• DOI:10.1177/1748895811431849
Corpus ID: 145291626

‘Alright in their own place’: Policing and the spatial regulation of Irish Travellers

@article{Mulcahy2012AlrightIT,
  title={‘Alright in their own place’: Policing and the spatial regulation of Irish Travellers},
  author={A. Mulcahy},
  journal={Criminology & Criminal Justice},
  year={2012},
  volume={12},
  pages={307 - 327}
}

A. Mulcahy

Published 2012

Political Science

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Recent efforts to improve relations between ethnic minority communities and the police have generally revolved around a ‘diversity’ agenda, through strategies to enhance consultation, increase recruitment levels and so on. However, for communities characterized by nomadism, a different set of issues arises. For the police, nomadism undermines the information work which is at the heart of their governance mandate. This article considers relations between Irish Travellers and the police, and… CONTINUE READING

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