Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 10:15
Criminologists at the School of Law and Criminology, Dr. Kevin Wozniak and Dr. Ian Marder were interviewed by Eoin Beatty on Kildare Today to discuss crime and policing in Dublin. They cautioned that it would be unwise of the Gardaí to adopt zero tolerance tactics because time and research in the United States have shown them to worsen police-community relations. They argued that academics and the media need to do a better job educating the public about the real risks of victimization rather than sensationalising individual crimes if overall crime trends are declining.
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