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Diarmuid Griffin

Diarmuid Griffin
BCL (NUI), LLM.

Tel.: 353 (0)91 524411, Ext. 5614
Room 409, Floor 2, Tower 2
Office hours: Thursday 2 - 4pm
email: diarmuid.griffinnuigalway.ie

Diarmuid Griffin joined the Law School at NUI, Galway in September 2004 having graduated from University College Cork with a LL.M. in Criminal Justice. He is currently working on a PhD at the Institute of Criminology, UCD. The dissertation examines the decision-making process of the Irish system of the early and temporary release of offenders.

In 2007 Diarmuid was appointed as a legal expert to FRALEX, a group which advises the EU Fundamental Rights Agency based in Vienna. He is a member of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Consultative Group and is the national expert for the research project, “Restorative Justice and Crime Prevention” coordinated by the European Forum for Restorative Justice and the Psychoanalytic Institute for Social Research, Rome. He is the Irish legal expert for the Transparency International Progress Report on the Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and is an external examiner at DIT.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Criminal Law
• Criminology
• Criminal Justice
• Irish Legal System

RESEARCH INTERESTS / CURRENT PROJECTS

• The early and temporary release of offenders
• Restorative justice and juvenile justice
• Bribery and corruption

PUBLICATIONS

Articles:

• (with Sarma & Kola), “Firearm assisted suicide: Legislative, policing and clinical concerns”, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2009). Available here.
• “New crime provisions not a panacea,” (December 2008) Vol.102(10) Law Society Gazette p.22. Available here.
• “Prisons Act 2007,” Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated, Thomson and Round Hall.
• “The Irish briber abroad: the bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions,” (2007) 14(6) Commercial Law Practitioner p.115.
• “Will the Ombudsman build confidence in the Gardaí,” (June 2007) Vol.101(5) Law Society Gazette p.13.  Available here
• “Restorative Justice, Diversion and Social Control: Potential Problems,” (2007) Young People and Crime Conference Proceedings, published by the Centre for Social and Educational Research.  Available here.
• “Tinkering with due process values: the Criminal Justice Bill 2007,” (March 2007) Vol.101(2) Law Society Gazette p.13.  Available here.
• “Transfer of Execution of Sentences Act 2005,” Irish Current Law Statutes Annotated, Thomson and Round Hall.
• “Response to Kieran O’Dwyer’s article on restorative justice,” (2006) 16(2) Irish Criminal Law Journal p.16.
• “Restorative Justice: A Real Alternative?,” (2005) 15(2) Irish Criminal Law Journal p.2.
• “The Juvenile Conundrum: Ireland’s Responses to Juvenile Offending,” (2004) 3(XII) Cork Online Law Review.

Reports/Consultancies:

FRALEX

• (with O’Connell, Kenna & Dewhurst), Thematic National Legal Study on Rights of Irregular Immigrants in Voluntary and Involuntary Return Procedures – Ireland, (EU Fundamental Rights Agency-FRALEX, 2009).
• (with O’Connell, Kenna & Crowley), Thematic Legal Study on Impact of Race Equality Directive - Ireland, (EU Fundamental Rights Agency-FRALEX, 2009).
• (with O’Connell, Kenna & Talbot), Thematic Legal Study on Assessment of Data Protection Measures and Relevant Institutions – Ireland, (EU Fundamental Rights Agency-FRALEX, 2009).
• (with O’Connell, Kenna & Talbot), Thematic Legal Study on National Human Rights Institutions and Human Rights Organisations – Ireland, (EU Fundamental Rights Agency-FRALEX, 2008).
• (with O’Connell, Kenna & Crowe), Thematic Study on Child Trafficking – Ireland, (EU Fundamental Rights Agency-FRALEX, 2008).  Available here.
• (with O’Connell & Kenna), Thematic Legal Study on Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation – Ireland, (EU Fundamental Rights Agency-FRALEX, 2008).  Available here.

Transparency International annual progress report on the Enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

• 2008 report available here.
• 2007 report available here.
• 2006 report available here.

Conference Papers and Papers Presented:

• “Restorative justice: A real alternative?,” Huston School of Film and Digital Media, Alternatives to prison: Pushing for policy change (Galway, May 2009)
• “Parole developments in the United States and United Kingdom,” Prison Law Seminar – The Parole Process, hosted by the Irish Penal Reform Trust, the Irish Criminal Bar Association and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (Dublin, March 2009).
• “A critique of restorative justice,” United Arab Emirates Ministry of Justice conference on alternative dispute resolution and restorative justice (Abu Dhabi, October 2008).
• “Parole in Ireland: Origins, developments and prospects for the 21st century,” the 8th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (Edinburgh, September 2008).
• “The Impact of Restorative Justice on the Stakeholders in the Criminal Process in Ireland,” The Stockholm Criminology Symposiumhosted by the International Society of Criminology and the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, Recognising Knowledge to Reduce Crime and Injustice (Stockholm, June 2006).
• “Critical Issues in Restorative Justice,” invited paper presented to the Law Reform Commission (Dublin, January 2006).
• “Hitting Criminals in their Pockets: Lessons for Europe on the Irish Experience of Civil Forfeiture,” The Fifth Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Challenges for European Integration, Challenges for Criminology (Cracow, September 2005). 
• “Restorative Justice, Diversion and Social Control,” Centre for Social and Educational Research, Dublin Institute of Technology, The National Conference on Young People and Crime: Research, Policy and Practice (Dublin, September 2005).
• “Alternatives to Detention for Juvenile Offenders,” Faculty of Law Research Seminar Series, NUI, Galway (Galway, March 2005).

LEGAL JOURNALISM

• “Some offenders can be dealt with outside prison system,” The Irish Times, 26 January 2007. 
• “Nally verdict should not detract from importance of jury trials,” The Western People, 23 December, 2006.  Available here.

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

• Programme Director for BA (Legal Studies)
• College of Arts Examination and Assessment Committee
• 3BA Legal Studies Class Advisor.

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