Browsing Articles - Department of Applied Social Sciences by Subject "An Garda Síochána"

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A Breath of Fresh Air: The Irish Breathalyser Statistics Debacle

Houghton, Frank (Radical Statistics Group, 2017)

It has long been understood that crime statistics are notoriously ‘difficult’ to use and interpret (Coleman, 1996). Deficiencies in reporting are a feature that has been noted internationally (Lynch & Addington, 2007), ...
Something is rotten in the state of Ireland: the Irish Police (An Garda Síochána) and their official statistics

Houghton, Frank (Radical Statistics Group, 2018)

Revelations concerning the extensive falsification of breathalyser testing statistics by the Irish Police (O’Sullivan, 2017), An Garda Síochána, have recently escalated into a damning expose of a series of more incriminating ...