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METHOD AND MEASUREMENT IN CRIMINOLOGY (CHAPTER 2)
Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
Produces national statistics on the population, resources, economy, society and culture of Canada.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm
The FBI is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice.
FBI: Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hatecrime.pdf
FBI: National Incident-Based Reporting System on Hate Crimes
Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia’s official statistical organisation.
The Home Office
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
The Home Office is the government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales.
The Scottish Executive
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/topics/?pageid=1
The Scottish Executive is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs and transport.
UK Data Archive at the University of Essex:
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
The UKDA provides resource discovery and support for secondary use of quantitative and qualitative data in research.
The Question Bank
http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/
Questions from the British Crime Survey can be read online at the Question Bank, University of Surrey.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND EARLY TRADITIONS (CHAPTER 3)
Crimetheory.Com
www.crimetheory.com
A Web site that provides brief introduction to a number of theories and theorists relevant to Part 2 of the book (‘Thinking about crime’) in general.
EARLY SOCIOLOGICAL THINKING ABOUT CRIME (CHAPTER 4)
The Émile Durkheim Archive
http://durkheim.itgo.com/anomie.html
A comprehensive Web site on Durkheim’s life and works.
The University of Chicago: Department of Sociology
http://sociology.uchicago.edu/overview/history.html
Gives a brief history of the original Chicago School theorists.
The Chicago School of Pragmatism
http://www.pragmatism.org/genealogy/Chicago.htm
Provides a brief history of the foundation of the Chicago School of Pragmatism and its members.
The Society for Human Ecology (SHE)
http://www.societyforhumanecology.org/
This is an international interdisciplinary professional society that promotes the use of an ecological perspective in both research and application.
RADICALISING TRADITIONS: LABELLING, NEW CRIMINOLOGIES AND THE GENDER ISSUE (CHAPTER 5)
Howard S. Becker homepage
http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/.
A comprehensive site with a selection of published papers and links.
Allyn & Bacon Publishers
http://www.ablongman.com/signup/0,3068,0205305571:12341,00.html
Jeffrey Reiman’s book: The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice 6th edition.
SOCIAL CHANGE AND CRIMINOLOGICAL THINKING (CHAPTER 6)
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
http://www.uncjin.org
Provides links and information on the United Nations organisations combating crime on an international level including the following link:
United Nations Office on drugs and Crime
http://www.odccp.org/crime_cicp_sitemap.html
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime.
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute: LMS bibliographic Database
http://www.unicri.it/bibliographic_database.htm
The Library Collection includes some 6,000 authors, as well as more than 300 series and 600 publishers. Documents are classified according to the LMS Bibliographic field structure and subjects that are described according to the UNCRI Thesaurus:
http://www.unicri.it/unicri_thesaurus.htm
LMS bibliographic Database.
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute: World Dictionary of Criminal Resources
World Directory of Criminological Resources
This site contains more than 470 institutes covering some 70 countries. A number of countries, in particular developing ones, which do not have criminological institutes, have nevertheless requested that some of their bodies’ services be included in the Directory.
VICTIMS AND VICTIMISATION (CHAPTER 7)
Criminal Justice System Online: ‘Victims Virtual Walkthrough’
http://www.cjsonline.org/virtual/victims.html
An Interactive virtual tour that provides information about the criminal justice process as it relates to victims of crime.
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD
Provides information on various international crime victimization surveys.
CRIME AND PROPERTY (CHAPTER 8)
The Home Office: Research Development Statistics – Publications
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pubsintro1.html
The National British Crime Survey provides up-to-date annual information on different types of crime, including property crime, which may or may not be reported to and recorded by the police. Full reports and summaries of BCS findings and many other research studies funded by the Home Office can be found here.
The International Crime Victim Surveys
http://www.unicri.it/icvs/
Information, publications and statistics on international crime victim surveys are available at this site.
CRIME AND SEXUALITY (CHAPTER 9)
The Home Office: The Sexual Offences Bill
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/justice/sentencing/sexualoffencesbill/index.html
Information on the Sexual Offences Bill and the White Paper Protecting the Public, which was published on 19 November 2000, can be found here.
The National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers
www.nota.co.uk
NOTA is a growing group comprising practitioners, managers and policymakers for the public, private and voluntary sectors. As a result, NOTA brings a wide variety of perspectives to interventions with sexual aggressors.
The Child and Woman Abuse Unit
http://www.cwasu.org/
The Child and Woman Abuse Unit is based at London Metropolitan University and has a national and international reputation for its research, training and consultancy work. The unit exists to develop feminist research methodologies, theory and practice, especially in relation to connections between forms of sexualised violence.
CRIME AND EMOTION (CHAPTER 10)
American Psychological Association: ‘Hate Crimes Today: An Age-Old Foe In Modern Dress’
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/hate/homepage.html
A question-and-answer site shedding some clarification on the hate crime debate.
