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The IPJ is an annual publication distributed widely to criminal justice bodies, research and academic centres and interested individuals, as a forum for knowledge exchange, critical debate and dialogue on criminal justice issues, in particular, community-based sanctions. The Editorial Committee call for article ideas and submissions early each year (January through March) for publication in the autumn. Each article submitted will be considered by an Editorial Committee composed of Probation staff from both organisations and academics in the field of criminal justice. Contact info@probation-ni.gov.uk for more information. The latest Irish Probation Journal, Volume 22 can be downloaded below. Individual articles are also available to download using the links provided. Previous volumes can also be downloaded below. Irish Probation Journal – Volume 22, 2025 Irish Probation Journal Volume 22 Full Journal Contents Editorial Working with and in Communities: Insights from Probation on the Island of Ireland - AMANDA STEWART and MARK WILSON Women and the Criminal Justice System: Gender Matters - MAGGIE O’NEILL Strategy to Tackle Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Ireland - STEPHANIE O’KEEFFE Restoring Justice, PBNI Women Strategy 2024–2029 in Action: Practitioner Reflections on the Impact of Trauma and Using Restorative Justice Practices - LEONA TATE Mindfulness for Emotional Regulation: Reflections on a Pilot Mindfulness Programme with a Group of Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) Service-Users in the Community - BRIGEEN MULLAN Investigating the Potential of Mental Health-Related Podcasts as a Psychoeducational Tool within the Probation Service - SALLY CONDON and SHARON LAMBERT Characteristics of Public Health Approaches for Violence Prevention (PH-VP): A Rapid Review - COLM WALSH et al. Community Service Orders in Ireland: Implementation, Impact and Judicial Perspectives - NICOLA CARR and NIAMH MAGUIRE Securing Suitable and Stable Accommodation for Probation Service-Users in NI – A Study - GAIL McGREEVY and STEPHEN HAMILTON Doing What Matters Most: How Probation Can Contribute to Reducing Reoffending - GILLIAN MONTGOMERY Social Inclusion and Reintegration Unit: A Human Rights and Equality-Led Approach to Supporting Desistance - RACHEL LILLIS, ADAM SPOLLEN and JANE MULCAHY Book Reviews Irish Probation Journal – Volume 21, 2024 Irish Probation Journal Volume 21 Full Journal Editorial Foreword Probation, Rehabilitation and Reparation FERGUS McNEILL - Selected by Margaret Griffin The Public Protection Advisory Group: A Model for Structured Co-operation MICHAEL DONNELLAN and BRIAN McCAUGHEY - Selected by Gillian Montgomery Reintegration of Prisoners in Ireland: New Research Findings AGNIESZKA MARTYNOWICZ and MARTIN QUIGLEY - Selected by Tim Coughlan A Smarter Approach? Sentencing and Politics in England and Wales PHIL BOWEN - Selected by Kate Walshe Effective Practice in Probation Supervision ANNA CONNOLLY - Selected by Olivia Keaveney ‘Not in My Back Yard’: The Challenge of Meeting the Housing Needs of Offenders PAUL THOMPSON - Selected by Liz Arthur Desistance as a Social Movement SHADD MARUNA - Selected by Peter Beck Trauma-Informed Practice and the Criminal Justice System: A Systematic Narrative Review ANNIE McANALLEN and EMMA McGINNIS - Selected by Collette Lattimore Perceptions of Restorative Justice in Ireland: The Challenges of the Way Forward SHANE McCARTHY - Selected by Stephen Hamilton Book Review: Probation and Parole in Ireland: Law and Practice by Vivian Geiran and Shane McCarthy - Reviewed by Tara Kane Embedding a Culture of Interdisciplinary Open Research in Criminal Justice: A New Partnership for Ireland IAN MARDER et al. Book Review Irish Probation Journal – Volume 20, 2023 Irish Probation Journal Volume 20 Full Journal Irish Probation Journal Volume 20 editorial IPJ 20 - Translating Lived Criminal Justice Experience into Policy Innovation: Countering the Stigma of a Criminal Record Through a Strengths-Based Disclosure Model IPJ 20 - Working with Homeless People on Probation Supervision – A Practitioner’s Perspective on Collaboration and Co-operation in the Community IPJ 20 - Twenty Years A-Growing: Reflections on Two Decades of the Irish Probation Journal IPJ 20 - Resettlement Needs for Foreign National Prisoners Returning to Their Home Country IPJ 20 - A Critical Reflection on Being a Lived Experience Researcher IPJ 20 - ‘The Children Are Victims, They Are Not in Any Way an Extension of the Crime’: Caregiver Perceptions About the Experiences of Children Whose Father Downloaded Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) IPJ 