Dr. Mary Rogan
Dr. Mary Rogan, LL.B (Dub), BCL (Oxf), MA (Higher Education) (DIT), PhD (Dub), Barrister-at-Law (King's Inns) graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a LLB (First Class Honours) before going on to study for the degree of BCL at University College, Oxford where she won the Simms' Prize for the best performance in the Crime, Justice and Penal System examination. Mary obtained a PhD which examined Prison Policy in Ireland 1922 - 1972 under the supervision of Professor Ivana Bacik at Trinity College, Dublin in 2008 and is currently a candidate for the PGDiploma in Statistics, also at Trinity College, Dublin.
Mary's first book represents the first examination of the history of prison policy in Ireland; entitled Prison Policy in Ireland: Politics, Penal-Welfarism and Political Imprisonment, it is published by Routledge.
Mary was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2010, winning the James Murnaghan Memorial Prize. She also holds a MA in Higher Education from DIT.
Mary is a Lecturer in Socio-Legal Studies at Dublin Institute of Technology having previously lectured in Taxation Law, Criminology and Penology, and tutored in Criminal Law at Trinity College Dublin. Mary developed and lectures on the Prison Policy module of the School's MA in Criminology and the community-based learning module 'Law in Society' in the Department of Law.
Mary is the current Chairperson of the Irish Penal Reform Trust and co-convenor of the Cultrual and Legal Lives of Punishment Network of the Law and Society Association.
Education
LLB (Dub)
BCL (Oxf)
PhD (Dub) "Prison Policy in Ireland 1922 - 1972: Subversion, Stagnation and Social Change"
PG Cert (Third Level Learning and Teaching) (Dublin Institute of Technology)
Barrister-at-Law, The Honorable Society of King's Inns.
MA (Higher Education) (Dublin Institute of Technology) "The role of values and a desire for social justice in the decision to study law"
PGDip Statistics, Trinity College Dublin (candidate)
Publications
Prison Policy in Ireland: Politics, penal-welfarism and political imprisonment (Routledge, 2011). Available now. Photos from the launch in Kilmainham Gaol here.
"Prisoners' rights and the separation of powers: comparing approaches in Ireland, Scotland and England and Wales" (forthcoming, 2012, Public Law).
"Brown, Governor of California et al v. Plata et al" Modern Law Review (forthcoming).
"The innocence rights of sentenced offenders" (2011, Irish Journal of Legal Studies).
"Yes (or no) Minister: the importance of the Minister-senior civil servant dyad in the Irish prison policy" (2011, The Prison Journal).
"Book Review: Day et al, Transitions to Better Lives" (forthcoming, 2011, International Criminal Justice Review)
"Book Review: Crewe, B. The Prisoner Society: Power Adaptation and Social Life in an English Prison" (2010, International Criminal Justice Review).
"Book Review: Tonry, M. Thinking about Punishment" ( 2010, International Criminal Law Review).
"Charles Haughey, the Department of Justice and Irish Prison Policy during the 1960s" (2010) 57(3) Administration."Prison Policy in Ireland: a historical overview" Prison Service Journal.
"Visiting Committees and accountability in the Irish prison system: some proposals for reform" (2009) Dublin University Law Journal.
"Historical Study has lessons for today" (2009) 1(3) Research News 4.
"The Prison Rules 1947: Political Imprisonment, Politics and Legislative Change in Ireland" (2008) The Irish Jurist
"Extending the Reach of the State into the post-sentence period: section 26 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007" (2008) 15(1) Dublin University Law Journal http://arrow.dit.ie/aaschsslarts/9/.
“The Mental Element in Murder: Tales from the Archives” (2008) 18(1) Irish Criminal Law Journal 19.
"The Role of the State in the Promotion of Well-Being: The Case of Prisoner Rehabilitation" (2007) 25 Irish Law Times 289.
"Crime Control without the Criminal Law? Perspectives on Emerging Strategies for dealing with crime" Parts I and II (2007) 25 Irish Law Times.
"Victims’ Rights" Theory and Practice" (Parts One and Two) (2006) 24 Irish Law Times.
"The Role of Victims in Sentencing: DPP v McCabe (No.2)" (2006) 24 Irish Law Times.
Valiulis, Redmond, Bacik and Woods, "Interdisciplinary Report on Prostitution in Ireland", published for the Irish Human Rights Commission (research assistant).
Papers Delivered
"Prison Policy in Ireland", lecture to BSc Sociology students, Queen's University Belfast, October, 2011.
