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Irish Travellers : ethnicity, racism and pre-sentence reports

Autor: POWER, ColmIn: Probation Journal. London. V.50,n.3 (sep. 2003) , p.252-266Idioma: Inglês.Assunto: JUSTIÇA CRIMINAL CRIMINALIZAÇÃO ETNIAS NÓMADA RELATÓRIO PRÉ-SENTENCIAL PROBATION Localização e Cota : P.105 Resumo: This article examines the treatment of Irish Travellers in the criminal justice system. It provides a brief background to Irish Traveller ethnicity and then outlines the causes, extent and consequences of social marginalization, ethnic disqualification and criminalization in Britain's Irish Traveller population. This leads to a discussion of criminal justice concerns through the examination of existing research on pre-sentence reports (PSRs) concerning Irish Travellers, and interviews with probation officers and others which helped to explore overt and embedded prejudice and racism in the language and construction of PSRs. The article finishes by assessing possible way to ameliorate these injustices in the sentencing process.
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This article examines the treatment of Irish Travellers in the criminal justice system. It provides a brief background to Irish Traveller ethnicity and then outlines the causes, extent and consequences of social marginalization, ethnic disqualification and criminalization in Britain's Irish Traveller population. This leads to a discussion of criminal justice concerns through the examination of existing research on pre-sentence reports (PSRs) concerning Irish Travellers, and interviews with probation officers and others which helped to explore overt and embedded prejudice and racism in the language and construction of PSRs. The article finishes by assessing possible way to ameliorate these injustices in the sentencing process.

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