20 - Emancipatory Pedagogy in Prison: Participatory Action Research and Prison/University Partnerships IPJ 20 - The Promising Synergy Between Social Enterprise, Risk–Need–Responsivity and the Desistance Paradigm IPJ 20 - Is Denial an Obstacle to Effective Interventions with Perpetrators of Sexual Offences? IPJ Vol 20 - Images of Youth Deviance in the Irish Republic The Case of the Bugsy Malones IPJ Vol 20 - Judicial Discretion and the Justice and Welfare Dichotomy IPJ 20 - Book Reviews Irish Probation Journal – Volume 19, 2022 IPJ Volume 19 Full Journal IPJ Journal Volume 19 Contents IPJ Journal Volume 19 Editorial Balancing the Need for Due Process, Fair Trials and Systemic Efficacy: The Benefits and Challenges of Technological Improvements and Greater Efficiencies for the Criminal Justice System - Bruno Min. Forty Years of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland - Pat best, Nicola Carr, Gail McGreevy and Val Owens. ‘Helping, Hurting, Holding and Hands Off’: Preliminary Findings from an Oral History of Probation Client Experiences of Supervision in Ireland - Louise Kennefick, Deirdre Healy and Niamh Wade. Probation in Slovenia: ‘In the Right Direction’ - Danijela Mrhar Prelic Restorative Practices in Schools in Northern Ireland: Towards an ‘All School’ Model - Brian Payne, Graeme Young and Jonathan Hobson. An Exploration of the Relationship Between Probation Supervision and Desistance: A Systematic Narrative Review - Peter Beck and Emma McGinnis. An Exploration of the Profile and Characteristics of Human Trafficking in Northern Ireland - Emma Richmond, Twylla Cunningham and Campbell Killick. Car Crime: A Young Man’s Game - Ashling Golden. Custodial Transitions: Are We Meeting the Needs of Young Adults in the Criminal Justice System? - Alison Coyne. Addressing Unadjudicated Domestic Abuse: An Evaluation of the Promoting Positive Relationships Programme - Kirsten McFarland A Practitioner’s Response to ‘Probation and Mental Health: Do We Really Need Equivalence?’ - Laura Cotter and Kim McDonnell. Practitioner Reflection on the Challenges and Opportunities for Collaborative Working in the Probation Board for Northern Ireland - Karen Sinnamon. Book Reviews. Irish Probation Journal – Volume 18, 2021 IPJ Volume 18 Full Journal IPJ Journal Volume 18 Contents IPJ Journal Volume 18 Editorial Probation and Mental Health: Do We Really Need Equivalence? - Charlie Brooker Mapping 50 years of NIACRO – Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders - Brendan Fulton, Olwen Lyner, Shadd Maruna and Gillian McNaull Electronic Monitoring in Ireland: Disruptive Innovation, Affordance, or a Technology in Search of a Rationale? - Vivian Geiran A Smarter Approach? Sentencing and Politics in England and Wales - Phil Bowen ‘We Cannot Do This Alone’ – A Co-designed, Multi-departmental Strategy to Increase the Employment Prospects of People with Criminal Records - Siobhán Cafferty Trauma-Informed Practice and the Criminal Justice System: A Systematic Narrative Review - Annie McAnallen and Emma McGinnis A Practitioner’s Response to ‘Tackling Substance Misuse from a Problem-Solving Justice Approach’ - Claire McNamara Substance Misuse and Supervision: An Examination of Drug and Alcohol Misuse Among Probation Service Clients - Louise Rooney Probation in Latvia: ‘For a Safer Society’ - Sintija Stivrina and Diana Ziedina Violent Female Offenders: An Exploration of Adversity, Trauma, and Offending Behaviour in a Sample of Females Supervised by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland - Hannadi Al Hassan Building Bridges to Successful Reintegration - Aisling Meyler Restorative Justice with Adults who Have Offended - Aideen McLaughlin ‘Money Mules’: Exploited Victims or Collaborators in Organised Crime? - Rob Pickles J-ARC: An Interagency Initiative to Reduce Prolific Offending - Mandrea Bourke Irish Probation Journal – Volume 17, 2020 IPJ Journal Volume 17 Full Journal IPJ Journal 17 Contents IPJ Journal 17 Editorial Interactions with the Traveller Community by Prison and Probation Staff - Denis C. Bracken The Potential Role of Recovery Capital in Stopping Sexual Offending: Lessons from Circles of Support and Accountability to Enrich Practice - Kieran McCartan and Hazel Kemshall Why Would You Choose to Study Sex Offenders?: Assisted Desistance and Reintegration of Perpetrators of Sexual Harm - Clare Cresswell The Management of People Serving Life Sentences in Ireland: A Multidisciplinary Model - Anna Flynn and Marita Costigan ‘There are Fourteen Grey Areas’: ‘Jailing’, Professionalism and Legitimacy in Prison Officers’ Occupational Cultures - Joe Garrihy