Agreement Inquiries are reviewed and the findings demonstrate the institutional rigidities facing the transformation of criminal justice. While the ideologies and practices of counter-terrorism no longer dominate the business of criminal justice, the extent of change in terms of social representativeness, scale and expenditure is variable, with the prison service proving the least changed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 442-457 |
| Journal | Howard Journal of Criminal Justice |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 07 Nov 2012 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2012 |
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- From Counter-terrorism to Criminal Justice: Transformation or Business as Usual?
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