Liam J. Leonard

Liam J. LeonardDr. Liam Leonard (BA; M. Phil; PhD), researcher and international academic is based at Arden University, Manchester UK, formerly with Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University, also formerly with California State University, Los Angeles and is also an Associate Professor with West Virginia University, USA. Previously, Liam has been Chair of the Criminology Association of Ireland and former Members Secretary and President of the Sociology Association of Ireland. Dr. Leonard was the Senior Academic and primary instructor on the award winning Custodial Care Prison Studies Program, which trained approx. 1,000 recruits in a humane approach to prison work for the Irish Prison Service. He ishe author/editor of over 25 books and numerous journal articles.

Publications

Cases on Forensic and Criminological Science for Criminal Detection and Avoidance
Cases on Forensic and Criminological Science for Criminal Detection and Avoidance
Anna Chaussée, Liam James Leonard. © 2024. 310 pages.
As global criminology evolves, new questions arise. How can policymakers and law enforcement agencies leverage criminological insights to formulate effective crime prevention...
Cases on Crimes, Investigations, and Media Coverage
Cases on Crimes, Investigations, and Media Coverage
Liam James Leonard. © 2023. 254 pages.
Media has a great influence on the perceptions and opinions of the public throughout varying areas, particularly for crimes, investigations, and trials. People receive...
Introduction: Cases on Crime and Media
Introduction: Cases on Crime and Media
Liam James Leonard. © 2023. 10 pages.
The link between crime and the media is a longstanding one. Indeed, crime is one of the mainstays of traditional and contemporary media, alongside politics and sports. This...
An Analysis of Biases in US Policing and Subsequent Media Coverage in Response to the Ferguson Shooting of 2014
An Analysis of Biases in US Policing and Subsequent Media Coverage in Response to the Ferguson Shooting of 2014
Liam James Leonard. © 2023. 23 pages.
This chapter will examine the biases in the policing and subsequent media coverage in response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis, in...
A Rural Community's Mobilization and Media Strategies in Response to a Contested Infrastructural Project
A Rural Community's Mobilization and Media Strategies in Response to a Contested Infrastructural Project
Liam James Leonard. © 2023. 20 pages.
The chapter will examine the mobilization and social media response of a rural community in Ireland to the imposition of a gas pipeline on their farms, in the western coastal...
Global Perspectives on People, Process, and Practice in Criminal Justice
Global Perspectives on People, Process, and Practice in Criminal Justice
Liam J. Leonard. © 2021. 282 pages.
The United States incarcerates nearly one quarter of the world’s prison population with only five percent of its total inhabitants, in addition to a history of using internment...
Teaching Prisoners' Rights to Prison Officers to Improve Professional Performance
Teaching Prisoners' Rights to Prison Officers to Improve Professional Performance
Liam J. Leonard, Paula Kenny. © 2021. 11 pages.
This chapter is based on the experiences of both authors as part of a multi-disciplinary team of academics who brought changes to the prison system in the Republic of Ireland by...
Restorative Justice as an “Informal” Alternative to “Formal” Court Processes
Restorative Justice as an “Informal” Alternative to “Formal” Court Processes
Paula Kenny, Liam J. Leonard. © 2021. 19 pages.
This chapter will examine the manner in which restorative justice provides an informal alternative to the formal processes of the adversarial court within the criminal justice...
Advances in Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Penology
Advances in Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Penology
Liam J. Leonard. 2019.
Criminology has never been more relevant. Violence, serial murder, crime and victimization continue to remain an unfortunate staple of society. Crime is a key issue globally...