Science, law and the administration of justice in Irish criminal process: expectations, role and disconnect

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dc.contributor.advisorFennell, Carolineen
dc.contributor.authorMoroney, Eimear Marie
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-29T08:46:27Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.submitted2018
dc.description.abstractRecourse to forensic capabilities is on an upward trajectory; yet, concurrently, international scandals have brought the fallibility of forensic science into sharp focus. As such, this thesis explores forensic science’s role in Irish criminal process in the light of expectations thereof. Against a backdrop of academic literature and research from other jurisdictions, Irish legislation, caselaw and policy documentation are examined with a view to delineating perceptions and applications of forensic science at key junctures, from crime scene to court. Thereafter, having regard to qualitative data specifically generated for this inquiry, this thesis endeavours to afford the reader hitherto unseen insights into how forensic science and its role is perceived by those working at the coalface of Irish criminal process, providing a valuable window into aspects of the criminal justice continuum, such as investigative decision-making, inter-agency communications, prosecutorial and defence stratagems. Ultimately, it is hoped that these “insider” perspectives, in conjunction with “official” commentary, will enable the identification of potential disconnect between expectations and the actuality of forensic science in Ireland.en
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dc.identifier.citationMoroney, E. M. 2018. Science, law and the administration of justice in Irish criminal process: expectations, role and disconnect. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage482en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7993
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dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.relation.projectUniversity College Cork (Law Graduate School Fellowship)en
dc.rights© 2018, Eimear Marie Moroney.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectEvidenceen
dc.subjectLaw and scienceen
dc.subjectForensic scienceen
dc.subjectCriminal justiceen
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dc.titleScience, law and the administration of justice in Irish criminal process: expectations, role and disconnecten
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen
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