This book represents a critical examination of key aspects of crime and criminal justice in Northern Ireland which will have resonance elsewhere. It considers the core aspects of criminal justice policy-making in Northern Ireland which are central to the process of post-conflict transition, including reform of policing, judicial decision-making and correctional services such as probation and prisons. It examines contemporary trends in criminal justice in Northern Ireland and various dimensions of crime relating to female offenders, young offenders, sexual and violent offenders, community safety and restorative justice. The book also considers the extent to which crime and criminal justice issues in Northern Ireland are being affected by the broader processes of 'policy transfer', globalisation and transnationalism and the extent to which criminal justice in Northern Ireland is divergent from the other jurisdictions in the United Kingdom. Written by leading international authorities in the field, the book offers a snapshot of the cutting edge of critical thinking in criminal justice practice and transitional justice contexts.

Part I: Conceptualising Crime and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland1. Crime and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: Conflict, Transition and the Legacy of the Past Clare Dwyer and Anne-Marie McAlinden2. Criminal Justice, Truth Recovery and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland Cheryl Lawther3. Bringing Humanity Home: A Transformational Human Rights Culture for Northern Ireland? Colin Harvey4. Criminal Justice Reform in Northern Ireland: The Agents of Change Brice Dickson5. Governing Justice Through Risk: The Development of Penal and Social Policies in a Transitional Context Clare DwyerPart II: The Criminal Justice Process6. Policing in Transition John Topping7. Finding 'Merit' in Judicial Appointments: The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC) and the Search for a New Judiciary for Northern Ireland John Morison8. Judging and Conflict: Audience, Performance and the Judicial Past Kieran McEvoy and Alex Schwartz9. Prisons and Imprisonment in Northern Ireland Phil Scraton10. Prisoner Reintegration in a Transitional Society: The Northern Ireland Experience Clare Dwyer11. Probation and Community Sanctions in Northern Ireland: Historical and Contemporary Contexts Nicola Carr12. Revisiting the Past: Miscarriages of Justice, the Courts and Transition Marny RequaPart III: Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice13. Transition, Women and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland Linda Moore and Azrini Wahidin14. Young People, Crime and Justice in Northern Ireland Deena Haydon and Siobhán McAlister15. Public and Official Responses to Sexual and Violent Crime in Northern Ireland Anne-Marie McAlinden16. Restorative Justice in the Northern Ireland Transition Anna ErikssonPart IV: Overview and Prospects17. 'Doing' Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: 'Policy Transfer', Transitional Justice and Governing Through the Past Anne-Marie McAlinden and Clare Dwyer