ACJNet : Canada's Access to Justice Network
http://www.acjnet.org/
Welcome to the WWW site for Canadian justice and legal information and services. The Access to Justice Network (ACJNet) opens doors to legislation, people and organizations, publications, databases and discussion forums on justice and legal issues. These resources are organized under subject headings such as: aboriginal people, crime prevention, plain language, women, and youth.
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American Society of Criminology
http://www.asc41.com
http://www.critcrim.org
The American Society of Criminology is an international organization concerned with criminology, embracing scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the etiology, prevention, control and treatment of crime and delinquency. This includes the measurement and detection of crime, legislation and practice of criminal law, as well as the law enforcement, judicial and correctional systems. The Society's objective is to bring together a multidisciplinary forum fostering criminology study, research, and education. Its members include practitioners, academicians, and students in the many fields of criminal justice. The Society conducts annual meetings for its membership, each devoted to a discussion of a particular topic of general interest. Publish the journal Criminology available in the MSU Libraries. Also provides job announcements culled from the Chronicle of Higher Education and links to other criminal justice web sites.
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An Garda Siochana : Ireland's National Police Service
http://www.garda.ie/
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Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI), Tokyo, Japan
http://www.unafei.or.jp/
The Institute's mandate is to promote regional cooperation in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice through training, research and information services and to contribute to sound social development in the Asian region. UNAFEI pays utmost attention to the priority themes identified by the United Nations Commissions, and makes every effort to carry out its tasks in response to the needs and expectations of developing countries in the region. Accordingly UNAFEI takes up urgent, contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justice in the region, especially problems generated by rapid socioeconomic change (drug trafficking, drug abuse, organized crime, corruption, overcrowding in prisons, and juvenile delinquency).
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Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
http://www.anzsoc.org/
The society aims to promote the study and understanding of crime, criminal law and the criminal justice system.
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Australian Federal Police
http://www.afp.gov.au/
The Australian Federal Police is Australia's premier law enforcement agency, enforcing Commonwealth law and providing community policing services to the ACT and Australia's external territories. Web site contains extensive links to additional law enforcement sites.
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Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), Canberra, Australia
http://www.aic.gov.au/
Posts contact information via mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail. The Institute is responsible for the study of crime and criminal justice in Australia, as well as the dissemination of criminal justice information. Provides a site search engine. Offers information on the research groups of the Institute, including research in sophisticated and property crime, public policy, patterns and trends in crime, violence monitoring, and crime and society. Contains criminal justice statistics for Australia.
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Australian Institute of Police Management
http://www.aipm.gov.au/
Web site promises future access to an online catalog. Currently contains extensive web links.
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British Society of Criminology
http://www.britsoccrim.org/
The BSC is Britain's major criminological society. It aims to further the interests and knowledge, both academic and professional, of persons engaged in any aspect of teaching and research, or in the promotion and dissemination of knowledge, about crime and criminal behaviour, and the criminal justice systems in the United Kingdom.
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Canada
Canadian Police College
http://www.cpc.gc.ca/
The Library section features an extensive set of web links. Also features online newsletters.
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Canada
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/
CSIS is a government agency dedicated to protecting the national security interests of Canada and safeguarding its citizens. The main objective of the Service is to investigate and report on threats to the security of Canada, an objective that it pursues while respecting the law and protecting human rights. CSIS is unique in its role as the Government of Canada’s principal advisor on national security.
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Canada
Correctional Service of Canada
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/home_e.shtml
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Canada
Public Safety Canada
http://publicsafety.gc.ca/index-en.asp
Public Safety Canada (PS), formerly known as Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC), is Canada’s lead department for public safety. We build and implement national policies for emergency management and national security. We help ensure community safety by delivering crime prevention programs and developing federal policies for law enforcement and corrections.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/
The RCMP is Canada's national police service, providing law enforcement services in detachments across the country. This web site provides a summary of its major activities, Canada's most wanted, etc.
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Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenge of the 21st Century, Vienna, Austria, 10-17 April 2000
http://www.uncjin.org/Documents/10thcongress/10thcongress.html
10th UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and The Treatment of Offenders.
