Shane Kilcommins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6363063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shane Kilcommins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shane |
| FAMILY NAME | Kilcommins |
| SIGNATURE | KILCOMMINS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7528-0612 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The collaborative development through multidisciplinary and advocate consensus of an accessible notice of rights for people with intellectual disabilities in police custody
Background People with intellectual disabilities are over-represented in the criminal justice system. The United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) enshrines a right to equal access to justice for persons with disabilities (Article 13, UNCRPD). Accessible information is a key aspect of exercising this right. Yet, many jurisdictions, including Ireland, are yet to develop accessible information for disabled peop…
Challenges for people with intellectual disabilities in law enforcement interactions in Ireland; thematic analysis informed by 1537 person-years' experience
BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) are over-represented in criminal justice systems globally. This over-representation reveals itself at once in the demographic make-up of prison populations, as well as those detained in police settings as suspects of crime. While it is well-established in international literature that individuals who find themselves in the latter scenario face particular challenges in negotiating the forens…
The victim in the Irish criminal process
This book examines the changing role of victims of crime in the Irish criminal process. It documents the variety of ways in which victims of crime are now being written into the criminal process discourse and practice in Ireland, while taking account of existing challenges. The book seeks to show how the justice system is emerging from hegemonic dominance and examines the conditions which have made their re-emergence possible and the commitments,…
Intellectual disabilities in Irish prisons
The experience of law enforcement officers interfacing with suspects who have an intellectual disability – A systematic review
Experiences of people with intellectual disabilities encountering law enforcement officials as the suspects of crime – A narrative systematic review
It is well established internationally that there is a high prevalence of intellectual disability (ID) among people in police custody. Some people with ID may face particular challenges in negotiating the forensic formalities adopted by police at the pre-trial stage of the criminal process. These challenges need to be acknowledged and mitigated through appropriate procedural safeguards in order to, at once, preserve the fact-finding accuracy of c…
Crime control, the security state and constitutional justice in Ireland
It is clear that Ireland has witnessed evidence of a ‘tooling up’ of the state in the fight against crime over the last two decades. Crime control analyses—often relying upon the use of stark juxtaposition—are very useful in describing this trend. They can, however, also conceal the complexities that exist underneath the illusory comfort of binary labels such as ‘crime control’, ‘security state’, ‘actuarial justice’ or ‘Rule by Law’ governance. I…
Deaths in Prison Custody” Capstone Course
Capstone service learning courses are designed to overcome the negative effects of fractioned knowledge by enabling students to consolidate and apply what they have learned over a program of study. They also promote a scholarship of engagement. This article documents the learning experiences of students on a Deaths in Prison Custody capstone service learning course. Though such a criminal justice course requires significant staff input and involv…
The Introduction of Community Service Orders
The Criminal Justice Act 1972 made provision for the introduction of community service orders in England and Wales. In describing the sanction, many commentators adopted the view that it was only in detail a novel disposal, given that work-based penal dispositions can be traced a long way back in penal history. This article rejects such an approach to understanding the sanction on the grounds that it is ahistorical and proceeds with the assumptio…
Victims of crime with disabilities in Ireland
In recent decades, criminal justice systems are, at least partially, being reconstructed as they demonstrate an increased sensitivity to the needs and concerns of victims of crime. As part of this, a new cultural theme of the victim as ‘Everyman’ is emerging. However, these generalizing tendencies conceal the multiplicity of experiences of victimhood and of interactions with the criminal justice system. As a result, certain categories of victim a…
The governance of crime and the negotiation of justice
With increasing frequency, criminologists have documented the growth of a culture of control that has ushered in repressive penal policies and diminished people’s freedoms. Contra the portrayal offered by these ‘criminologies of catastrophe’, this article argues that there are several factors within contemporary European societies that militate against authoritarian rule and impel justice towards a negotiated model. European political integration…
After Crime and Punishment
Though prisoner release into society has, for some time, become more prevalent and more precarious, only very recently have researchers focused on the process of ex-offender re-entry into society. This edited collection of essays represents a very good attempt at creating a theory-driven approach to studying the phenomenon of ex-offender reintegration. In particular, the aim of the editors is to ‘help prepare grounds for the development of theore…
Victims of crime with disabilities in Ireland
In recent decades, criminal justice systems are, at least partially, being reconstructed as they demonstrate an increased sensitivity to the needs and concerns of victims of crime. As part of this, a new cultural theme of the victim as ‘Everyman’ is emerging. However, these generalizing tendencies conceal the multiplicity of experiences of victimhood and of interactions with the criminal justice system. As a result, certain categories of victim a…
