CORD Partnership publishes article and working paper on embedding open research in Irish criminal justice

In December 2024, the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership published two documents outlining the work undertaken by the group to embed a culture of open research in criminal justice in Ireland.
 
First, 58 CORD partners representing 32 organisations published an article in the Irish Probation Journal (Vol. 21). With authors working across Ireland’s research and criminal justice sectors, the article states how they define a ‘culture of open research’ and outlines the principles and purpose of the CORD Partnership. The article further considers the ‘open research needs’ of Irish criminal justice, including topics such as collecting and using data, prejudice and social division, privacy in criminal justice, public attitudes and policymaking, the future of Irish criminal justice, criminal justice practices, and young people.
 
From Maynooth University, the article involves colleagues in the School of Law and Criminology, the Research Development Office and the Departments of Anthropology, Applied Social Studies, Biology, Education and Design Innovation.
 
You can download their article, Embedding a culture of interdisciplinary open research in criminal justice: A new partnership for Ireland, here. The remainder of Vol. 21 of the Irish Probation Journal, a 21^st anniversary special edition, can be accessed here.

 
Second, Dr. Ian Marder (Associate Professor in Criminology, Maynooth University and Chair of the CORD Partnership Implementation Group) published a working paper based on recent visits to a number of research centres and partnerships in the UK. The working paper describes the funding, governance, administration, small grants schemes and fellowships of those groups, providing five recommendations regarding the development of co-produced research in Irish criminal justice.
 
The working paper, which was published by Maynooth University’s Social Sciences Institute, can be read here. Its findings were based on discussions with colleagues at the N8 Policing Research Partnership and Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre in England, and the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice and Scottish Institute for Policing Research in Scotland.
 Ian also contributed to a Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute workshop series exploring research for policy in Ireland, organised by Prof. Mark Boyle and Seán Ó Foghlú. Ian and Ben Ryan (Assistant Secretary General, Department of Justice) discussed their work together on restorative justice and the development of open research in criminal justice, including through CORD.
 
You can watch the workshop back here.