Dr Avril Brandon

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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Exploring the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Prison Staff | PI | MU Internal Funding Schemes / | 29-SEP-21 | 4908 | |||
Access to Rights & Justice for Migrants and Ethnic Minority People in the Penal System | Co-PI | Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission / | 02-MAR-21 | 27-APR-22 | 9979 | ||
Examining the prison release experience of the Irish Travelling community in Ireland. | Co-PI | / | 7230 | ||||
Examining the Impact of Covid-19 Prison Lockdowns on Minority Ethnic and Foreign National Prisoners | Co-PI | / | 19-OCT-20 | 19-OCT-21 | |||
Investigating the Role of Ethnic Prejudice in the Irish Criminal Justice System | Doctoral Researcher | Irish Research Council (IRC) / | 13-JAN-14 | 04-SEP-19 | 24000 | ||
Exploring the experience of open prisons in Ireland. | Co-PI | / | |||||
Examining the impact of CyberSafeIreland online safety talks in primary schools. | PI | / | 01-APR-19 | 30-SEP-20 | 4500 | ||
Exploring the impact of student mobility and extracurricular engagement on academic performance and graduate employability. | PI | / | 04-NOV-18 | 29-NOV-19 | 36000 |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Minority Ethnic Prisoners and the COVID-19 Lockdown Issues, Impacts and Implications.
Avril Brandon & Gavin Dingwall (2022) Minority Ethnic Prisoners and the COVID-19 Lockdown Issues, Impacts and Implications. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | 'Exploring the Impact of Student Mobility and Extracurricular Engagement on Academic Performance and Graduate Outcomes'
Brandon, A., Hetherington, C. & Redmond, B. (2021) 'Exploring the Impact of Student Mobility and Extracurricular Engagement on Academic Performance and Graduate Outcomes' In: Broucker, B., Pritchard, R.M.O., Melin, G & Milsom, C (eds). Sustaining the Future of Higher Education. The Netherlands: Brill. [DOI] [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | 'Same crime: Different punishment? investigating sentencing disparities between irish and non-irish nationals in the irish criminal justice system'
Brandon A.;O'Connell M. (2018) 'Same crime: Different punishment? investigating sentencing disparities between irish and non-irish nationals in the irish criminal justice system'. British Journal of Criminology, 58 (5):1127-1146 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Crime and Harm: Challenges of social and global justice?.
Avril Brandon & Gavin Dingwall (2021) Crime and Harm: Challenges of social and global justice?. [Oral Presentation], Lockdown: The Impact of Covid-19 on Minority Ethnic Prisoners, The Open University , 07-JUL-21 - 09-JUL-21 [Details] |
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2021 | COVID-19 and the ‘Crisis’ in Criminal Justice.
Avril Brandon & Gavin Dingwall (2021) COVID-19 and the ‘Crisis’ in Criminal Justice. [Oral Presentation], Contextualising the Impact of the Covid-19 Lockdown on Ethnic Minority Prisoners, University of the West of England - UWE Bristol , 21-JUL-21 [Details] |
Published Reports
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Sometimes I'm missing the words: The rights, needs and experiences of foreign national and minority ethnic groups in the Irish penal system.
Doyle, David; Brandon, Avril; Garrihy, Joe; Adanan, Amina; Bracken, Denis (2022) Sometimes I'm missing the words: The rights, needs and experiences of foreign national and minority ethnic groups in the Irish penal system. Irish Penal Reform Trust, Dublin. [Details] |
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2021 | Training Brief for the Irish Prison Service and Irish Probation Service.
Adanan, Amina, Brandon, Avril Margaret. & Bracken, Denis (2021) Training Brief for the Irish Prison Service and Irish Probation Service. Irish Penal Reform Trust, Dublin. [Details] |
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2020 | Exploring the Impact of Student Mobility and Extracurricular Engagement on Academic Performance and Graduate Outcomes.
Brandon, Avril Margaret, Redmond, Bairbre & Hetherington, Caroline (2020) Exploring the Impact of Student Mobility and Extracurricular Engagement on Academic Performance and Graduate Outcomes. Universitas 21, University of Birmingham. [Details] |
Report
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Non-custodial sanctions and measures in the Member States of the European Union: Republic of Ireland.
Brandon, Avril Margaret & Kennefick, Louise (2021) Non-custodial sanctions and measures in the Member States of the European Union: Republic of Ireland. Report [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2019 | FitzPatrick Foundation Funding Award | FitzPatrick Foundation | |
2021 | Team Teaching Award | Office of the Dean of Teaching and Learning | |
2021 | MUSSI Small Grant Scheme | Maynooth University Social Science Institute | |
2016 | Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship | Irish Research Council |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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European Society of Criminology | Full Member | / | |
Psychology Society of Ireland | Graduate Member | / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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International Committee | Member | / | |
Research Committee | Member | / |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2018 | University College Dublin | PhD | Psychology | |
2011 | University College Dublin | BA (Hons) | Geography; Spanish | |
2013 | University College Dublin | Higher Diploma | Psychology |
Teaching Interests
External Collaborators
Name | Role / Description | Country | |
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Professor Gavin Dingwall, De Montfort University | ENGLAND |