01184nam a2200133   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000650005533007400012046100620086060601020092270000160102485200100104019211  a20031107u           y0pory50      ba  aeng  aIrish Travellerseethnicity, racism and pre-sentence reports  aThis 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.  vV.50,n.3dsep. 2003pp.252-266tProbation JournalcLondon  aJUSTIÇA CRIMINAL  CRIMINALIZAÇÃO  ETNIAS  NÓMADA  RELATÓRIO PRÉ-SENTENCIAL  PROBATION  aPOWERbColm  jP.105