Aogán Mulcahy
Biographic Data
| ID | 150777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aogán Mulcahy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aogán |
| FAMILY NAME | Mulcahy |
| SIGNATURE | MULCAHY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Parking tickets and police reform: An analysis of the development and impact of police scandals
While police scandals are often assumed to arise from major forms of misconduct, here I argue that minor or banal events can also precipitate scandals and mobilise significant reform initiatives. My argument is based on a case-study analysis of two scandals surrounding allegations of misconduct in relation to road traffic policing in Ireland. The first case involved allegations that ‘fixed charges notices’ (issued for various driving offences) we…
Policing in Divided Societies
Policing Northern Ireland
This book provides an account and analysis of policing in Northern Ireland, providing an account and analysis of the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) from the start of 'the troubles' in the 1960s to the early 1990s, through the uneasy peace that followed the 1994 paramilitary ceasefires (1994-1998), and then its transformation into the Police Service of Northern Ireland following the 1999 Patten Report. A major concern is with the reform process, …
Responsible Participation, Community Engagement and Policing in Transitional Societies: Lessons from a Local Crime Survey in N orthern I reland
The new structures of policing in N orthern I reland have been internationally lauded as a success, but the manner in which police‐community relations are unfolding in local settings is less clear. In this article we draw on a local crime survey conducted in a R epublican area in B elfast to examine residents' views of policing and to highlight residents' concerns about police effectiveness in dealing with crime and disorder. D rawing on H aberma…
Alright in their own place’: Policing and the spatial regulation of Irish Travellers
Recent efforts to improve relations between ethnic minority communities and the police have generally revolved around a ‘diversity’ agenda, through strategies to enhance consultation, increase recruitment levels and so on. However, for communities characterized by nomadism, a different set of issues arises. For the police, nomadism undermines the information work which is at the heart of their governance mandate. This article considers relations …
Catholic Police Officers in Northern Ireland: Voices out of Silence Policing the Narrow Ground: Lessons from the Transformation of Policing in Northern Ireland
The ‘Other’ Lessons from Ireland: Policing, Political Violence and Policy Transfer
In a paper entitled ‘Lessons from Ireland’, Paddy Hillyard argued that Northern Ireland essentially served as a testing ground for the development of repressive policy measures that eventually would transfer elsewhere. In this article, I engage with the important thesis advanced by Hillyard and others, and argue that it stands in need of theoretical refinement and empirical elaboration. First, I highlight some factors that might be considered in …
Policing and the Condition of EnglandMemory, Politics and Culture: Memory, Politics and Culture
Polls repeatedly show that trust in, and respect for, the police have declined from the high levels achieved during the 1950s. This work, on the relationship between English policing and culture, revises the received sociological and popular wisdom on the fate that has befallen the English police.
