Vicky is joined, in this episode of The Beat by Sharda Murria of Birmingham City University, to talk about Body Worn Cameras. With legislation in train for using Body Worn Cameras in Ireland, Sharda talks to us about what emerging research tells us about the consequences and benefits of them. Then she tells us about systems in England and Wales […]
New legislation proposes the creation of an Independent Examiner of Security Legislation who will review how security powers are used, and whether they are adequate and appropriate. In this episode of The Beat, Vicky speaks to Lord David Anderson, who held the equivalent role in the UK from 2011-2017. We talk about what the job entails, what powers are needed […]
Prof Yvonne Daly joins me on this episode of the Beat, to talk about new research that she and I have been doing on your rights in Garda custody. We talk about when you are allowed to see your solicitor, and then talk in detail about how that solicitor is selected. We report on research with solicitors that suggests some […]
In this episode of Policed: The Beat Vicky chatted to Haritha Olaganathan of Youths Against Racism and Inequality (YARI). Following the shooting of George Nkencho YARI conducted a survey of young people’s experiences of racism and policing. We had an amazing conversation about the alarming findings of that survey, the structural context of police racism, the role of youth activism, […]
In this episode of Policed: The Beat, Vicky is joined by Prof Ursula Kilkelly and Dr Louise Forde to discuss a new piece of research they have just published called Children’s Rights and Police Questioning. The discussion looks at what they found when they spoke to children, police, lawyers and care givers when they asked them about experiences of being […]
In this episode we return to the topic of the policing of domestic violence. You’ll hear from Mary tell about how she was in an abusive marriage for decades and what happened when she turned to the Police for help. You’ll also hear from Dr Marian Duggan, Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent, with expertise in Sexual Gender and […]
This week we’re honoured to be joined by Amy, a young woman who, as a teenager, disclosed inter-familial child sexual abuse. She talks to us about what happened when she disclosed, how the Gardaí have handled her case, and the extreme difficulties that she encountered in life afterwards. We place all this in the broader context of the policing of […]
This podcast was recorded on the 15th of November November following a landmark jury conviction of a man for coercive control. In this episode Vicky spoke with barrister Katie Dawson and covered what coercive control is, what measures Gardaí have put in place to improve how it is policed, and what more can be done. We at The Tortoise Shack […]