The risk of political violence has constantly threatened the Irish state. To ensure its survival, the state has resorted to emergency laws that weaken due process rights. The effects of counter-terrorism campaigns upon the rule of law governing criminal justice in Ireland are a central feature of this book. Globalization has supported this crossover, as organized crime seems immune to conventional policing tactics. But globalization fragments the authority of the state by introducing a new justice network. New regulatory agencies are entrusted with powers to control novel risks, and social...

Discussing the historical and theoretical concern for crime victims in the criminal justice system, this book examines the variety of forms of legal and service provision inclusion, and concludes by analysing the various needs of victims which continue to be unmet.