Children as young as 11 trapped in crime networks

New thinking is needed to free children as young as 11 who are trapped in criminal networks, a juvenile justice expert has urged.

Children as young as 11 trapped in crime networks

Dr Sean Redmond, a professor of youth justice at the University of Limerick, has just completed a four-year study of a criminal network using data from the Garda Pulse system.

‘Lifting the Lid on Greentown’ looks at a criminal network operating in an anonymous community outside of Dublin. The location of the study was anonymised and renamed Greentown to prevent young people and the community from being identified.

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