The devolution era in Northern Ireland

Abstract

The article focuses on decentralization of the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland since 2010. Topics discussed include creation of the Department of Justice in April 2010, focus of the country to rebalance its economy, challenges faced by the devolution era such as human trafficking and cyber crimes, local accountability and tackling of problems leading to successful national policymaking and the October 2011 the Prison Review that mentioned challenges like decline in prisons.