The governance of crime and the negotiation of justice
With increasing frequency, criminologists have documented the growth of a culture of control that has ushered in repressive penal policies and diminished people’s freedoms. Contra the portrayal offered by these ‘criminologies of catastrophe’, this article argues that there are several factors within contemporary European societies that militate against authoritarian rule and impel justice towards a negotiated model. European political integration…
After Crime and Punishment
Though prisoner release into society has, for some time, become more prevalent and more precarious, only very recently have researchers focused on the process of ex-offender re-entry into society. This edited collection of essays represents a very good attempt at creating a theory-driven approach to studying the phenomenon of ex-offender reintegration. In particular, the aim of the editors is to ‘help prepare grounds for the development of theore…
The governance of crime and the negotiation of justice
With increasing frequency, criminologists have documented the growth of a culture of control that has ushered in repressive penal policies and diminished people’s freedoms. Contra the portrayal offered by these ‘criminologies of catastrophe’, this article argues that there are several factors within contemporary European societies that militate against authoritarian rule and impel justice towards a negotiated model. European political integration…
The Introduction of Community Service Orders
The Criminal Justice Act 1972 made provision for the introduction of community service orders in England and Wales. In describing the sanction, many commentators adopted the view that it was only in detail a novel disposal, given that work-based penal dispositions can be traced a long way back in penal history. This article rejects such an approach to understanding the sanction on the grounds that it is ahistorical and proceeds with the assumptio…
Victims of crime with disabilities in Ireland
In recent decades, criminal justice systems are, at least partially, being reconstructed as they demonstrate an increased sensitivity to the needs and concerns of victims of crime. As part of this, a new cultural theme of the victim as ‘Everyman’ is emerging. However, these generalizing tendencies conceal the multiplicity of experiences of victimhood and of interactions with the criminal justice system. As a result, certain categories of victim a…
Deaths in Prison Custody” Capstone Course
Capstone service learning courses are designed to overcome the negative effects of fractioned knowledge by enabling students to consolidate and apply what they have learned over a program of study. They also promote a scholarship of engagement. This article documents the learning experiences of students on a Deaths in Prison Custody capstone service learning course. Though such a criminal justice course requires significant staff input and involv…
Crime control, the security state and constitutional justice in Ireland
It is clear that Ireland has witnessed evidence of a ‘tooling up’ of the state in the fight against crime over the last two decades. Crime control analyses—often relying upon the use of stark juxtaposition—are very useful in describing this trend. They can, however, also conceal the complexities that exist underneath the illusory comfort of binary labels such as ‘crime control’, ‘security state’, ‘actuarial justice’ or ‘Rule by Law’ governance. I…
The victim in the Irish criminal process
This book examines the changing role of victims of crime in the Irish criminal process. It documents the variety of ways in which victims of crime are now being written into the criminal process discourse and practice in Ireland, while taking account of existing challenges. The book seeks to show how the justice system is emerging from hegemonic dominance and examines the conditions which have made their re-emergence possible and the commitments,…
Intellectual disabilities in Irish prisons
The experience of law enforcement officers interfacing with suspects who have an intellectual disability – A systematic review
Experiences of people with intellectual disabilities encountering law enforcement officials as the suspects of crime – A narrative systematic review
It is well established internationally that there is a high prevalence of intellectual disability (ID) among people in police custody. Some people with ID may face particular challenges in negotiating the forensic formalities adopted by police at the pre-trial stage of the criminal process. These challenges need to be acknowledged and mitigated through appropriate procedural safeguards in order to, at once, preserve the fact-finding accuracy of c…
Challenges for people with intellectual disabilities in law enforcement interactions in Ireland; thematic analysis informed by 1537 person-years' experience
BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) are over-represented in criminal justice systems globally. This over-representation reveals itself at once in the demographic make-up of prison populations, as well as those detained in police settings as suspects of crime. While it is well-established in international literature that individuals who find themselves in the latter scenario face particular challenges in negotiating the forens…
The collaborative development through multidisciplinary and advocate consensus of an accessible notice of rights for people with intellectual disabilities in police custody
Background People with intellectual disabilities are over-represented in the criminal justice system. The United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) enshrines a right to equal access to justice for persons with disabilities (Article 13, UNCRPD). Accessible information is a key aspect of exercising this right. Yet, many jurisdictions, including Ireland, are yet to develop accessible information for disabled peop…
Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Criminal justice (10 works) · Criminology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Economic Justice (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Irish (4 works)