Towards Historical Victimology: Revisiting Joyriding in 1980s Ireland.
In 1980s, Ireland a perceived social crisis surrounded joyriding. Based on original archival research, this paper examines the antecedents and legacies of this episode. A combination of rising car ownership, media panic and victim mobilization pressurised a political response. Legislative and instit...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 495 - 512 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2026
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