The role of state data in shaping criminology in Ireland

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dc.check.date2027-08-13
dc.contributor.authorO’Connell, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorWindle, James
dc.contributor.authorSweeney, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorLynch, Orla
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-30T09:43:01Z
dc.date.available2026-09-30T09:43:01Z
dc.date.issued2026-08-13
dc.description.abstractThis article examines a paradox in the development of Irish criminology, where the importance of administrative (‘state’) data contrasts with its inaccessibility. The scarcity of state data has fostered a distinct research culture to administrative criminology elsewhere yet limits quantitative enquiry. By tracing the discipline’s history, the article highlights how Irish criminology has grown intuitively and independently despite these data constraints. This article argues that continued growth necessitates broader data access and points to alternative and underutilised data sources which may strengthen the empirical base of Irish criminology while respecting the discipline’s distinctive developmental ethos and capacity to flourish in constrained settings. The central proposition is that while the lack of state data promoted a distinct research ethos, a robust data infrastructure is essential for Irish criminology to continue to flourish and develop alternative spaces of criminological enquiry.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidO’Connell, Lauren
dc.identifier.authororcidWindle, James§0000-0001-8367-2926
dc.identifier.authororcidSweeney, Kevin§0000-0001-6905-4240
dc.identifier.authororcidLynch, Orla
dc.identifier.citationO’Connell, L, Windle, J, Sweeney, K & Lynch, O 2026, 'The role of state data in shaping criminology in Ireland', Crime Prevention and Community Safety, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 272-289. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41300-026-00245-2
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41300-026-00245-2
dc.identifier.endpage289
dc.identifier.issn1460-3780
dc.identifier.issued3
dc.identifier.journaltitleCrime Prevention and Community Safety
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-8367-2926/work/228375215
dc.identifier.startpage272
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/19374
dc.identifier.volume28
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd.
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105047204976
dc.rights© 2026, the Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
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dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectCrime data
dc.subjectCriminology
dc.subjectIreland
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectSmall countries
dc.subject[SocietyPoliticsEthics]
dc.titleThe role of state data in shaping criminology in Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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