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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...

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Published in:British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 495 - 512
Main Author: Molloy, Ciara
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA May2026
Subjects:
Ireland
Crime victims
Moral panics
Automobile theft
Social unrest
Collective representation
Irish history
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