Staff Output
Recent publications (2009-to date)
Research in the Department of Social Sciences concentrates on the fields of early childhood, social care, juvenile justice, child abuse and youth and crime. Recent scholarly output from staff in the Department of Social Sciences and the CSER is detailed below. Where copyright allows, the full text of the publications listed below can be found in Arrow, DIT's open access research repository.
In-press
Bowden, M. (in press). Networked governance, state power and the gift: Lessons from crime and disorder prevention in Ireland. Theoretical Criminology.
Fitzpatrick, A. (in press). Working with Parents in Early Years Services. In (Eds.) Máire Mhic Mhathúna and Mark Taylor, Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Fitzpatrick, N., Hayes, N. and O'Rourke, K.C. (in press). Beyond constriction and control: constructivism in online theory and practice. In C. Payne (ed.) Information technology and constructivism in higher education: Progressive learning frameworks. (Pennsylvania; IGI Global).
French, G. (in press). The HighScope Approach to Early Learning. In (Eds.) Máire Mhic Mhathúna and Mark Taylor, Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Gallagher, C. (in press). Connectedness in the lives of older people in Ireland. Irish Journal of Sociology.
Graham, G. (in press). Attachment strategies and care-giving: Social care work interventions with troubled families. Children and Youth Services Review.
Hamilton, C. (in press). Social work and social care law. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Hamilton, C. (in press). Threats to the presumption of innocence in Irish criminal law: An assessment. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 15(3).
Hayes, N. (in press). Children at the Centre of Practice. In (Eds.) Máire Mhic Mhathúna and Mark Taylor, Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Hayes, N. and Keogh, P. (in press). Communicating with children in early and middle childhood. In V. Lambert, T. Long and D. Kelleher (Eds.). Communication Skills for Child health Nurses. Open University, McGraw-Hill.
Keogh, P. with Hayes, N. (in press). Communicating with children in early years and middle childhood in Lambert, In V., Long, T. & Kelleher, D. (Eds.) Communication Skills for Children’s Nurses. Berkshire: Open University Press.
McElvaney, R., Greene, S. & Hogan, D. (in press). Containing the secret of child sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Mhic Mhathúna, M. and Taylor, M. (Eds.) (in press). Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Mhic Mhathúna, M. (in press).Child Language in the Early Years. In M. Mhic Mhathúna and Mark Taylor (Eds.), Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Mhic Mhathúna, M. and Taylor, M. (in press).The Montessori Approach to Early Childhood Education. In M. Mhic Mhathúna and Mark Taylor (Eds.), Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Mhic Mhathúna, M. and Taylor, M. (in press). The Future: where are we going? In M. Mhic Mhathúna and Mark Taylor (Eds.), Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Pettersen, J. (in press). Learning Outdoors. In Mhic Mhathúna, M. & Taylor. M. (Eds.) Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.
Seymour M. (in press). Youth Justice in Context: Community, Compliance and Young People. New York: Routledge.
Seymour M. (in press). Juvenile Justice. In Hamilton, C. (2012), Social Work and Social Care Law. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Smith, K. (in press) Sociological perspectives on childhood. In M. Mhic Mhathúna and M. Taylor (Eds.) Early childhood education and care. An introduction for students in Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Wieczorek-Deering, D. & Halpenny, A.M. (2012). Theoretical Perspectives on Children’s Development during the Early Years. In Mhic Mhathúna, M. and Taylor, M. (Eds.) (2012). Early Childhood Education and Care. An Introduction for Students in Ireland. Gill and Macmillan.
2011
Donnelly, R. and McSweeney, F. (2011). From humble beginnings: evolving mentoring within professional development for academic staff. Professional Development in Education, 37(2), 259-274. First published on: 08 September 2010 (iFirst). DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2010.509933
Hamilton, C. (2011). The presumption of innocence in Irish criminal law: Recent trends and possible explanations. Irish Journal of Legal Studies, 2(1): 3-21.
Hamilton, C. (2011). Notes from some small countries: A study of the 'new punitiveness' in Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand. In H. Kury and E. Shea (Eds.) Punitivity: International developments, Vol. 1. Punitiveness - a global phenomenon? Bochum: Universitaetsverlag Brockmeyer.
