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Dr Clare Dwyer

Lecturer 

Contact Details
Email address c.dwyer@qub.ac.uk
Telephone Direct Line  (+44) 028 9097 1021   
Room 30.301, 30 University Square

Degrees
BA (Hons) Law and Government, University of Ulster
MSSc Criminology and Criminal Justice, Queen’s University Belfast
PGCHET, Queen's University Belfast
PhD, Queen's University Belfast

Biography
Dr. Clare Dwyer joined the School of Law, Queen's University Belfast as Lecturer in Law in January 2007. Before joining the School of Law at Queen’s, Clare was Lecturer in Law at the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster where she taught on the areas of International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement and Criminal Law. In 2004, Clare had worked within the School of Law at Queen’s and was involved in a major multidisciplinary research project evaluating Children’s Rights in Northern Ireland. From 2002-2004, she worked as Projects Manager for a management and research consultancy which was engaged by the Department for International Development, World Bank and the United Nations, to provide technical assistance in the areas of legislation and criminal justice to countries from the former Soviet Union and Former Yugoslavia. Clare has been involved in projects reviewing and updating legislation in Kosovo and the Safety, Security and Access to Justice Programme (SSAJP) in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Her main research interests lie in the areas of penal policy, former prisoners and conflict transformation. Her most recent research is examining the experiences of young people growing up in interface areas in Belfast. Her article ‘Risk, Politics and the 'Scientification' of Political Judgement: Prisoner Release and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland’ published in the British Journal of Criminology was jointly awarded the Brian Williams Prize 2008. This prize is awarded for the best sole authored article by a “new” scholar that has made a valuable contribution to the further development of criminology.


Teaching

Undergraduate

    • Evidence (Level 3)
    • Criminology: Theory and Practice (Level 3)

 

Postgraduate

    • Criminal Justice Processes (LLM/MSSc) (Module Coordinator)
    • Penal Policy and Practice (LLM/MSSc) (Module Coordinator)

 

Research

Criminal Justice and Penal Policy, Former Prisoners, Transitional Justice, Conflict Transformation and Children's Rights/Young People growing up in Interface areas in Belfast.

Selected publications

Dwyer, C.D. (forthcoming, 2013) ‘“Sometimes I wish I was an ‘ex’ ex-prisoner”: Identity Processes in the Collective Action Participation of Former Prisoners’, Contemporary Justice Review.

Dwyer, C.D. (2013) ‘“They might as well be walking around the inside of a biscuit tin”: Barriers to Employment and Reintegration for ‘Politically Motivated’ Former Prisoners in Northern Ireland’, European Journal of Probation, 5 (1): 3-24.

Dwyer, C.D. (2012) ‘Expanding DDR: The Transformative Role of Former Prisoners in Community-Based Reintegration in Northern Ireland’, the International Journal of Transitional Justice, 6 (2): 274–295.

Dwyer, C.D. & Maruna, S. (2011) ‘The Role of Self-help Efforts in the Reintegration of ‘Politically Motivated’ Former Prisoners: Implications from the Northern Irish Experience’, Crime Law and Social Change, 55 (4): 293-309.

Davey, C., Dwyer, C. & McAlister, S. (2009) ‘Case study: Researching Children’s Rights in the Context of Northern Ireland’ in K. Tisdall, J. Davis and M. Gallagher (eds.) Researching with Children and Young People: Research Design, Methods and Analysis. London: Sage (pp29-39).

Dwyer, C.D. (2008) ‘Dealing with the Leftovers: Post Conflict Imprisonment in Northern Ireland’, Prison Service Journal, 175: 3-10.

Dwyer, C.D. (2007) ‘Risk, Politics and the 'Scientification' of Political Judgement: Prisoner Release and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland’, British Journal of Criminology, 47 (5): 779-797. (Awarded the Brian Williams Prize 2008 for the best sole authored article by a new scholar that has made a valuable contribution to the further development of criminology).

Dwyer, C.D. (2004) ‘The Complexity of Imprisonment: The Northern Ireland Experience', The Cambrian Law Review, 35: 97-114.

Davey, C., Dwyer, C., McAlister, S., Kilkelly, U., Kilpatrick, R., Lundy, L., Moore, L. & Scraton, P. (2005) An Analysis of Research Conducted with School Children into Children’s Rights in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Davey, C., Dwyer, C., McAlister, S., Kilkelly, U., Kilpatrick, R., Lundy, L., Moore, L. & Scraton, P. (2004) Children’s Rights in Northern Ireland, 2004: Young People’s Version. Belfast: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Kilkelly, U., Kilpatrick, R., Lundy, L., Moore, L., Scraton, P., Davey, C., Dwyer, C. & McAlister, S. (2004) Children’s Rights in Northern Ireland, 2004. Belfast: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Administration

  • Member of School of Law UG Education Committee
  • PDP Year Tutor Level 1 (Personal Development Planning)
  • Assistant Director of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (2007 - 2009)