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School of Law and Criminology Welcome Day
A welcome event for new students to the School of Law and Criminology
Date: Friday, 08 September 2023
Dr. Kevin Wozniak and Dr. Ian Marder were interviewed by Eoin Beatty on Kildare Today to discuss crime and policing in Dublin
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.
Date: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
ERC DANCING project hosts Mid-Term Academic Conference on 4 September 2023 at Maynooth University
This conference marks the halfway point of the project. Being academic in nature, it offers the opportunity to present the interim findings and preliminary results of DANCING to the academic community and gather feedback.
Date: Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Maynooth criminologists respond to recent media coverage of assaults in Dublin city centre.
Dr. Wozniak and Dr. Marder caution that recent media coverage could be evidence of a growing ‘moral panic’ that overestimates the real risks of victimization, and they summarize cross-national evidence that ‘zero tolerance’ policing tactics were not as effective as many politicians and commentators believe.
Date: Thursday, 17 August 2023
Analysis by Dr Karen Lynch Shally was recently cited by the Oireachtas Library and Research Service
Dr Lynch Shally also presented on the Bill at the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) conference in Oxford Brookes University in June.
Date: Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Final year Maynooth law student features in the Irish Golfer
In the article, Kate reports on how she has successfully balanced the study of law with her passion for golf, complimenting the LLB programme at Maynooth as 'excellent'.
Date: Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Bringing Ireland to the UK, Italy, and Hungary
Assistant Professor at the School of Law and Criminology, Dr David Mangan, spoke at a number of venues over the last several months.
Date: Wednesday, 09 August 2023
Dr Karen Walsh and Prof Aisling McMahon’s research cited in World Intellectual Property Organisation Study of Intellectual Property and Access to Health
The WIPO is the leading global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation, with 193 Member States.
Date: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
Dr Sinéad Ring presents her research on redress for non-recent child sexual abuse.
Dr Sinéad Ring presents her research on redress for non-recent child sexual abuse.
Date: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
Dr Sinéad Ring was one of seven invited speakers at the University of Glasgow’s Gerald Gordon Criminal Law Seminar in June
Dr Sinéad Ring was one of seven invited speakers at the University of Glasgow’s Gerald Gordon Criminal Law Seminar in June.
Date: Tuesday, 01 August 2023