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Chapter 5

Links from the book:

The British Society of Criminology:
www.britsoccrim.org/
A learned society that aims to further the interests and knowledge of both academic and professional people who are engaged in any aspect of work or teaching, research, or public education about crime, criminal behavior, and criminal justice in the United Kingdom. Its Code of Ethics for Researchers in the Field of Criminology can be found on its website, alongside details of academics that can be approached for guidance on ethical matters.

The Socio-Legal Studies Association:
www.slsa.ac.uk/
Brings together socio-legal scholars working in social scientific and humanities disciplines. Its website includes its statement of principles for ethical research practice.

The Social Research Association:
www.the-sra.org.uk/
It aims to advance the conduct, development, and application of social research. Its members include academics and researchers working in a range of applied settings. Its ethical guidelines, code of practice for the safety of social researchers, and details of the training courses it offers can be found on the website.

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC):
www.esrc.ac.uk
The UK’s leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns. Its website contains a copy of its Research Ethics Framework plus funding opportunities for research training.

The UK Data Archive (UKDA):
www.data-archive.ac.uk/
A center of expertise in data acquisition, preservation, dissemination, and promotion, and is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK. It holds both quantitative data suitable for secondary analysis (for example, the British Crime Survey) and qualitative data (for example, data from Cohen’s (1972) classic study of Mods and Rockers).

Further links of interest:

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.

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.

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.

Commonwealth

Australian Institute of Criminology:
www.aic.gov.au/
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 statistics in all areas of crime and criminology.

Department of Criminology, University of Melborne:
www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/about/dept.html
The site has a useful guide to criminology resources covering a worldwide body of resources.

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.

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:

Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement:
www.nscr.nl/indexEnieuw.htm
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.