The language of policing and the struggle for legitimacy in Northern Ireland
British government strategies of conflict management in Northern Ireland placed a heavy emphasis on police professionalism, which was itself connected to a broader set of initiatives to frame public understandings of the conflict in particular ways. In this paper we argue that as part of this process, a specific language of policing has been deployed in Northern Ireland in an effort to enhance the legitimacy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)…
Policing and social conflict in Northern Ireland
In this introduction, we provide a historical account of the development of policing in Northern Ireland. In Section One, we discuss the historical imperatives that shaped the nature of policing in pre‐independence Ireland. In Section Two, we consider the links between police and state in Northern Ireland, and explore the dynamics of policing during the conflict. As police reform emerged as a central plank of the peace process, we examine the pot…
Visions of Normality: Peace and the Reconstruction of Policing in Northern Ireland
While all regimes of social control require normalisation, this need is particularly acute in deeply divided societies where the maintenance of social order is a highly contested activity. In the aftermath of a protracted conflict, as the boundaries of ‘normality’ are blurred, disputes over the nature of ‘normal policing’ reflect broader conflicts over the competing visions of normality which shape the emerging social order. This paper considers …
Claims-Making and the Construction of Legitimacy: Press Coverage of the 1981 Northern Irish Hunger Strike
This paper examines the media's role in the claims-making process, specifically as this relates to the construction of legitimacy. The 1981 Northern Irish hunger strike was a claims-making activity in which paramilitary prisoners sought to construct themselves as legitimate political actors rather than “terrorists.” To challenge the assumptions of the criminalization policy that characterized paramilitary organizations as terrorists who lacked po…
Headhunter" or "Real Cop: Identity in the World of Internal Affairs Officers
This article examines the ways in which internal affairs (IA) officers cope with the stigma associated with their role within police organizations. IA officers in four police departments in the Southwest were interviewed about relations with non-IA officers, and two broad strategies of identity management were found. First, IA officers used the justifications of "denial of the victim" and "appeals to higher loyalty" to account for their actions. …
Pre‐Trial Reviews, Court Efficiency and Justice: A Study in Leeds and Bradford Magistrates' Courts1
This article discusses briefly the role that might be played by pre‐trial review (PTR) hearings in promoting the efficient handling of criminal cases in the magistrates' courts. It then summarises some of the findings of an evaluation study undertaken by the authors in two busy inner‐city courts which have slightly different systems for pre‐trial review. Efficiency gains are measured in tern of case‐settlement and case‐streamlining and the result…
The Justifications of ‘Justice’: Legal Practitioners’ Accounts of Negotiated Case Settlements in Magistrates’ Courts
Plea negotiations are frequently criticized on the basis that they may arise from deception, coercion, and unethical practices. Nevertheless, they are highly valued by legal practitioners and widely used as a means of case disposition. While denying that negotiations are ‘bargains’ for defendants, and distancing themselves from any involvement in sentencing, legal practitioners justify their participation in this highly criticized activity in thr…
Claims-Making and the Construction of Legitimacy: Press Coverage of the 1981 Northern Irish Hunger Strike
This paper examines the media's role in the claims-making process, specifically as this relates to the construction of legitimacy. The 1981 Northern Irish hunger strike was a claims-making activity in which paramilitary prisoners sought to construct themselves as legitimate political actors rather than “terrorists.” To challenge the assumptions of the criminalization policy that characterized paramilitary organizations as terrorists who lacked po…
The language of policing and the struggle for legitimacy in Northern Ireland
British government strategies of conflict management in Northern Ireland placed a heavy emphasis on police professionalism, which was itself connected to a broader set of initiatives to frame public understandings of the conflict in particular ways. In this paper we argue that as part of this process, a specific language of policing has been deployed in Northern Ireland in an effort to enhance the legitimacy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)…
Visions of Normality: Peace and the Reconstruction of Policing in Northern Ireland
While all regimes of social control require normalisation, this need is particularly acute in deeply divided societies where the maintenance of social order is a highly contested activity. In the aftermath of a protracted conflict, as the boundaries of ‘normality’ are blurred, disputes over the nature of ‘normal policing’ reflect broader conflicts over the competing visions of normality which shape the emerging social order. This paper considers …
Headhunter" or "Real Cop: Identity in the World of Internal Affairs Officers
