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Nicola Carr

Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

I joined the 糖心原创 in January 2017, having previously worked in Queen's University Belfast. Prior to this I was a Research Fellow in Trinity College Dublin and a government of Ireland scholar. Before entering academia I worked as a Probation Officer in London. My first substantive research area relates to youth, conflict and justice. This has included a focus on broad themes of justice encompassing social justice, formal justice processes, and forms of 'community' justice. I have conducted research on young people's transitions from custody, the experiences of young witnesses and young people's understanding of the criminal records. My other substantive research interest relates to penal institutions, penal politics and their cultural representations. I have a particular interest in the interrelationship between penal institutions and wider governance and experiences of penality.

I have been awarded funding from a wide range of funders including the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the British Academy, the European Union and various governmental and non-governmental organisations. I am the Editor of the Probation Journal and I am a member of the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology , the Irish Probation Journal and Youth Justice. Along with Gwen Robinson (University of Sheffield) and Ebony Ruhland (University of Cincinnati) I edit Routledge's international criminology series on Probation and Community Sanctions and Measures.

I have recently been working on an edited book on Time and Punishment (with Gwen Robinson), which will be published by Palgrave in 2022, and an edited collection with Lol Burke, Emma Cluley, Steve Collett and Fergus McNeill entitled , which will be published by Routledge in 2022.

Teaching Summary

I am the convenor for the following modules:

  • Youth, Crime and Justice (Year 2, Undergraduate)
  • Rehabilitation, Risk and Desistance (Year 3, Undergraduate)

Postgraduate supervision:

Charlotte Brooks: Understanding the Impact of Criminal Records on University Admissions in the UK (ESRC Collaborative Studentship with UNLOCK).

: Co-Production and Probation Inspection. (ESRC Collaborative Studentship with HMIP).

Oscar O'Mara: The operationalisation of security and rehabilitation in the Prison Service.

Zoe Robinson: Exploring innovation in interventions for potential perpetrators of child sexual abuse.

Research Summary

With colleagues in Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Sheffield and the University of Southampton, I am currently working on Rehabilitating Probation, an ESRC-funded project… read more

Recent Publications

  • MCALISTER, S. and CARR, N., 2017. Experiencing Youth Justice and Penality.. In: FURLONG, A., ed., Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: Second Edition Routledge. 446-454
  • WORRALL, A., CARR, N. and ROBINSON, G., 2017. Opening a Window on Probation Cultures: A Photographic Imagination.. In: BROWN, M. and CARRABINE, E., eds., Routledge Handbook of Visual Criminology
  • CARR, N. and MAGUIRE, N., 2017. Pre-sentence Reports and Individualised Justice: Consistency, Temporality and Contingency. Irish Probation Journal. 14(1), 52-71 (In Press.)
  • MCALISTER, S., CARR, N., DWYER, C. and LLOYD, K., 2017. ARK.

Current Research

With colleagues in Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Sheffield and the University of Southampton, I am currently working on , an ESRC-funded project exploring probation reform. The project runs from January 2022 until December 2024 and will explore the probation reform agenda as it unfolds.

I am also a co-investigator on a study funded by the Nuffield Foundation and led by Dr Vicky Kemp, School of Law, examining the impact of in England and Wales.

Past Research

I have been involved as a Principal or Co-Investigator on a range of research projects including studies of youth homelessness, LGBT mental health, service users' experiences of the child protection system and young witnesses' experiences of the criminal justice system. I have recently completed studies on young people's transitions from custody, the effects of juvenile criminal records, the role of pre-sentence reports in sentencing and LGBT prisoners' experiences. I also have a particular interest in comparative research and I have been involved in research exploring the practices of 'offender supervision' in Europe and youth justice practice cultures.

