5 research outputs found
A phenomenological exploration of circles of support and accountability volunteers’ motivation in Ireland
No full textIn Ireland, like in most of the western world, re-integration of individuals with convictions for harmful sexual behaviour has been a challenging issue. Unlike most members of society, who would be against sexual offenders living in their community, some members have chosen to meet them regularly to provide them with support in a volunteer capacity. Indeed, they are volunteering as part of Circle of Support and Accountability (CoSA), a professionally-facilitated volunteering programme, being run in Ireland as a partnership between PACE, a non-for-profit organisation, and the Irish Probation Service. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 5 current volunteers in Ireland to explore their motivation to be involved with CoSA. The data was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. These finding were found to be consistent with existing literature in the domain, except for the absence of faith-based motivation and the emergence of an additional theme related to the challenges specifically associated with the societal perceptions of sexual offending
Embedding a Culture of Interdisciplinary Open Research in Criminal Justice: A New Partnership for Ireland
No full textThis special edition of the Irish Probation Journal celebrates its excellent
track record of publishing open access criminal justice research and building links
among researchers, practitioners and policymakers on the island of Ireland. Both
probation services have expressed strong commitments to partnership working
and to using research and evidence to inform their practices and decision-making,
using the Journal to facilitate these discussions. With this in mind, it is important
to consider how we can build on this open, collaborative approach to research,
evidence-based policy and practice and publishing into the future.
This article represents the first output from a National Open Research Forum-funded project that aims to embed a culture of interdisciplinary open research in
the field of criminal justice. The setting for this project is Ireland. Its authors are
among the many research, criminal justice and community-sector professionals who
represent their organisations on the new Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue
(CORD) Partnership, launched as part of the funded project. The article was
developed collaboratively during the CORD Partnership’s first event in Maynooth
in January 2024, and then subsequently via an open authorship process through
which partners could become named authors. It contextualises the establishment of the CORD Partnership, outlining what we mean by a ‘culture of open research’
and situating our goals in Ireland’s research and criminal justice policy frameworks.
The piece then outlines the Partnership’s agreed purposes and principles and
provides some opening considerations as to the criminal justice sector’s open-research needs. It concludes by describing the CORD Partnership’s next steps.
The views expressed here represent those of the named authors only, not of their
organisations, nor of anyone who participates in the CORD Partnership but is not a
named author on the article.
This project has received funding from Ireland’s National Open Research Forum
(NORF) under the 2023 Open Research Fund. NORF is funded by the Higher
Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher
Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS
Embedding a Culture of Interdisciplinary Open Research in Criminal Justice: A New Partnership for Ireland
No full textThis special edition of the Irish Probation Journal celebrates its excellent
track record of publishing open access criminal justice research and building links
among researchers, practitioners and policymakers on the island of Ireland. Both
probation services have expressed strong commitments to partnership working
and to using research and evidence to inform their practices and decision-making,
using the Journal to facilitate these discussions. With this in mind, it is important
to consider how we can build on this open, collaborative approach to research,
evidence-based policy and practice and publishing into the future.
This article represents the first output from a National Open Research Forum-funded project that aims to embed a culture of interdisciplinary open research in
the field of criminal justice. The setting for this project is Ireland. Its authors are
among the many research, criminal justice and community-sector professionals who
represent their organisations on the new Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue
(CORD) Partnership, launched as part of the funded project. The article was
developed collaboratively during the CORD Partnership’s first event in Maynooth
in January 2024, and then subsequently via an open authorship process through
which partners could become named authors. It contextualises the establishment of the CORD Partnership, outlining what we mean by a ‘culture of open research’
and situating our goals in Ireland’s research and criminal justice policy frameworks.
The piece then outlines the Partnership’s agreed purposes and principles and
provides some opening considerations as to the criminal justice sector’s open-research needs. It concludes by describing the CORD Partnership’s next steps.
The views expressed here represent those of the named authors only, not of their
organisations, nor of anyone who participates in the CORD Partnership but is not a
named author on the article.