This article examines the ways in which internal affairs (IA) officers cope with the stigma associated with their role within police organizations. IA officers in four police departments in the Southwest were interviewed about relations with non-IA officers, and two broad strategies of identity management were found. First, IA officers used the justifications of "denial of the victim" and "appeals to higher loyalty" to account for their actions. …
Alright in their own place’: Policing and the spatial regulation of Irish Travellers
Recent efforts to improve relations between ethnic minority communities and the police have generally revolved around a ‘diversity’ agenda, through strategies to enhance consultation, increase recruitment levels and so on. However, for communities characterized by nomadism, a different set of issues arises. For the police, nomadism undermines the information work which is at the heart of their governance mandate. This article considers relations …
Policing Northern Ireland
This book provides an account and analysis of policing in Northern Ireland, providing an account and analysis of the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) from the start of 'the troubles' in the 1960s to the early 1990s, through the uneasy peace that followed the 1994 paramilitary ceasefires (1994-1998), and then its transformation into the Police Service of Northern Ireland following the 1999 Patten Report. A major concern is with the reform process, …
Policing and social conflict in Northern Ireland
In this introduction, we provide a historical account of the development of policing in Northern Ireland. In Section One, we discuss the historical imperatives that shaped the nature of policing in pre‐independence Ireland. In Section Two, we consider the links between police and state in Northern Ireland, and explore the dynamics of policing during the conflict. As police reform emerged as a central plank of the peace process, we examine the pot…
The ‘Other’ Lessons from Ireland: Policing, Political Violence and Policy Transfer
In a paper entitled ‘Lessons from Ireland’, Paddy Hillyard argued that Northern Ireland essentially served as a testing ground for the development of repressive policy measures that eventually would transfer elsewhere. In this article, I engage with the important thesis advanced by Hillyard and others, and argue that it stands in need of theoretical refinement and empirical elaboration. First, I highlight some factors that might be considered in …
The Justifications of ‘Justice’: Legal Practitioners’ Accounts of Negotiated Case Settlements in Magistrates’ Courts
Plea negotiations are frequently criticized on the basis that they may arise from deception, coercion, and unethical practices. Nevertheless, they are highly valued by legal practitioners and widely used as a means of case disposition. While denying that negotiations are ‘bargains’ for defendants, and distancing themselves from any involvement in sentencing, legal practitioners justify their participation in this highly criticized activity in thr…
Parking tickets and police reform: An analysis of the development and impact of police scandals
While police scandals are often assumed to arise from major forms of misconduct, here I argue that minor or banal events can also precipitate scandals and mobilise significant reform initiatives. My argument is based on a case-study analysis of two scandals surrounding allegations of misconduct in relation to road traffic policing in Ireland. The first case involved allegations that ‘fixed charges notices’ (issued for various driving offences) we…
Pre‐Trial Reviews, Court Efficiency and Justice: A Study in Leeds and Bradford Magistrates' Courts1
This article discusses briefly the role that might be played by pre‐trial review (PTR) hearings in promoting the efficient handling of criminal cases in the magistrates' courts. It then summarises some of the findings of an evaluation study undertaken by the authors in two busy inner‐city courts which have slightly different systems for pre‐trial review. Efficiency gains are measured in tern of case‐settlement and case‐streamlining and the result…
The Justifications of ‘Justice’: Legal Practitioners’ Accounts of Negotiated Case Settlements in Magistrates’ Courts
Plea negotiations are frequently criticized on the basis that they may arise from deception, coercion, and unethical practices. Nevertheless, they are highly valued by legal practitioners and widely used as a means of case disposition. While denying that negotiations are ‘bargains’ for defendants, and distancing themselves from any involvement in sentencing, legal practitioners justify their participation in this highly criticized activity in thr…
Claims-Making and the Construction of Legitimacy: Press Coverage of the 1981 Northern Irish Hunger Strike
This paper examines the media's role in the claims-making process, specifically as this relates to the construction of legitimacy. The 1981 Northern Irish hunger strike was a claims-making activity in which paramilitary prisoners sought to construct themselves as legitimate political actors rather than “terrorists.” To challenge the assumptions of the criminalization policy that characterized paramilitary organizations as terrorists who lacked po…
Headhunter" or "Real Cop: Identity in the World of Internal Affairs Officers
