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The Greentown Project: Building Evidence to inform Intervention Design for Juveniles Caught-up in Local Criminal Networks
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ( IF 1.645 ) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 , DOI: 10.1177/0306624x221095043
Catherine M Naughton 1 , Sean Redmond 1 , Eoin O'Meara-Daly 1
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A small minority of juveniles are responsible for the majority of detected juvenile crime in Ireland. This situation presents significant policy concerns. The current paper, based on findings from a comparative analysis builds on a multi-step research design process to provide evidence-based knowledge to inform the design of a new targeted intervention. An initial social network analysis of national crime and intelligence data produced localized basic criminal network maps illustrating co-offending and intelligence relationships between adults and juveniles in specific Police sub-districts (Part 1). These network maps then provided an enquiry frame for interviews with members of the police forces in three case study locations (Part 2). A comparative analysis of the three studies (Part 3) identified diversity in network structure and inherent resilience. The analysis also identifies core similarities in juveniles’ vulnerabilities and risks to recruitment. These factors are important considerations for an intervention seeking to disrupt networks and create safe “exit” environments for juveniles.



中文翻译:

绿城项目:建立证据,为陷入当地犯罪网络的青少年的干预设计提供信息

一小部分青少年对爱尔兰发现的大多数青少年犯罪负有责任。这种情况引起了重大的政策问题。当前的论文基于比较分析的结果,建立在多步骤研究设计过程的基础上,以提供基于证据的知识,为新的有针对性的干预措施的设计提供信息。对国家犯罪和情报数据的初步社会网络分析生成了本地化的基本犯罪网络地图,说明了特定警区中成年人和青少年之间的共同犯罪和情报关系(第 1 部分)。然后,这些网络地图提供了一个调查框架,用于采访三个案例研究地点的警察部队成员(第 2 部分)。对这三项研究的比较分析(第 3 部分)确定了网络结构和内在弹性的多样性。该分析还确定了青少年脆弱性和招募风险的核心相似之处。这些因素是寻求破坏网络并为青少年创造安全“退出”环境的干预措施的重要考虑因素。

更新日期:2022-05-07
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