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Links from the book:
www.crimetheory.com
'An educational resource for the learning, researching, and teaching of theoretical criminology' maintained by Bruce Hoffman, Department of Sociology, Ohio University.
www.asc41.com
The website of The American Society of Criminology. The ASC is the pre-eminent organization of academic, theoretical, and applied criminology in the United States.
Cultural Criminology:
www.culturalcriminology.org
This site houses key papers and news about conferences and publications in the area of cultural criminology.
Theoretical Criminology:
http://tcr.sagepub.com
An international journal for the advancement of the theoretical aspects of criminology.
Punishment and Society:
http://pun.sagepub.com/
An interdisciplinary journal on punishment, penal institutions, and penal control.
Crime, Media and Culture:
http://cmc.sagepub.com/
An international journal on the relationship between crime, criminal justice, media, and culture.
www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/cjm.html
The website of the UK publication Criminal Justice Matters, which frequently publishes engaging and accessible articles debating theoretical matters within criminology.
Further links of interest:
United Kingdom
The British Society of Criminology:
www.britsoccrim.org/
Aims to further the interests and knowledge, both academic & professional, of persons engaged in any aspect of teaching and research, & advance public education about crime, criminal behaviour, and the criminal justice systems in the United Kingdom.
The Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice
www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/mannheim/default.htm
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, conferences, seminars and public events, including the Mannheim/British Society of Criminology seminar series.
The International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research:
www.open.ac.uk/icccr/
A criminological research centre that works with the Open University. It has a particular focus on policing and community safety and the site contains recent news relating to these areas as well as links to other major criminological groups.
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Kings College London:
www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/
A charity whose aims are to inform and educate about all aspects of crime and the criminal justice system. Contains links to full texts of all recent research and publications.
Cambridge Institute of Criminology:
www.crim.cam.ac.uk/
Contains a good source of links to sites in all areas covered by criminology providing a useful criminological resource guide.
Centre for Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice (4cj):
www.bangor.ac.uk/so/4cj/4cjhome.htm
Research centre based in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Wales. The site sets out the aims and objectives of the Centre, its recent and current work in research and teaching.
Centre for Criminological and Legal studies:
www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/clrc/
Based at the University of Sheffield sets out all recent research and links to other research institutions.
Centre for Law and Society:
www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/
Based in the School of Law at Edinburgh University the site contains information about recent research including the full text of the 2003 research report plus a useful guide to electronic resources available.
CrimLinks.com:
www.crimlinks.com
Provides assistance for practitioners and students alike by providing a comprehensive database of criminology resources covering such areas as prison, probation, diversity, and restorative justice.
Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice:
www.law.qub.ac.uk/iccj/index.html
Based in the College of Legal, Social and Educational Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast the site contains guides to all recent publications and details of past and forthcoming seminars.
Centre for Criminological Research, Oxford University:
www.crim.ox.ac.uk/
Details on all recent and future publications, research and seminars and useful links page to other resources.
Crime and Society Foundation (Kings College London):
www.crimeandsociety.org.uk/
An independent think tank based at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College. The Foundation stimulates debate about the role and limits of the criminal justice system and aims to deepen public understanding of the social, economic and political foundations of a safer society. The site contains links to its recent discussion paper “Crime, persistent offenders and the justice gap”.
Criminology Research Institute:
www.thecriminologist.com/
Provides links to archived issues of the “New Criminologist” as well as book reviews and sources for journalists.
Commonwealth
Australian Institute of Criminology:
www.aic.gov.au/
The Australian Institute of Criminology is Australia's national crime and criminal justice research agency. It conducts research on crime and criminology in order to provide the Australian Government with a knowledge base from which to inform policy. The site has links to all recent publications including research and statitsics in all areas of crime and criminology.
Department of Criminology, University of Melborne:
www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/dept.html
Has a useful guide to criminology resources covering a worldwide body of resources.
Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney:
www.law.usyd.edu.au/~criminology/
Site includes an online newsletter 'The other voice', a listserv 'CrimNet', and 'Current Issues in Criminal Justice', the Institutes' journal.
United States
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences:
www.acjs.org/
International association established in 1963 to promote criminal justice education, research, and policy analysis for both educators and practitioners, the site includes a message board to encourage debate, an academic review and links to its publications.
Crimetheory.com:
www.crimetheory.com/
Based in Ohio is an educational resource for the learning, researching, and teaching of criminology including all recently published research.
Critical Criminology:
www.critcrim.org/
The web site for the American Society of Criminology Division on Critical Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Section on Critical Criminology. The site provides information about critical scholarship related to crime and justice.
Buffalo Criminal Law Center:
wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/
Provides in depth analysis on criminology matters to be used for informing the Government on policy decisions. Has a large collection of web-based resources and links to other institutions.
The American Society of Criminology:
www.asc41.com/
Has online copies of all past issues of the “Criminologist” (before it became “The New Criminologist”) and a collection of recent publications.
Western Society of Criminology:
www.sonoma.edu/cja/wsc/wscmain.html
A major regional criminological society that provides it own official journal “The Western Criminology Review” and the site contains online back issues.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS):
www.ncjrs.org/
This online resource provides information on the topics of identity theft and phishing, including links to publications, statistics, legislation, training opportunities, and other resources.
National Criminal Justice Association :
www.ncja.org/
Exists to promote the development of justice systems, prevent and reduce the harmful effects of criminal behaviour on victims and sanction offenders fairly and justly. Site contains all recent publications and seminars.
National Institute of Justice:
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
A research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. The site has links to all its publications and links to related Government websites.
National Institute of Corrections Information Center:
www.nicic.org/
Provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies. The site has special sections on prisons, juveniles and community sentences.
Vera Institute of Justice:
www.vera.org/
Based in New York provides advice and assistance to the Government on criminological based problems and published independent research that is available from the site.
International
HEUNI: The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control:
www.heuni.fi/
Affiliated with the United Nations is the European link in the network of institutes operating within the framework of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme. The site has links to all institutes and has a comprehensive collection of reports series’, annual reports and its seasonal newsletter.
Max Planck Institute for Foreign & International Criminal Law:
www.iuscrim.mpg.de/iuscrim_e.html
Has two research departments that cover both criminal law and criminology, its research areas focus on German delinquency, crime and social control including criminal corrections, prison systems, victimology and the systems of criminal sanctions.
Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement:
www.nscr.nl/indexEnieuw.htm
A Dutch research institute whose current research includes mobility and the distribution of crime, the citizen and the criminal justice system and life course, crime, and interventions.
Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology:
www.nsfk.org/
Set up to further criminological research within the member countries and advise the Scandinavian governments and the Council on issues related to criminology. The reports are in Scandinavian languages but publications are available in English and provide a useful comparative resource.
Criminon:
www.criminon.org/
An international organisation offering effective crime prevention and criminal rehabilitation programmes.
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