Hate Crime.org
http://www.hatecrime.org/
Information and links to related news articles concerning current events, political choices, and victims and further information.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Information on hate crime laws
http://www.ngltf.org/issues/issue.cfm?issueID=12
NGLTF is the national progressive organisation working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
ORGANISATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL FORMS OF CRIME (CHAPTER 11)
The Web of Justice
http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/juscoord/eorganized.htm
The Web of Justice site provides numerous links to other web sites concerned with crime, corruption and power.
The United Nations: Organized Crime
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/organized_crime.html
The United Nations site on organised crime provides a source about global developments in crime and control and links to national sites.
The Nathanson Centre: Database
http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/search.htm
The Nathanson Centre Web site provides a searchable bibliographic database to help locate other relevant studies across the whole area of organisational forms of crime.
Criminal Justice Resources: Organised Crime
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/orgcrime.htm
The Criminal Justice Resources Web site provides links to other sites both official – such as the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police – and unofficial – such as journalist and community sites – concerning various forms of crime.
DRUGS, ALCOHOL, HEALTH AND CRIME (CHAPTER 12)
Drugscope
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/
An invaluable site with access to an online encyclopedia about drugs and to Drugscope’s library.
Alcohol Concern
http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/
This site provides links to many other useful sites.
Russell Webster: Consultant in Substance Misuse and Crime
http://www.russellwebster.com/
The main purpose of this Web site is to signpost UK resources on substance misuse and crime on the Internet.
THINKING ABOUT PUNISHMENT (CHAPTER 13) AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS (CHAPTER 14)
The Home Office: Publications: A Guide to the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/cjspub1.html
Publication available online, on the criminal justice process in England and Wales.
Criminal Justice System
http://www.cjsonline.org/home.html
This is another site that has useful information on the criminal justice process in England and Wales.
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
http://www.crownoffice.gov.uk/
This site has information on the Scottish criminal justice system plus a selection of other links for reference.
Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland
http://www.cjsni.gov.uk/
A site on the criminal justice process in Northern Ireland.
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/
A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court.
POLICE AND POLICING (CHAPTER 15)
A Web of History: The Peel Web
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/laworder/police.htm
An introduction to the formation of the police service.
The Home Office: Police
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crimpol/police/index.html
Provides an insight into the working of the police force.
The Police Complaints Authority
http://www.pca.gov.uk
The PCA is an independent body set up by the government to oversee public complaints against police officers in England and Wales, plus the National Crime Squad, National Criminal Intelligence Service, British Transport, Ministry of Defence, Port of Liverpool, Port of Tilbury, Royal Parks and UKAEA police.
The UK Police Service Portal
http://www.police.uk/
This site provides links to Official Police Forces – both regional and non-regional – and related organisations.
Association of Police Authorities
http://www.apa.police.uk/apa_home.htm
The national voice for police authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Includes publications and links to other useful sites.
PRISONS AND IMPRISONMENT (CHAPTER 16)
The Home Office
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Provides access to a wide range of information on the CJS generally.
The Home Office: Publications
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pubsintro1.html
Provides access to a wide range of publications.
HM Prison Service
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/
Contains news, reports, statistics and prison rules for prisons in England and Wales.
The Scottish Prison Service
http://www.sps.gov.uk
Contains news, reports, statistics and prison rules for prisons in Scotland.
The Prison and Probation Ombudsman
http://www.ppo.gov.uk/
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman provides access to annual reports and publications.
Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/justice/prisons/index.html
A link to a report by the Inspector of Prisons can be found here along with further information on the Inspectorate.
The Howard League for Penal Reform
http://www.howardleague.org/
Information, links and publications on penal reform.
National Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of the Offender (NACRO)
http://www.nacro.org.uk/
This site has information on penal reform and lists relevant publication.
Prison Reform Trust
http://www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/
Information on the Prison Reform Trust, which aims at creating a just, humane and effective penal system.
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk.
Contains information on policies, news, press releases and details of youth offending teams.
The Guardian: Prisons
www.guardian.co.uk/prisons
The Guardian’s coverage of prison issues is an excellent resource.
The Observer: Special Reports
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/crimedebate
This report offers further critical commentary on prison issues.
THE GREENING OF CRIMINOLOGY (CHAPTER 17)
The online environmental community
http://www.envirolink.org/
A major resource for Web sites connected to the environment.
Europe and Environmental Crime
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/crime/
The pages of the European online site that deals with the environment and crime.
Earthscan
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/
Provides resources and books giving information about the state of the environment.
Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.org/
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/
The two major activist Web sites.
CRIME AND THE MEDIA (CHAPTER 18)
Independent Media Centre
www.indymedia.org
Daily articles produced by a collective of independent media organisations and journalists.
Media Studies.Com
http://www.newmediastudies.com/
A website for the study of new media, with articles, reviews, guides and other resources.
HA:HUMAN RIGHTS AND CRIMES OF THE STATE (CHAPTER 19)
MTFO:Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/
A Web site on the Worldwide movement campaigning for internationally recognised human rights.
Death Penalty Information Centre
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
This Web site has information on issues concerning capital punishment.
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