Johnston Molloy, C., Corish, C., Kearney, J., Hayes, N. and Glennon Slattery, C. (2011). Developing a nutrition assessment tool for Irish pre-schools. Nutrition and Food Science, 41, 1, 44-53.
Kelleher, C., Christie, R., Lalor, K., Fox, J., Bowden, M. & O'Donnell, C. (2011). An overview of new psychoactive substances and the outlets supplying them. Dublin: National Advisory Committee on Drugs.
McSweeney, F. (2011). Student, practitioner, or both? Separation and integration of identities in professional social care education. Social Work Education. First published on: 12 March 2011 (iFirst). DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2011.557428
McSweeney, F. (2011). Learning for Work: Social Identities and Professional Education in Social Care. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.
Mhic Mhathúna, M. (2011) An Traein. Eolas agus Moltaí do Stiúrthóirí Naíonraí agus do Mhúinteoirí Gaelscoileanna. Baile Átha Cliath: Gaelscoileanna agus Forbairt Naíonraí Teo.
O'Donoghue Hynes, B & Hayes, N. (2011a). An Evaluation of the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme using Policy Design Theory. An Leanbh Óg:The OMEP [Irl.] Journal of Early Childhood Studies Vol 4&5, April 2011, 31-50.
O'Donoghue Hynes, B & Hayes, N. (2011b). Who benefits from early childhood education and care policy tool design in Ireland? Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 19, (3).
Rogan, M. (2011). Penal policy in Ireland: Politics, penal-welfarism and political imprisonment. New York: Routledge.
Rogan, M. (2011), The innocence rights of sentenced offenders. Irish Journal of Legal Studies, 2(1), 55-66.
Rogan, M. (2011). Yes (or no) Minister: the importance of the Minister-senior civil servant dyad in Irish prison policy 91, The Prison Journal, 32-56.
Smith, K. (2011). Producing governable subjects: images of childhood old and new. Childhood. First published on August 22, 2011 (online first) DOI: 10.1177/0907568211401434
2010
Fitzgibbon, W., Hamilton, C. & Richardson, M. (2010). A risky business: An examination of Irish probation officers attitudes and work practices regarding risk assessment. Probation Journal, 57, 163-174.
Freeman, S. and Seymour M. (2010). “Just waiting”: The nature and effect of uncertainty on young people in remand custody in Ireland. Youth Justice 10 (2): 126-142.
Halpenny, A. M., Nixon, E. & Watson, D. (2010). Parental perspectives on parenting styles and disciplining children. Dublin: Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
Hamilton, C. (2010). Organised criminals as 'agents of obligation': The case of Ireland. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. (online first) 8 December 2010, 1-14.
Hayes, N. (2010). Early childhood: An introductory text (4th ed.). Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
Hayes, N. (2010) Childcare? Early Childhood Education and Care? Towards an integrated early years policy for young children in Ireland. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 30, 1, 67-78.
Kelleher, C. & Lalor, K. (2010). An evaluation of the National Crime Victims Helpline. Dublin: National Crime Victims Helpline.
Kiersey, R. & Hayes, N. (2010). Reporting the Rhetoric, Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as Represented in Ireland's Second Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: A Critical Discourse Analysis. Child Care in Practice, 16, 4, 327-346.
Lalor, K. & McElvaney, R. (2010). Child sexual abuse, links to later sexual exploitation/high risk sexual behavior and prevention/treatment programmes. Trauma, Violence and Abuse, (11), 159-177.
Lalor, K. & McElvaney, R. (2010). Overview of the nature and extent of child sexual abuse in Europe. In Protecting children from sexual violence - A comprehensive approach. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Lalor, K. (2010). “The same, but different”: Salary scales, progression arrangements and duties in Institutes of Technology (IoTs) and universities. Administration, 58(3), 79-105.
McWilliams, A. & Hamilton, C. (2010). There's Nothing like a GAL. The Guardian ad litem service in Ireland. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 10(1), 31-39.
