Behan, C.M. (2014) Embracing and Resisting Prisoner Enfranchisement: A Comparative Analysis of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Irish Probation Journal, 2014. pp. 156-176. ISSN 1649-6396
Abstract
This paper examines prisoner enfranchisement in the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom. Despite being close neighbours, having similar legal and political traditions, both being members of the Council of Europe and European Union, and latterly politicians tending towards similar rhetoric on ‘law and order’, the debates and outcome in the two states have been significantly different on prisoner enfranchisement. The paper considers why the two states took such diverging approaches. Not only did the attitudes of governments and legislators differ on prisoner enfranchisement, but the debates revealed variance in portrayal of prisoners. Media interest was very different in the two states and discussions over parliamentary sovereignty, European influences, and judicial activism were central to the outcome of the deliberations on prisoner enfranchisement.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Irish Probation Journal. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Ireland; United Kingdom; European Union; prisons; elections; prisoner enfranchisement, penal policy, European Convention on Human Rights, European Commission of Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2016 09:02 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2016 09:02 |
Published Version: | http://www.probation.ie/website/probationservice/w... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Probation Service |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98834 |