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selected reading list

Policing in Northern Ireland

'Powers of the Police', a chapter from the book Civil Liberties in Northern Ireland, The CAJ Handbook edited by Brice Dickson
'Principles for Policing in Northern Ireland: A Discussion Paper' issued by the British government
See also the section on policing

Bill of Rights

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). (2001). Consultation Document on a Bill of Rights, (September 2001), [HTML; 385KB]. Belfast: Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC).
Bill of Rights Forum (BORF). (2008). Bill of Rights Forum Final Report: Recommendations to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, (31 March 2008), [PDF; 2490KB]. Belfast: Bill of Rights Forum (BORF).
Bill of Rights Forum (BORF). (2008). Correction to the Bill of Rights Forum Final Report, (31 March 2008), [PDF; 8KB]. Belfast: Bill of Rights Forum (BORF).
Bill of Rights Forum (BORF). (2008). Press Release about the Bill of Rights Forum Final Report, (31 March 2008), [PDF; 26KB]. Belfast: Bill of Rights Forum (BORF).
Northern Ireland Office (NIO). (2009). Consultation Paper - A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Next Steps, (30 November 2009), [PDF; 410KB]. Belfast: NIO.

Criminal Justice Review

Press Release on the publication of the Consultation Paper on the Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland, 27 August 1998
Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland: A Consultation Paper, 27 August 1998 [PDF FILE 187KB]
Press Release on the publication of the report of the Criminal Justice Review Group, 15 April 1999
Progress Report of the Criminal Justice Review Group, 15 April 1999
Press Release on the publication of the report of the Criminal Justice System Review, 30 March 2000
'Review of the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland' the report of the Criminal Justice System Review, 30 March 2000
See also: The 18 Research Reports produced for the Criminal Justice Review Group
Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill, 2001 [PDF FILE 247KB]

Explanatory Notes for the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill, 2001 [PDF FILE 369KB]
British government's Implementation Plan for the Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill, 2001 [PDF FILE 52KB]
Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, (24 July 2002) {External_Link}
Criminal Justice Review: Implementation Plan Update June 2003 [PDF File; 2047KB]

Extradition

'Extradition' in Unsafe Haven: The United States, The IRA and Political Prisoners by Karen McElrath (2000)

Incitement to Hatred

McVeigh, Robbie. (2018). Incitement to Hatred in Northern Ireland, (Equality Coalition report), (27 April 2018), [PDF; 1242KB]. Belfast: Equality Coalition, CAJ. ... [23613] - [Report]

Independent Reviewer

Annual Reports

Prison and Prisoners

Prison Review Team (PRT). (2011). Review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service: Conditions, management and oversight of all prisons, (24 October 2011), (Owers Report), [PDF; 670KB]. Belfast: PRT.
Ford, David. (2011). Press Release on behalf of David Ford, then Minister for Justice, on the publication of the report of the Prison Review Team, (24 October 2011). Belfast: Department of Justice.

'The State they are Still In. Republican Ex-Prisoners and their families: An Independent Evaluation' by Dr Pete Shirlow (2001)
'No Sense of an Ending The effects of long-term imprisonment amongst Republican prisoners and their families', by Ruth Jamieson and Adrian Grounds (2002)
McCracken, Niall. (2014). 'Catholics more likely to be jailed and to be disciplined behind bars', [PDF; 405KB]. The Detail, 3 March 2014, ... [24125] - [Article]

Prevention Of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts

Statistics and Research Branch of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO). (2000) Northern Ireland Statistics on the Operation of the Prevention Of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Acts 1974, 1976, 1984 and 1989, [PDF; 209KB]. Belfast: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).

Restorative Justice

Terrorism Act

Lyness, D., and Carmichael, M. (2003) Northern Ireland Statistics on the Operation of the Terrorism Act 2000: Annual Statistics 2002, (NIO Research and Statistical Bulletin, 4/2003), [PDF; 132KB]. Belfast: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).

Women

Feenan, Dermot.

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