CCJVS co-host seminar with Association for Criminal Justice, Research and Development (ACJRD)

On 4 November, the CCJVS was delighted to co-host a seminar in UL with the ACJRD. The seminar was entitled 'Electronic Tagging: Across the Atlantic'. The event explored the growing use of electronic monitoring — also known as electronic “tagging” — in the United States criminal justice system, and what the US experience can tell us about the present and future development of this practice in Ireland. 

Visiting scholar, Dr Erin Eife, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University and a Fulbright alumna delivered a presentation on her research on this practice in the USA. She was joined by Dr Margaret Fitzgerald-O'Reilly, Associate Professor, School of Law, UL, who delivered a presentation on her research on the use of electronic tagging in an Irish context. The seminar was chaired by Professor Susan Leahy, Director of the CCJVS and ACRD council member.

 The event was supported by funding from the ACJRD and from the Fulbright Commission through the Fulbright Alumni Project Fund.