"Prison Policy in Historical Perspective", lecture to HCert in Custodial Care Students, IT Sligo, Portlaoise, September 2011.
"The Politics of Penal-Welfarism", European Society of Criminology, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 2011.
"What drives penal policy in Ireland?" Plenary Session on: "What drives penal policy across Europe?" European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control", Chambéry, France. September 2011.
"The influence of economics on penal policy: the case of Ireland", British Society of Criminology Conference, Newcastle, UK, July 2011.
"Students learning with communities: possibilities for partnerships" REAP Conference, Waterford Institute of Technology, February 2011.
"Students learning with communities in Law" Irish Association of Law Teachers, Limerick, November 2010.
"The innocence rights of sentenced offenders" Conference on the Presumption of Innocence, DIT, November 2010.
"Overcrowding, prisons and deaths in custody" Guest Lecture, LL.M Trinity College Dublin, (Criminal Justice), November 2010."The accountability deficit in Irish prison" North South Criminology Conference, University of Ulster, June 2010.
"Trends in the prison population" IPRT Open Forum June 2010.
"Why do students study law?" Showcase of Learning & Teaching Innovations, DIT, January 2010.
"Penal-welfarism and its progress in Ireland" European Society of Criminology Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 2009.
"Prison Policy in Ireland in the first fifty years after Independence: Subversion, Stagnation and Social Change" British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Cardiff, June 2009.
"How is penal policy made in Ireland? Yes (or no) Minister" 5th Annual Irish Criminology Conference, UCD, June 2009.
"Law Students Learning with Communities at Dublin Institute of Technology" (poster presentation) CELT Conference, NUI Galway, June 2009
"The potential of wikis to facilitate peer learning: Exploring the experiences of MA Criminology students at Dublin Institute of Technology" Learning and Teaching Conference in Applied Social Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, April 2009
“Policy-Making and Prisons: Lessons from Ireland” Annual Conference of the Socio-Legal Studies Association, University of Manchester, March 2008
"Penal-Welfarism and Irish Prison Policy", Irish Criminology Conference, UCD, September 2007
"From Parsimony to the Punitive Obsession? Prison Policy in Ireland since 1922" Legal Research Conference, UCD, November 2006
"Prison Policy in Ireland since 1922" Dublin Legal Workshop, Law School, Trinity College, Dublin, December 2006
"Domestic and International Legal Standard relating to Prostitution" at:"Prostitution in Ireland and Human Rights: Why Can't Ireland Deliver on its Commitments?", Plenary Panel, Women in Irish History and Culture Conference, UCD, October 20 2006.
"Prison Policy in Ireland since 1922: Themes and Theories" University of Limerick North-South Criminology Conference, September 2006.
"Reassessing the role of the criminal law - perspectives on Anti Social Behaviour Legislation", presented at the British Society of Criminology Conference, University of Leeds, July 2005.
"Theories of Policing", presented at CEPOL Conference, The Garda College, Templemore, July 2005.
Research Projects
"Talking about Punishment" (Funded under the IRCHSS RDI Scheme).
"Why do students study law? Exploring the views of DIT Law students about the role of law in society". (Funded by the DIT Learning and Teaching Strategy Committee, DIT).
"Improving and diversifying research collaborations amongst masters’ in Criminology students: the potential of wikis to facilitate peer learning". (Funded by the DIT Learning and Teaching Strategy Committee, DIT).
"Law in Society: Law Students Learning with Communities": (funded by Students Learning with Communities, DIT)
Research Interests
Criminology, Penology, the Sociology of Punishment, Prison Law and Prisoners' Rights, Socio-Legal studies, Criminal Law, Prisons, Criminal Justice History, Policy-making and criminal justice, Penal Reform, Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Legal and Criminological Education, Community-Based Learning, Social Justice and Law.
I welcome inquiries from students considering pursuing research in these areas.
Teaching
LL.B/PGDip: Criminology; Jurisprudence; Law in Society; Law and Society
MA Criminology: Prison Policy; Criminal Justice Policy-Making
Memberships
Chair, Irish Penal Reform Trust
Member, Socio-Legal Studies Association
Member, British Society of Criminology
Member, American Society of Criminology
External Examinerships:
Letterkenny Institute of Technology (2010 - present): LLB.
Sligo Institute of Technology (2011 - ): HCert Custodial Care.
Contact Details:
T: + 1 402 3217
B: www.maryrogan.wordpress.com
T: @MaryRogan
