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The
American Society of Criminology is
concerned with criminology, including the etiology, prevention, control and
treatment of crime and delinquency. This includes the measurement and
detection of crime, legislation and practice of criminal law, and law
enforcement, judicial and correctional systems.
Atlantic Monthly's Criminology Collection features some fascinating
articles on crime, criminality and government policy.
The
Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology is devoted to
promoting criminological study, research and practice in the region and
bringing together persons engaged in all aspects of the field. Members
include practitioners, academics, policy makers and students.
The
Australian Institute of Criminology is
the national focus for the study of crime and criminal justice in Australia
and for the dissemination of criminal justice information. The Institute
draws on information from a wide variety of sources to provide independent
policy advice.
The
British Society of Criminology
aims to further the interests and knowledge of both academic and
professional people who are engaged in teaching, research or public
education about crime, criminal behaviour and the criminal justice systems
in the UK.
The
Campbell Collaboration
(C2) prepares, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews in education,
crime and justice, and social welfare.
Cecil
Greek's Criminal Justice Links from Florida State
University' School of Criminology and Criminal Justice - comprehensive
listing with an American emphasis.
The
Centre for Crime and
Justice Studies encourage and facilitates
debate and understanding of the complex nature of
crime-related issues. They also publish
Criminal Justice Matters.
The
Centre for Criminology at
the University of Oxford
is engaged in a range of empirical
research of central importance to criminal and penal policy.
The
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence aims to
investigate the roots of political violence, to develop a body of theory
spanning its various disparate elements, and to study the impact of
violence, and responses to it, at societal, governmental, and international
levels.
The study of
Crime
Control and Culture is undertaken at the University of Kent at Canterbury,
which includes the
Kent Crininal Justice Centre.
The
Criminological Research
Institute of Lower Saxony (Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut
Niedersachsen, KFN) aims "to carry out and promote practice-oriented
criminological research as an independent research establishment".
Criminology & Public
Policy is a peer-reviewed journal of criminal justice policy and
practice, published on behalf of the American Society of Criminology. It
carries empirically based, policy-focused articles.
CrimeNet is an Australian
site with information on
criminal records, stolen property, missing persons, wanted persons, con
artists and unsolved crimes. The CrimeNet database
has thousands of mostly Australian criminal
records with a focus on fraud, paedophilia,
sex-related crimes and violent crimes. New records
are added daily.
CrimeTheory.com is a comprehensive
criminological education resource with sections for Learning, Research &
Teaching of Theoretical Criminology.
The
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
in America is a private, non-profit educational organization that promotes
solutions to criminal justice system problems. The foundation provides
information about the issues in state and federal anti-crime proposals.
Nick Groombridg'es
excellent
Criminology in Public website has a wealth of interesting and eclectic
material.
The
Criminology
Mega-Site offers a reasonably comprehensive set of criminological
resources including sections on Terminology, History, Motives, & Policy.
The
Critical Criminology site of the
American Society of Criminology Division on Critical Criminology and the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Section on Critical Criminology
provides information about critical scholarship related to crime and
justice, and aims to link academics with critical criminology interests.
The
Edinburgh Study of Youth
Transitions and Crime (ESYTC) is a major study of adolescent development
and offending. The ESYTC is a longitudinal study of criminal offending and
anti-social behaviour among young people. It follows a group of 4,300 young
people who started secondary schools in 1998, and will follow them until they
are aged 30. The site is updated regularly with the latest findings from the
study.
The
European
Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics is a result of the
Council of Europe's decision to provide a compendium of crime and criminal
justice data for its member states.
The BBC's
Crime website offers
information about the people and organisations dedicated to the fight
against crime.
The
'Girls and Violence'
website grew out of a research project at Glasgow
University, Scotland. The project is a study of girls and their views about
violence and violent behaviour, and. explores
girls' views and experiences of violence as
observers, victims and/or perpetrators.
The International Centre for Prison Studies in King's College, University of
London, is independent of governmental and intergovernmental agencies. It
aims to help develop appropriate policies on imprisonment.
The
Internet Journal of
Criminology is a free access online journal, publishing international
criminology articles from many areas of expertise including the criminal
justice system, crime reduction, delinquency and deviant social behaviour.
The
Institute of
Criminal Justice Studies at the University of Portsmouth is the UK's
largest provider of Higher Educational course programmes for the Police and
other criminal justice agencies. They
are committed to quality and diversity,
coupled with a value-base which prioritises human rights, good governance
and professional standards in criminal justice.
The
Institute of Criminology (Cape Town) is a research unit linked to the
Department of Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town. The
Institute's aim is to initiate, co-ordinate and develop research and
extension services in the broad field of criminology
The
Institute of Criminology
(Sydney) is part of the University of Sydney, Australia. It is dedicated to
public education . Its primary functions are teaching, research,
publications and public education on criminal justice issues.
The
Jill Dando Institute of Crime
Science is the first in the world devoted specifically to reducing
crime. It does this through teaching, research, public policy analysis and
by the dissemination of evidence-based information on crime reduction.
[jc2m] is an independent,
peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary e-journal of international research
concerned with representations of, and inter-relations between, crime and
conflict in mass media and popular culture.
Jock Young's website
is not extensive but does include articles on Social Exclusion, Drugs,
Models of Criminology and Policing Ethnic Minorities.
John Lea is
Professor of Criminology at Middlesex University. His website contains a
diverse selection of his writings and other interesting material and links.
The
Journal of Criminal
Justice and Popular Culture focuses on research and opinion on the
intersection of crime, criminal justice, and popular culture. It is
published by the University of Albany's School of Criminal Justice.
The
Korean Institute of
Criminology aims to scientifically analyse criminal issues to assist in
developing and formulating criminal justice policies in Korea.
The
Mannheim Centre
for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a multidisciplinary
centre incorporating staff from across the London School of Economics. The
Centre is one of the largest criminological groupings in Europe. It provides
teaching, research, and conferences, seminars and public events, including
the Mannheim/British Society of Criminology seminar series.
Hungary's
National Institute of Criminology (OKRI)
has a long tradition of as the scientific, research and training agency of
the Chief Prosecution Office of Hungary. Based in Budapest, the Institute
conducts research on crime, police science and criminal law.
The Scandinavian
Research Council for Criminology was established by the Ministries of
Justice in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It aims to further
criminological research within the member countries and advise the
Scandinavian governments and the Council on issues related to criminology.
The
University of Leicester's
Criminology Department has expertise in a number of criminological areas including
policing, public disorder, crime & punishment, racism & ethnicity, and crime
prevention.
The
University of
Teesside was one of the first universities in the UK to introduce an
undergraduate criminology degree. It is prominent in both teaching and
research in criminology.
The University of Toronto's
Centre of
Criminology researches crime, order and security from a variety of
disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches.
The
University of Tuebingen's
Institute of Criminology
has a superb, wide-ranging list of international criminal justice links on
its website
The
Western Criminology Review
publishes theory, research, policy, and practice
in criminology and criminal justice.
It reflects local
national, and international concerns.
The
World Factbook of
Criminal Justice Systems
is published by the US Department of Justice. The factbook provides
narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of 45 countries.
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