This project has received funding from Ireland’s National Open Research Forum
(NORF) under the 2023 Open Research Fund. NORF is funded by the Higher
Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher
Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS
Embedding a Culture of Interdisciplinary Open Research in Criminal Justice: A New Partnership for Ireland
No full textThis special edition of the Irish Probation Journal celebrates its excellent
track record of publishing open access criminal justice research and building links
among researchers, practitioners and policymakers on the island of Ireland. Both
probation services have expressed strong commitments to partnership working
and to using research and evidence to inform their practices and decision-making,
using the Journal to facilitate these discussions. With this in mind, it is important
to consider how we can build on this open, collaborative approach to research,
evidence-based policy and practice and publishing into the future.
This article represents the first output from a National Open Research Forum-funded project that aims to embed a culture of interdisciplinary open research in
the field of criminal justice. The setting for this project is Ireland. Its authors are
among the many research, criminal justice and community-sector professionals who
represent their organisations on the new Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue
(CORD) Partnership, launched as part of the funded project. The article was
developed collaboratively during the CORD Partnership’s first event in Maynooth
in January 2024, and then subsequently via an open authorship process through
which partners could become named authors. It contextualises the establishment of the CORD Partnership, outlining what we mean by a ‘culture of open research’
and situating our goals in Ireland’s research and criminal justice policy frameworks.
The piece then outlines the Partnership’s agreed purposes and principles and
provides some opening considerations as to the criminal justice sector’s open-research needs. It concludes by describing the CORD Partnership’s next steps.
The views expressed here represent those of the named authors only, not of their
organisations, nor of anyone who participates in the CORD Partnership but is not a
named author on the article.
This project has received funding from Ireland’s National Open Research Forum
(NORF) under the 2023 Open Research Fund. NORF is funded by the Higher
Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher
Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS
Epidemiologic Trends in Malaria Incidence Among Travelers Returning to Metropolitan France, 1996-2016.
No full textInternational audienceIMPORTANCE Despite annually adapted recommendations to prevent malaria in travelers to endemic areas, France is still the industrialized country reporting the highest number of imported cases of malaria. Better understanding of the epidemiologic context and evolution during the past 2 decades may help to define a better preventive strategy. OBJECTIVE To study epidemiologic trends of imported cases of malaria in travelers in geographic territories of France on the European continent (metropolitan France) from 1996 through 2016 to potentially explain the persistence of high imported malaria incidence despite national preventive measures. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In a cross-sectional study, between January 1 and May 31, 2018, data were extracted from the French National Reference Center of Malaria Surveillance. Trends in patients with imported malaria in association with age, sex, ethnicity, purpose of travel, malaria species, severity of illness, case mortality rate, and endemic countries visited were analyzed in 43 333 malaria cases among civilian travelers living in metropolitan France. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Evolution of the main epidemiologic characteristics of patients with imported malaria. RESULTS Among the 43 333 patients with imported malaria in civilian travelers included in the study, 24 949 were male (62.4%), and 8549 were younger than 18 years (19.9%). A total of 28 658 malaria cases (71.5%) were among African individuals, and 10 618 cases (26.5%) among European individuals. From 1996 through 2016, the number of confirmed malaria cases peaked at 3400 cases in 2000, then declined to 1824 cases in 2005 and stabilized thereafter to approximately 1720 malaria cases per year. A total of 37 065 cases (85.5%) were due to Plasmodium falciparum. The proportion of malaria cases among African individuals rose from 53.5% in 1996 to 83.4% in 2016, and the most frequent motivation for traveling was visiting friends and relatives (25 329 [77.1%]; P < .001). Despite an increase in the proportion of severe cases, which rose from 131 cases (8.9%) in 1996 to 279 cases (16.7%) in 2016 (P < .001), mortality remained stable, being approximately 0.4% during the study period. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Beyond the apparent stability of the number of imported malaria cases in France, significant changes appear to have occurred among the population who developed malaria infection following travel in endemic areas. These changes may imply that adaptation of the preventive strategy is needed to reduce the burden of the disease among travelers. Question Could changes in the population experiencing imported malaria in France over the past 2 decades explain the persistence of the high number of malaria cases despite national preventive measures? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 43 333 malaria cases from travelers returning to France from a malaria-endemic area, the proportion of malaria cases among African individuals has increased significantly from 1996 through 2016 (53.5% vs 83.4%)