  • MCALISTER, S. and CARR, N., 2017. Experiencing Youth Justice and Penality.. In: FURLONG, A., ed., Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: Second Edition Routledge. 446-454
  • WORRALL, A., CARR, N. and ROBINSON, G., 2017. Opening a Window on Probation Cultures: A Photographic Imagination.. In: BROWN, M. and CARRABINE, E., eds., Routledge Handbook of Visual Criminology
  • CARR, N. and MAGUIRE, N., 2017. Pre-sentence Reports and Individualised Justice: Consistency, Temporality and Contingency. Irish Probation Journal. 14(1), 52-71 (In Press.)
  • MCALISTER, S., CARR, N., DWYER, C. and LLOYD, K., 2017. ARK.
  • HAMILTON, C., FITZGIBBON, W. and CARR, N., 2016. Youth Justice. 16(3), 226-245
  • CARR, N., MCALISTER, S. and SNOW, P., 2016. . In: MENDES, P. and SNOW, P., eds., Young People Transitioning from Care: International Research Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan. 3-21
  • CARR, N., 2016. Community Sanctions and Measures. In: HEALY, D., HAMILTON, C., DALY, Y. and BUTLER, M., eds., The Routledge Handbook of Irish Handbook of Criminology Routledge.
  • CARR, N., MCALISTER, S. and SERISIER, T., 2016. Irish Penal Reform Trust. (978-0-9573037-7-5)
  • CARR, N., BAUWENS, A., BOSKER, J., DONKER, A., ROBINSON, G., SUCIC, I. and WORRALL, A., 2015. European Journal of Probation. 7(3), 179-200
  • CARR, N., 2015. Contingent Legitimacy: Community Sanctions in Northern Ireland.. In: ROBINSON, G. and MCNEILL, F., eds., Community Punishment European Perspectives. Routledge. 114-135
  • CARR, N., 2015. Probation and Community Sanctions in Northern Ireland. Historical and Contemporary Contexts.鈥�. In: MCALINDEN, A. and DWYER, C., eds., Criminal Justice in Transition: The Northern Ireland Context. Hart Publishing. 229-250
  • CARR, N., DEVINE, P., MCALISTER, S. and NEILL, G., 2015. ARK.
  • BUNTING, L., CARR, N., HAYES, D. and MARSHALL, J., 2015. Department of Justice.
  • CARR, N., DWYER, C. and LARRUARI, E., 2015. NIACRO.
  • CARR, N., 2014. Australian Social Work. 67(1), 88-101
  • CARR, N. and MCALISTER, S., 2014. Youth Justice. 14(3), 207-211
  • MCALISTER, S. and CARR, N., 2014. Youth Justice. 14(3), 241-254
  • MCALISTER, S., CARR, N. and NEILL, G., 2014. ARK.
  • CARR, N., HEALY, D., KENNEFICK, L. and MAGUIRE, N., 2013. Irish Probation Journal. 10(1), 50-74
  • MAGUIRE, N. and CARR, N., 2013. European Journal of Probation. 5(3), 3-23
  • FULTON, B. and CARR, N., 2013. . In: VAN KALMTHOUT, A. and DURNESCU, I., eds., Probation in Europe. Confederation of European Probation. 1-54
  • WAHIDIN, A. and CARR, N., 2013. Understanding Criminal Justice: A Critical Introduction Routledge.
  • CARR, N. and MARUNA, S., 2012. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. 51(5), 474-487
  • CARR, N., 2012. . In: GRAY, M., MIDGLEY, J. and WEBB, S.A., eds., The Sage Handbook of Social Work Sage. 597-612
  • BUCKLEY, H., CARR, N. and WHELAN, S., 2011. Children and Youth Services Review. 33(1), 126-133
  • BUCKLEY, H., WHELAN, S. and CARR, N., 2011. Children and Youth Services Review. 33(1), 126-133
  • CARR, N., 2010. Irish Journal of Family Law. 13(3), 63-70
  • CARR, N. and HOLT, S., 2010. . In: SHARE, P. and CORCORAN, M., eds., Ireland of the Illusions: A Sociological Chronicle 2007-2008 Institute of Public Administration. 275-289
  • CARR, N., 2009. Irish Journal of Family Law. 12(3), 60-72
  • MAYOCK, P., BRYAN, A., CARR, N. and KITCHING, K., 2009. Gay and Lesbian Equality Network and BelongTo. (978-0-9561023-2-4)
  • CARR, N. and MAYOCK, P., 2008. Young people negotiating abusive home situations: Some implications for child protection and welfare. In: LYNCH, D. and BURNS, K., eds., Child Protection and Welfare Social Work: A Changing Profession in a Changing Ireland A&A Farmar. 167-179
  • MAYOCK, P. and CARR, N., 2008. Health Service Executive. (1-902230-32-9)
  • BUCKLEY, H., WHELAN, S., CARR, N. and MURPHY, C., 2008. Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. (978-1-4064-2168-2)
  • HAYES, D., BUNTING, L., LAZENBATT, A., CARR, N. and DUFFY, J., Department of Justice.

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