Browsing by Subject "Social Studies, Ph.D."
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A case study analysis of person-centred-planning for people with intellectual disability following their transfer from institutional care
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2012)Person centred planning (PCP) has an essential part to play in ensuring self determination for the lives of people with intellectual disability. It is typically taken as an indicator to the quality of services and it is ... -
A history of youth justice in Ireland : opening up space in government
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2010)This thesis outlines a history of juvenile justice in Ireland. However, it does not amount to a straightforward narrative history, rather, it draws inspiration from the later writings of Michel Foucault, specifically his ... -
A study of the management and treatment of substance mususe problems in a Regional Health Board in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2009)This study presents the findings of a research project conducted within a Regional Health Board in Ireland and aimed at evaluating the way in which the public health service responds to alcohol-related problems; the study ... -
Alcohol, illicit drugs and health promotion in Ireland, 1945-1996
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2000)Introduction: The health and social problems associated with the consumption of alcohol and of illict drugs have long been causes of concern in international public health circles. Empirical syudies (Bruun et al, 1975; ... -
All Strings Attached : Migrant Poverty, Legal Status and the Welfare State: conditionality of legal status and the determination of third-country national poverty in western Europe
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2012)The thesis sets out to account for variations in migrant poverty across states in Western Europe, specifically the poverty of third-country nationals (TCNs). The intersecting literatures on the welfare state, migration and ... -
Child sexual abuse : underneath the state response
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2007)This study explores the ways in which the social problem of child sexual abuse is conceptualised and responded to within state and social systems in the Republic of Ireland, with an especial focus on the Irish state child ... -
Cui bono? : the development of the Irish National Quality Standards for Residential Care Standards for Older People
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)Over the last fifteen years, it has become popular for governments to develop regulations through "regulatory negotiation", i.e. with input from key stakeholders of the regulated sector in question. Proponents have argued ... -
Drug policy, harm reduction & research in Ireland, 1996-2008
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2010)This study is part of the small body of general documentary research concerned with examining different aspects and features of Irish drug policy. While the contemporary history of Irish drug policy has been characterised ... -
Family meeting or Care Planning Meeting? : a Multidisciplinary Team action research study in a hospital setting
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2012)Care Planning Meetings (CPM's) are regularly conducted in hospital settings where patient, family members and the MDT meet to exchange information, plan for the future and facilitate decision-making. In the Age Related ... -
Heroin initiation and risk : an ethno-epidemiological approach
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)This thesis provides an in-depth exploration into the process of heroin and injecting initiation among young people in Ireland. It also presents a detailed investigation of risk perception and behaviour during the early ... -
I know what it is but how bad does it get? Insights into the lived experience and service needs of people with early-stage dementia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2009)In Ireland, age-related illnesses such as dementia are becoming a greater policy concern in line with population ageing. Despite this, dementia-specific policies and practices are still largely under-developed and the ... -
Inclusive sex education : narratives of good practice from Ireland and Sweden
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2015)Sex education for young people can take many forms and can promote diverse theoretical, political and social perspectives on sexuality and the body. The ways that sex education modalities function, the challenges they meet, ... -
Keeping Mum' : a qualitative study of women drug users' experience of preserving motherhood in Dublin
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2008)According to academic accounts, it is not uncommon for women who use illicit drugs to be culturally portrayed in negative stereotypical terms as ‘unfeminine’, 'unclean' and 'immoral'. Nowhere is this more evident than when ... -
Limited English proficient (LEP) immigrants in Ireland's District Court
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2010)The methodology used is exploratory, and Involves a triangulation of four research methods. The first method is ethnographic non-participant observation; over the course of seven months hundreds of cases were observed in ... -
Negotiating changed contexts and challenging circumstances : the experiences of unaccompanied minors living in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2007)This PhD study explores the experiences of asylum-seeking teenagers who have arrived in Ireland unaccompanied by parents or guardians (unaccompanied minors). The arrival of these young people is a very recent phenomenon ... -
New boundaries of justice in a world in motion : assessing the impact of global citizens in the Irish District Court
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)Although empirical research lends little support for the perceived immigration- crime nexus, it is an enduring perception. This thesis considers the impact of immigration on the Irish criminal courts. Ireland experienced ... -
Participant or bystander? : Explaining the nature of older people's participation in the acute hospital discharge process in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2010)Discharge from acute hospital can represent a major life transition for older people with complex or chronic illnesses. Their participation in decision-making about future care and its location is essential to their human ... -
Renegotiating family practices post separation an Irish case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)This study explores changing personal relationships in the aftermath of separation and divorce. Post separation family lives in an Irish context can enlighten us about family life and parenting generally in the 21st century. ... -
Risking work and working risk : a phenomenology of the risk environment of prostitution in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2009)The focus of this thesis is on the lived experiences of women in prostitution in Ireland. The limited knowledge base on the Uved realities of those engaged in prostitution in Ireland was a compelling rationale for undertaking ... -
Sentencing in Ireland : an exploration of the views, rationales, and sentencing practices of district and circuit court judges
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2008)This thesis reports the findings of an exploratory study on the nature of sentencing in the District and Circuit Courts in Ireland. At the time of this study, two key claims had been made about sentencing in Ireland. ...