Research Interests

Crime, Desistance and Reintegration The project constitutes the second phase of a prospective study of desistance among persistent adult offenders. The study will use a mixed-methods design to produce a nuanced account of changes in offending over time and to explore the influence of psychosocial factors on desistance.

 

Books

Deirdre Healy; (2010) The Dynamics of Desistance. UK: Willan Publishing. [Details]

Conor Hanly, Deirdre Healy, Stacey Scriver; (2009) RAPE AND JUSTICE IN IRELAND A National Study of Survivor, Prosecutor and Court Responses to Rape. Ireland: Liffey Press. [Details]

 

Edited Books

O¿Donnell, I., O¿Sullivan, E. and Healy, D (Ed.). (2005) Crime and Punishment in Ireland 1922 to 2003: A Statistical Sourcebook. Dublin: IPA. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

Deirdre Healy; (2010) 'Betwixt and Between: The role of psychosocial factors in the early stages of desistance'. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 47 (4):419-438. [Details]

Ian O'Donnell and Deirdre Healy; (2010) 'Crime, Consequences and Court Reports'. Irish Criminal Law Journal, 20 (1):2-7. [Details]

Deirdre Healy; (2010) 'Book Review: Justice in Transition'. International Criminal Justice Review, 20 (3):337-338. [Details]

Deirdre Healy; (2009) 'Ethics and Criminological Research: Charting a Way Forward'. Irish Probation Journal, 6 :171-181. [Details]

Healy, D. and O'Donnell, I; (2008) 'Deciding When to Call Time on Crime: Motivation, Generativity and Agency in Irish Probationers'. The Probation Journal, 55 (1):25-38. [Details]

                                                                                                               

Teaching Interests

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