All Outputs (9)

Gender, violence and cultures of silence: young women and paramilitary violence (2021)
Journal Article
McAlister, S., Neill, G., Carr, N., & Dwyer, C. (2021). Gender, violence and cultures of silence: young women and paramilitary violence. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1942807

Despite a growth in analysis of women and conflict, this has tended to overlook the specific experiences of young women. Likewise, in research on youth, conflict and peace, the term ‘youth’ is often short-hand for young men. Young women’s experiences... Read More about Gender, violence and cultures of silence: young women and paramilitary violence.

Guest editorial: Queer theory and criminology (2020)
Journal Article
Lamble, S., Serisier, T., Dymock, A., Carr, N., Downes, J., & Boukli, A. (2020). Guest editorial: Queer theory and criminology. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 20(5), 504-509. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820947448

Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research (2020)
Journal Article
Carr, N., Serisier, T., & McAlister, S. (2020). Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 20(5), 551-563. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820937401

Recent years have seen increased attention in both research and policy towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) prisoners as a group with distinct needs. This has been driven by wider political recognition of LGBT rights and research su... Read More about Sexual deviance in prison: Queering identity and intimacy in prison research.

A legitimate business? Representations of privatised probation in England and Wales (2020)
Journal Article
Carr, N., & Robinson, G. (2020). A legitimate business? Representations of privatised probation in England and Wales. Crime, Media, Culture, https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659020903771

The Transforming Rehabilitation reforms implemented in England & Wales in 2014 witnessed the transfer of responsibility for a large proportion of the work of the public sector probation service to 21 newly created Community Rehabilitation Companies (... Read More about A legitimate business? Representations of privatised probation in England and Wales.

Pre-sentence reports and individualised justice: consistency, temporality and contingency (2017)
Journal Article
Carr, N., & Maguire, N. (2017). Pre-sentence reports and individualised justice: consistency, temporality and contingency. Irish Probation Journal, 14(1),

This paper reports on selected findings from a study on pre-sentence reports (PSRs) in the Republic of Ireland, entitled Individualising Justice: Pre-Sentence Reports in the Republic of Ireland (Maguire and Carr, 2017). The research was commissioned... Read More about Pre-sentence reports and individualised justice: consistency, temporality and contingency.

Punishment, youth justice and cultural contingency: towards a balanced approach (2016)
Journal Article
Hamilton, C., Fitzgibbon, W., & Carr, N. (2016). Punishment, youth justice and cultural contingency: towards a balanced approach. Youth Justice, 16(3), 226-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225415619500

Reflecting developments in the broader penological realm, accounts have been advanced over the last number of decades about a ‘punitive turn’ in the youth justice systems of Western democracies. Against the background of this work, this project seeks... Read More about Punishment, youth justice and cultural contingency: towards a balanced approach.

Picturing probation: exploring the utility of visual methods in comparative research (2015)
Journal Article
Carr, N., Bauwens, A., Bosker, J., Donker, A., Robinson, G., Sucic, I., & Worrall, A. (2015). Picturing probation: exploring the utility of visual methods in comparative research. European Journal of Probation, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/2066220315617269

A previous review of research on the practice of offender supervision identified the predominant use of interview-based methodologies and limited use of other research approaches (Robinson and Svensson, 2013). It also found that most research has t... Read More about Picturing probation: exploring the utility of visual methods in comparative research.

Experiences of youth justice: youth justice discourses and their multiple effects (2014)
Journal Article
McAlister, S., & Carr, N. (2014). Experiences of youth justice: youth justice discourses and their multiple effects. Youth Justice, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225414549694

Interventions within youth justice systems draw on a range of rationales and philosophies. Traditionally demarcated by a welfare/justice binary, the complex array of contemporary rationales meld different philosophies and practices, suggesting a muta... Read More about Experiences of youth justice: youth justice discourses and their multiple effects.

Invisible from view: leaving and aftercare provision in the Republic of Ireland (2014)
Journal Article
Carr, N. (2014). Invisible from view: leaving and aftercare provision in the Republic of Ireland. Australian Social Work, 67(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2013.868014

The adequacy of provisions for young people leaving care and in aftercare in the Republic of Ireland have been the subject of recent policy attention. A landmark report, the Ryan Report (2009), into historic abuse in state institutions recommended st... Read More about Invisible from view: leaving and aftercare provision in the Republic of Ireland.