Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Sub-Committee on Penal Reform

Penal Reform: Discussion

3:10 pm

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Dr. McCullagh mentioned the declining crime rate in New York. It was put to us previously that a factor in that was the impact of the community courts. Are the witnesses familiar with that approach, as it was pointed out they were very effective in New York?

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