Dr Megan Coghlan

    Law

    Assistant Professor

    Biography

    Dr Megan Coghlan is an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the School of Law and Criminology at Maynooth University.

    Megan was awarded her PhD in 2022 at the University of Portsmouth and that research examined people’s reasons for returning to or persisting with crime. The research applied a qualitative approach to explore men and women’s offending experiences in Ireland and utilised a desistance theoretical framework to make sense of reoffending.

    Published Report

    Year Publication
    2022 Megan Coghlan and Dennis Gough (2022) Understanding Reoffending: Push factors and preventative responses. Department of Justice, .

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2024 Megan Coghlan (2024) 'Irish Traveller Men: Structural and Cultural Barriers, and Reoffending' In: Marginalised Voices in Criminology. Abingdon-on-Thames : Routledge. [DOI]

    Conference Contribution

    Year Publication
    2023 Megan Coghlan (2023) European Society of Criminology Conference Continuing with and returning to crime: Gendered experiences of coping through substance misuse and reoffending University of Florence, .
    2023 Megan Coghlan (2023) North South Criminology Conference Insulation from Loss: Exploring the Role of Social Bonds at the Reoffending and Desistance Stages of the Offending Cycle Dublin City University, .

    Blog

    Year Publication
    2023 Megan Coghlan (2023) What's needed to reduce the high level of criminal reoffending in Ireland?. [Blog] [Link]

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2024 Megan Coghlan (2024) 'Insulation from loss: Exploring the impact of changing relationships in the liminal period between reoffending and desistance, and substance misuse and recovery'. Criminology and Criminal Justice, . [DOI]
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    Teaching Interests

    Dr Coghlan coordinates four undergraduate modules:
    Sentencing and Non-Custodial Alternatives
    A Way Out? Desistance from Crime
    Exploring Criminology
    Introduction to Criminal Justice