Mhic Mhathúna, M. (2010). Arís is Arís Eile: Scéalta mar áis teanga sa Naíonra. Oideas 55, 2010. (Journal of Department of Education and Science), pp. 31-53.
Nixon, E. & Halpenny, A. M. (2010). Children's perspectives on parenting styles and disciplining children. Dublin: Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
Pettersen, J., Creely, M., & Pappin, A. (2010). (Eds.) Youth media for Europe: Perspectives on youth media & politics. Dublin. CSER.
Rogan, M. (2010). Haughey, the department of justice and Irish prison policy during the 1960s. Administration, 57(3).
Wieczorek-Deering, D. , Halpenny, A.M. & Deering , J. (2010). Irish Fathers’ Involvement with their Toddlers in Dual Earner Families: Antecedent and Concurrent Correlates. In Zukauskiene, R. (Ed.), Proceedings of the XIV European Conference on Developmental Psychology ECDP. Vilnius, Lithuania, August 18-22, 2009 (pp.289-292). Pianoro: Medimond.
2009
Bowden, M. (2009). 'The gift relationship', in Anheier, H. and Toepler, S. (Eds.) International encyclopedia of civil society (759-763). New York: Springer.
Bradley, S. and Hayes, N. (2009), Considering the Child in Ireland’s Early Childhood Education and Care Policy, Administration, 57, 1.
Breen, J., Manning, U., O’Donnell, I., O’Mahony, D. and Seymour, M. (2009). The Republic of Ireland. In J. Junger-Tas, I.H. Marshall, D. Enzmann, M. Killias, M. Steketee, & B. Gruszczynska, (Eds.). Juvenile delinquency in Europe and beyond: An international perspective on key issues and causes. New York: Springer.
Doyle, J. & Lalor, K. (2009). The social care practice placement: A college perspective. In P. Share & K. Lalor (Eds.), Applied social care, 2nd edition. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
Gallagher, C. (2009), Social care and the older person. In P. Share and K. Lalor (Eds.), Applied social care, 2nd edition. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Gallagher, C. (2009), ‘Social practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people'. In R. Edmondson and H. Von Kondratowitz (Eds.), Valuing older people: A humanistic approach to ageing. UK: The Policy Press.
Hamilton, C. (2009). Detention: Issues of procedure and substance. In U. Kilkelly (ed.) The ECHR and Irish law. Bristol: Jordans.
Hamilton, C. & Lines, R. (2009). Prisoner voting rights in Ireland. In A. Ewald & B. Rottingham (Eds). Democracy and punishment: International perspectives in criminal disenfranchisement. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hayes, N. & Bradley, S (2009). Right by Children: Children’s Rights and rights-based approaches to policy making in early childhood education and care (Dublin: CSER/DIT).
Kelleher, C. (2009). Minority stress and health: Implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 22(4), 373-379.
Lalor, K. & Share, P. (2009). Understanding social care. In P. Share & K. Lalor (Eds.), Applied social care, 2nd edition. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
Mhic Mhathúna, M. (2009). Borradh: Scéim pleanála teanga don Bhliain 2009-2010. Gaillimh: Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta.
Seymour, M. & Mayock, P. (2009). Ireland. In P. Hadfield, (Ed.), Nightlife and crime. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Seymour M. (2009) (with J. Breen, P. Curry, I .O’Donnell and D. O’Mahony). Young people and self-reported crime and delinquency in Ireland. In J. Junger-Tas, D. Enzmann & I. Marshall (Eds.), International self reported crime and delinquency. Dordrecht: Springer Publishing.
Seymour, M. (2009). Working with homeless people. In P. Share & K. Lalor (Eds.), Applied social care, 2nd edition. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.
Share, P. & Lalor, K. (Eds.) (2009). Applied social care, 2nd edition. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.
Rogan, M. (2009). Prison policy in Ireland: A historical overview. Prison Service Journal.
Rogan, M. (2009). Visiting committees and accountability in the Irish prison system: Some proposals for reform. Dublin University Law Journal. 31, 298-323.
