Policing Northern Ireland: current issues
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Northern Ireland is facing policing problems, and police are making efforts to reorganize their present force. Efforts have been made to balance the composition of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) by rationalising the proportion of Protestants and Catholics in order avoid allegations of discrimination and political bias. An ethnographic analysis of the perceptions of Catholics and Protestants reveals that the relationship between the police and the two communities is continuously weakening.
Publication Name: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1057-610X
Year: 1995
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Preserving the peace and maintaining order: deconstructing the legal landscape of public housing in West Belfast, Northern Ireland
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A case study is presented on Divis Flats, a public housing project in Northern Ireland, and British legislation permitting surveillance to control violence in the area. The project, built in 1966, replaced the individual homes of the neighborhood, which posed logistic difficulties for police surveillance, replacing them with a condensed, easily monitored structure, prompting residents to view it as a prison.
Publication Name: Urban Geography
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0272-3638
Year: 2001
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The Centre for Child Care Research at the Queen's University of Belfast
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Support for child care services research is presented, using the facility at Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, as an example. It is posited that child care research can play a critical role in forming beneficial domestic policies.
Publication Name: Research on Social Work Practice
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1049-7315
Year: 1999
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