How to ensure mass shootings do not become commonplace in Europe Mass gun attacks may have not proliferated in Europe as they have in the US, but actions to ensure this remains so need to be … Shootings • 08 May
What's next for the Kinahan gang and the police targeting them? There's likely to be much more fallout from the ongoing high-profile pursuit of Kinahan crime gang members in Ireland and abroad Crime • 15 Feb
Is the proposed 'Fagin's law' an actual change to Irish law? The new law concerns the grooming of children into crime, but it's open to question if it actually fills a particular gap in Irish law Ireland • 09 Feb
Are cyber criminals using your computer? We can stop criminals engaged in cryptojacking using our computers by carefully monitoring the computer's performance technology • 01 Dec 22
Dialogue can help gardaí better understand diverse communities A project in west Dublin has brought young black adults and gardaí together to create meaningful dialogue between police and community An Garda Síochána • 19 Oct 22
The secret world of the Irish witness protection programme What makes the Irish witness protection scheme stand out is that there is no legislation governing the programme itself. Crime • 03 Oct 22
'When people with convictions get degrees, everybody wins' We should make higher education accessible for people with convictions, not deter them from applying Education • 17 Jan 22
Why do some men kill women? We need to look at the issue of misogyny to understand why most women who are killed in Ireland and elsewhere are killed by men Crime • 17 Jan 22
What is being done to stamp out white collar crime in Ireland? If white collar crime is to be treated as the serious crime that it is, frequent successful criminal prosecutions are required law • 17 Jan 22
Drink spiking: why we know so little about this horrifying crime While many respondents to a new survey had experienced drink spiking, reporting it to the police was much rarer Drink spiking • 03 Nov 21
How DNA is used to catch a killer When we think of catching killers, we often think of DNA matching, but what does that actually mean? Forensic science • 15 Oct 21
The complex issue of sex offender management Significant gaps exist in our knowledge of whether sex offender laws help to keep the public safe Crime • 18 Aug 21
Would you meet a person who committed a crime against you? Restorative justice benefits victims, offenders and communities and must be available to everyone Justice • 02 Feb 21
How can we stop criminal gangs exploiting up to 1,000 Irish kids? The latest Greentown studies examine ways to reduce the 'wicked problems' of how Irish crime networks exploit children Ireland • 27 Jan 21
How will Ireland police the pandemic? An Garda Síochána have an opportunity to show that public safety can be maintained through consent rather than enforcement Coronavirus • 21 Apr 20
How new Irish motorways led to more rural crime Research shows that the expansion of the motorway network in the last two decades increased rates of burglary in rural Ireland Crime • 12 Mar 20
Why do people confess to crimes they haven't done? As The Nobody Zone podcast shows, crime confessions are compelling, regardless of guilt or innocence. The Nobody Zone • 24 Nov 20
How criminal gangs could be stopped by maths Modern mathematical tools can provide police forces with a greater understanding of how crime and criminal gangs work Maths • 13 Feb 20
How Irish crime gangs are a hidden threat to children The Brainstorm long read: the existence of criminal networks in Irish neighbourhoods is a slippery phenomenon to detect and understand Crime • 21 Jan 20
How out-of-town drug dealers exploit vulnerable people in Ireland Ireland can learn lessons from the British experience in dealing with 'county lines' drug dealing Crime • 15 Jan 20
5 international justice ideas for Ireland to consider Research and experience elsewhere have highlighted effective and innovative responses to offending and victimisation Justice • 25 Nov 19
Why does Ireland have so many prisoners serving life sentences? One in every nine prisoners in Ireland is serving a life sentence and the number of lifers increased by 158% between 2001 and 2017 Crime • 21 Oct 19
How can we address Ireland's recidivism rate? New figures show one in every two people re-offend within three years of being released from prison, but re-thinking our approach could change that Ireland • 27 Sep 19
The links between porn and violence: 'a confusing quagmire' Rather than using pornography as a scapegoat, society needs to address the many factors behind violence against women Society • 27 Jun 19
How to create a better Irish criminal justice system Greater use of restorative justice can lead to better outcomes for both victims and offenders in the criminal justice system law • 29 Mar 19
