Burning Churches and Victim Surveys
The Myth of Northern Ireland as Low-Crime Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8124404 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mike Brogden (Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-48 |
| Publication date | 2000-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0791-6035 • E-ISSN: 2050-5280 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/079160350001000102 |
| OpenAlex | W2572124817 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper challenges common portrayals of Northern Ireland as a low-crime society. Such portrayals are often based on victim surveys and other positivist criminological approaches. The paper proposes that much criminality may he concealed by social and political characteristics of northern Irish society. These characteristics mean that current frameworks for measuring crime, such as victim surveys or police reports, are inappropriate as are comparisons of the north of Ireland with other societies
Crime statistics · Criminology · Ethnology · Irish · Mythology · Northern ireland · Political science · Politics · Positivism · Sociology · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Irish and British Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2020 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |