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Links to general criminology websites
The American Society of Criminology
www.asc41.com
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
www.theatlantic.com/election/connection/crime/crime.htm
features some fascinating articles on crime, criminality and government policy.
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
www.anzsoc.org
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.
Cecil Greek's Criminal Justice Links
www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks
from Florida State University' School of Criminology and Criminal Justice - comprehensive listing with an American emphasis.
Criminology & Public Policy
www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1538-6473
is a peer-reviewed journal of criminal justice policy and practice,
published by the American Society of Criminology. It carries
empirically based, policy-focused articles.
Public criminology
www.criminologyinpublic.com/index.html
Nic Groombridge's eclectic page includes
material on CCTV and Gender, CCTV and Human Rights and CCTV as Cultural
Phenomena, as well as work on sexuality and criminology.
CrimeNet
www.crimenet.com.au
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
www.crimetheory.com
is a comprehensive criminological education resource with sections for
Learning, Research & Teaching of Theoretical Criminology.
The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
www.cjpf.org/index.html
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.
The Criminology Information Service
www.criminology.utoronto.ca/lib/
is a Canadian research collection of criminological material, some of
which is online. This web site also provides access to Crimdoc, a
criminal justice database, and Juristat, the main source of Canadian
crime statistics.
The Criminology Mega-Site
www.apsu.edu/oconnort/criminology.htm
offers a reasonably comprehensive set of criminological resources
including sections on Terminology, History, Motives, & Policy.
The Criminology Research Institute
www.thecriminologist.com
site is dedicated to those professions, including "police officers
lawyers, penologists, forensic scientists, pathologists and members of
the judiciary and the medical professions" who can bring a
"cyber-unified means of discussing and debating crime to the world of
law enforcement".
The Critical Criminology
www.critcrim.org
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 Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Research Unit
dunedinstudy.otago.ac.nz/
conducts the long-running cohort study of 1,000 babies born in 1972-73.
The study members are assessed at regular intervals. Recent assessments have
included studies in the psychosocial, behavioural medicine and
biomedical research areas.
The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime
www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/index.htm
(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. It will follow them until they
are aged 30. The site is updated regularly with the latest findings
from the study.
The 'Girls and Violence'
www.gla.ac.uk/girlsandviolence
web site 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 Internet Journal of Criminology
www.flashmousepublishing.com
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.
[jc2m]
www.jc2m.co.uk
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
www.malcolmread.co.uk/JockYoung
web site is not extensive but does include articles on Social
Exclusion, Drugs, Models of Criminology and Policing Ethnic Minorities.
John Lea
www.bunker8.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html
is Professor of Criminology at Middlesex University. His web site
contains a diverse selection of his writings and other interesting
material and links.
The Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/index.html
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 Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology
www.nsfk.org
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 Western Criminology Review
wcr.sonoma.edu
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
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm
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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