Mairead Seymour

Mairead Seymour, BSoc.Sc., MSSc., PhD., PG Cert. in Third Level Learning and Teaching

Qualifications
BSoc.Sc. (UCD, 1995)

MSSc. Criminology (QUB, 1996)

PhD (QUB, 2003)

PG Certificate in Third Level Learning and Teaching (DIT, 2004)

Research Interests
Youth justice, young offenders, alternatives to custody, crime and homelessness, community reintegration and prisoner reintegration.

Teaching
Research methods in Criminology, Dissertation, Youth Offending and Youth Justice Perspectives, Course Co-ordinator MA Criminology.

Publications
Seymour, M. (with Claire Hamilton) (forthcoming) Behaviour Orders: Institutionalised Intolerance of Youth?, Youth Studies Ireland.

Seymour, M. (2006) The Recurring Cycle: Pathways of Homelessness, Crime and Imprisonment, The Prison Service Journal, No. 166, pp. 17-21.

Seymour, M. (2006) Transition and Reform: Juvenile Justice in the Republic of Ireland in J. Junger-Tas & S. Decker (eds.), International Handbook of Juvenile Justice (pp.117-144), Springer Academic Publications.

Seymour, M. (2006) Alternatives to Custody in Ireland. Dublin: Business in the Community and the Irish Penal Reform Trust.

Seymour, M. and Costello, L. (2005) A Study of the Number, Profile and Progression Routes of Homeless Persons before the Court and in Custody in Dublin. Probation and Welfare Service/Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dublin.

Seymour, M. (2004) Homeless Offenders in the Community: The Issues and Challenges for Probation Supervision. Irish Probation Journal, Vol.1, No. 1, pp.3-13.

Other Reports
O'Mahony, D. and Seymour, M. (2003) The Watershed Programme: Practice Manual Belfast: Probation Board Northern Ireland.

O'Mahony, D. and Seymour, M. (2001) An Evaluation of the Watershed Programme: Final Report Belfast: Probation Board Northern Ireland.

Funded research projects
Services and Supports for Children on Remand in Ireland, Office of the Minister for Children, October 2006.

Reducing the Prison Population in Ireland: Is Reform Possible? Faculty of Applied Arts DIT (Research and Scholarship Award), September 2006.

Implementing the Children Act (2001) in the Republic of Ireland: Lessons from the Canadian Experience, Faculty of Applied Arts DIT (Research and Scholarship Award), September 2005.

Alternatives to Custody, Irish Penal Reform Trust and Community Foundation Ireland, May 2005.

International Self-Report Delinquency Study, Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform (with Prof. Ian O?Donnell UCD & Mr. David O'Mahony QUB) January 2005.

The Number, Profile and Progression Routes of Homeless Individuals before the Courts and in Custody, Probation and Welfare Service, (with Liza Costello, CSER) December 2003.

Conference Papers and Presentations (2006)
The Politics of Criminological Research in Ireland. Plenary Session at the North-South Postgraduate Criminology & Criminal Justice Conference, QUB 23-24 February 2006.

Inserting 'Community' into the Criminal Justice Equation in Ireland. Criminology & Criminal Justice Research Conference North & South. Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast 21-22 September 2005.

ASBOS: Manufacturing Disorder. Young People & Crime: Research, Policy & Practice Conference, DIT, Dublin 12 ? 13 Sept 2005.

Homeless Progression Routes amongst Irish Prisoners: The Implications for Reintegration. European Society of Criminology, Cracow, Poland  Sept 2005.

From the Streets to the Prison Cell and Back Again: Progression Routes of Homeless Offenders. Annual British Criminology Society Conference, Leeds, England 13 ? 15 July, 2005.

Homelessness and the Female Offender. Homelessness and Females in the Criminal Justice System, Probation and Welfare Service & the Homeless Agency, Parkgate Hall, Conyngham Road, Dublin 13 January 2005.

Youth Justice in Ireland: Policy, Practice & Future Directions. Crown Attorney Summer School, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada 15 July 2004.

The Case for Integrating 'Community' into Community-Based Probation Supervision for Young Offenders. Law and Society Association Conference Chicago, Illinois, USA 27 ? 30 May, 2004.

The Progression Routes of Homeless Offenders: Implications for Research, Policy and Practice. Policy Planning and Research Unit, Department of Justice Equality & Law Reform 22 June 2004.

Persistent Young Offenders, Catholic Youth Council, Dublin, 20 April 2004.

Homeless Offenders and the Criminal Justice System, Co-ordination Group on Offender Reintegration (COGOI), Probation and Welfare Service, Smithfield, Dublin 27 January 2004.

Research Supervision
Surviving On Remand: A Study of How Young Remand Prisoners Cope in Prison Custody (Sinead Freeman, PhD. candidate).

Reintegrating Young Adult Ex-Prisoners: The Role and Significance of the Community Context (Sylvia Hoare, PhD. candidate).

Leaving Care and Homelessness: The Continued Exclusion of those most Vulnerable? (Mary Kilkenny, MPhil candidate).

Contact Details
Telephone: 00353 1 4024133
Fax: 00353 1 4024263
Email: mairead.seymour@dit.ie