This article examines the ways in which internal affairs (IA) officers cope with the stigma associated with their role within police organizations. IA officers in four police departments in the Southwest were interviewed about relations with non-IA officers, and two broad strategies of identity management were found. First, IA officers used the justifications of "denial of the victim" and "appeals to higher loyalty" to account for their actions. …
Visions of Normality: Peace and the Reconstruction of Policing in Northern Ireland
While all regimes of social control require normalisation, this need is particularly acute in deeply divided societies where the maintenance of social order is a highly contested activity. In the aftermath of a protracted conflict, as the boundaries of ‘normality’ are blurred, disputes over the nature of ‘normal policing’ reflect broader conflicts over the competing visions of normality which shape the emerging social order. This paper considers …
The language of policing and the struggle for legitimacy in Northern Ireland
British government strategies of conflict management in Northern Ireland placed a heavy emphasis on police professionalism, which was itself connected to a broader set of initiatives to frame public understandings of the conflict in particular ways. In this paper we argue that as part of this process, a specific language of policing has been deployed in Northern Ireland in an effort to enhance the legitimacy of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)…
Policing and social conflict in Northern Ireland
In this introduction, we provide a historical account of the development of policing in Northern Ireland. In Section One, we discuss the historical imperatives that shaped the nature of policing in pre‐independence Ireland. In Section Two, we consider the links between police and state in Northern Ireland, and explore the dynamics of policing during the conflict. As police reform emerged as a central plank of the peace process, we examine the pot…
Policing and the Condition of EnglandMemory, Politics and Culture: Memory, Politics and Culture
Polls repeatedly show that trust in, and respect for, the police have declined from the high levels achieved during the 1950s. This work, on the relationship between English policing and culture, revises the received sociological and popular wisdom on the fate that has befallen the English police.
The ‘Other’ Lessons from Ireland: Policing, Political Violence and Policy Transfer
In a paper entitled ‘Lessons from Ireland’, Paddy Hillyard argued that Northern Ireland essentially served as a testing ground for the development of repressive policy measures that eventually would transfer elsewhere. In this article, I engage with the important thesis advanced by Hillyard and others, and argue that it stands in need of theoretical refinement and empirical elaboration. First, I highlight some factors that might be considered in …
Responsible Participation, Community Engagement and Policing in Transitional Societies: Lessons from a Local Crime Survey in N orthern I reland
The new structures of policing in N orthern I reland have been internationally lauded as a success, but the manner in which police‐community relations are unfolding in local settings is less clear. In this article we draw on a local crime survey conducted in a R epublican area in B elfast to examine residents' views of policing and to highlight residents' concerns about police effectiveness in dealing with crime and disorder. D rawing on H aberma…
Alright in their own place’: Policing and the spatial regulation of Irish Travellers
Recent efforts to improve relations between ethnic minority communities and the police have generally revolved around a ‘diversity’ agenda, through strategies to enhance consultation, increase recruitment levels and so on. However, for communities characterized by nomadism, a different set of issues arises. For the police, nomadism undermines the information work which is at the heart of their governance mandate. This article considers relations …
Catholic Police Officers in Northern Ireland: Voices out of Silence Policing the Narrow Ground: Lessons from the Transformation of Policing in Northern Ireland
Policing Northern Ireland
This book provides an account and analysis of policing in Northern Ireland, providing an account and analysis of the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) from the start of 'the troubles' in the 1960s to the early 1990s, through the uneasy peace that followed the 1994 paramilitary ceasefires (1994-1998), and then its transformation into the Police Service of Northern Ireland following the 1999 Patten Report. A major concern is with the reform process, …
Policing in Divided Societies
Parking tickets and police reform: An analysis of the development and impact of police scandals
While police scandals are often assumed to arise from major forms of misconduct, here I argue that minor or banal events can also precipitate scandals and mobilise significant reform initiatives. My argument is based on a case-study analysis of two scandals surrounding allegations of misconduct in relation to road traffic policing in Ireland. The first case involved allegations that ‘fixed charges notices’ (issued for various driving offences) we…
Political science (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Law (11 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (11 works) · Criminology (10 works) · Irish and British Studies (9 works) · Politics (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · History (5 works)