COVID-19 Pandemic: Practitioner Reflections on Probation Practice - Sheena Norton Partnership Working Towards More Effective Resettlement - Mark Nicholson and Stevie Mann Tackling Substance Misuse from a Problem- Solving Justice Approach - Dr Geraldine O’Hare and Peter Luney Reducing Reoffending: Choices and Challenges - Ian O’Donnell Developing an Irish Offender Supervision Framework: A Whole System Approach - Ioan Durnescu, Margaret Griffin and John Scott Reflections on a Pandemic: How COVID-19 Impacted upon Probation Practice in Northern Ireland - Jean O’Neill and Gail McGreevy Engaging with Mental Health Challenges in Probation Practice - Christina Power Promising Directions for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention: The Case of Northern Ireland - Aine Travers and Tracey McDonagh ‘Helping Others and Helping Myself’: Wounded Healers as Peer Workers - Marguerite Woods Journal Book Reviews Irish Probation Journal - Volume 16, 2019 IPJ Journal Volume 16 Full Journal IPJ Journal 16 Contents IPJ Journal 16 Editorial Criminal Justice Culture(s) in Ireland: Quo Vadis? – Claire Hamilton ‘More than Just a Number’: Meeting the Needs of Those with Mental Illness, Learning Difficulties and Speech and Language Difficulties in the Criminal Justice System – Stan Houston and Michelle Butler James P. Organ, the ‘Irish System’ and the Origins of Parole – Gerry McNally Restorative Justice as the New Default in Irish Criminal Justice – Ian D Marder Delivering Victim Services: An Overview of Practice in the Probation Board for Northern Ireland – Gillian Montgomery A Practitioner’s Response to ‘Resilience in the Face of Trauma: Implications for Service Delivery’ – Deirdre Grant Testing Artificial Intelligence in the United States Probation and Pretrial Services System- Matthew G Rowland, Nancy Beatty-Gregoire and John J Fitzgerald Aspire – ‘Changing Lives to Make Communities Safer’ – Joan Ritchie and Gail McGreevy ‘Prison is the Worst Place a Traveller Could Be’: The Experiences of Irish Travellers in Prison in England and Wales – Paul Gaviin Reducing Youth Crime: The Role of Mentoring – Kieran O'Dwyer Human Trafficking and Its Interface with the Irish Criminal Justice System: Shared Learning – Ann Marie Keane Safer Injecting Facilities: Will they Work in an Irish Context? – Caroline Bates Book Reviews Irish Probation Journal - Volume 15, 2018 IPJ Journal Volume 15 Full Journal IPJ Journal 15 Contents IPJ Journal 15 Editorial A More Humane Approach to Addressing the Harm of Criminal Behaviour Starts with Victims – Tim Chapman Unmasking the ‘Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector’ in the Republic of Ireland: Towards a Research Agenda – Katharina Swirak Non-compliance and Breach Processes in Ireland: A Pilot Study – Niamh Maguire From the High, Hard Ground of Theory to the Swampy Lowlands of Risk Assessment in Practice: The Real-Life Challenges of Decision-Making – Annie McAnallen ADHD and the Irish Criminal Justice System: The Question of Inertia – Etain Quigley and Blanaid Gavin A Practitioner’s Response to ‘Understanding Radicalisation: Implications for Criminal Justice Practitioners’ – Darren Broomfield Probation in Japan: Engaging the Community – Saki Kato Service Design in Criminal Justice: A Co-production to Reduce Reoffending – Nicholas De Leon, Brigit Mager and Judah Armani Problem-Solving Justice and Problem-Solving Courts: What Northern Ireland Can Learn from the US Experience of Mental Health Courts – Dr Geraldine O'Hare Resilience in the Face of Trauma: Implications for Service Delivery – Aoife Dermody, Caroline Gardner, Sharon David, Sharon Lambert, John Dermody and Marisa Fein Measuring Attitudinal Change: An Action Research Project – David Williamson, Stephen Roe, Darren Ferguson and Naimh Dooley Book Reviews Irish Probation Journal - Previous volumes Irish Probation Journal – Volume 14, 2017 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 13, 2016 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 12, 2015 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 11, 2014 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 10, 2013 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 9, 2012 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 8, 2011 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 7, 2010 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 6, 2009 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 5, 2008 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 4, 2007 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 3, 2006 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 2, 2005 Irish Probation Journal – Volume 1, 2004