Drugs and Crime in Ireland by Johnny Connolly
Channel: Dublin City Libraries
Date: 2014-03-11

Johnny Connolly is a criminologist in the Alcohol and Drugs Research Unit of the Health Research Board. He has researched and written on community policing, drugs and crime and alternatives to imprisonment. He is a Board member of the Irish Penal Reform Trust. 

Johnny gave a talk outlining current research and policy on the broad areas of crime and drugs. He explained where the statistics in use come from, what they explain and what they may conceal. He also went through recent trends in drug consumption (rise in the Celtic tiger years, subsequent fall and the 'headshop' phenomena) and the official response to this. The presentation was followed by questions and answers. 

This presentation was part of Dublin City Public Libraries Crime and the City series. 

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