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Crime, Criminal Justice, and Criminology in Post-Soviet Ukraine
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/186166.pdf
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/186166.txt
(NCJ 186166) introduces U.S. criminologists, criminal justice researchers, and other observers to the state of crime and justice in post-Soviet Ukraine with the goal of stimulating and facilitating research on international crime and justice issues and disseminating the results of that research to all levels of policymakers. July 2001. 113pp. (NIJ)
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European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, Affiliated with the United Nations (Heuni)
http://www.heuni.fi/
HEUNI was established to promote the exchange of information on crime prevention and criminal justice among European countries. The frame of reference is given by the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, which is formulated by the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. HEUNI seeks to achieve its objective in a variety of ways. The most important of these are:

European Police Coordinating Agency (EUROPOL)
http://www.europol.eu.int/index.asp?page=home&language=
On October 1, 1998, the European Union convention creating a European police coordinating agency (EUROPOL) came into force. EUROPOL's objectives are "...to improve the effectiveness and co-operation of... the Member States in preventing and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international crime where there are factual indications that an organized criminal structure is involved and two or more Member States are affected." The web site includes links to annual reports, national police agencies, international organizations.
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Financial Action Task Force On Money Laundering--OECD
http://www.oecd.org/fatf/index.htm
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has established this site, which features a publications page that includes the last six annual reports on task force activity (1991/2-1994/5 reports are available in Adobe Acrobat [.pdf] format only). These reports detail money laundering "methods and countermeasures," and "monitor the implementation of anti-money laundering measures." Also included are reports on "money laundering typologies." Users can find news of FATF's work and forty recommendations to combat money laundering. Parts of the site are available in French, German, and Portuguese, as well as English. Source: Scout Report, August 1, 1997.
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Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD)
http://www.cicad.oas.org/
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International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Vancouver, Canada
http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/
A joint initiative of the University of British Columbia, Simon Frasier University, and the Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy web site provides links to Internet resources relating to criminal law. Many of the Centre's papers and reports are now available in HTML format. Subjects of the papers range from aboriginal justice to sentencing and corrections. There are links to the other organizations that participate in the United Nations Online Crime and Justice Clearinghouse.
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International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC), Montreal, Canada
http://www.crime-prevention-intl.org/
In its ongoing mission of the ICPC to assist cities and countries in reducing delinquency, violent crime and insecurity. In the coming months, ICPC will replace this web site with an up-graded version. The new site will showcase 100 examples of crime prevention practices and promising methodology with impressive results gleaned from around the world. It will also include special sections on Why Prevent Crime, and What is the ICPC.
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International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO or Interpol)
http://www.interpol.int
Since its inception in 1923, the aim of the International Criminal Police Organization - Interpol is "to ensure and promote the widest possible mutual assistance between all criminal police authorities, within the limits of the laws existing in its member countries and in the spirit of the Declaration of Human Rights".  The Interpol website contains pages on crime areas such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, stolen works of art, counterfeit payment cards, DNA profiling, criminal intelligence analysis etc., which are open to the public as well as "by invitation only" restricted access pages for law enforcement.
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International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme (ISPAC), Milan, Italy
http://www.ispac-italy.org/
Creating a Directory of Non-Governmental Organizations and Publications Database.
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Korean Institute of Criminology
http://kic.re.kr/
A public organization established under The Korean Institute of Criminology Act 1988 and financed by government appropriations and private research contracts.

Korean National Police Home Page
http://www.police.go.kr/eng/index.jsp
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Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime, San Jose, Costa Rica (ILANUD)
http://www.ilanud.or.cr/
The Institute's mission is to encourage and support the efforts that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean make towards the development and strengthening of their justice administration systems, particularly in the field of criminal justice; work towards crime prevention; and exert action on social control mechanisms in order to contribute towards the prevalence of the rule of law, the observance of human rights, the maintenance of peace and the development of their peoples.
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Mexico Attorney General's Office
http://www.pgr.gob.mx/
In Spanish.
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National Police of Finland
http://www.poliisi.fi/english/index.htm
This is the english verison of the web page.
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Policia Nacional Colombia
http://www.policia.gov.co/
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Policing in Central and Western Europe
Comparing Firsthand Knowledge with Experience from the West
http://www.ncjrs.org/policing/contents.html
Edited by: Milan Pagon, College of Police and Security Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ©1996.
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Raoul Wallenberg Institute
http://www.rwi.lu.se/
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, is an academic institution, formed in 1984 at the University of Lund, Sweden, with the purpose of promoting research, training and academic education in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law. The objective is realized by establishing a research library maintaining a high international standard in public international law, as well as by initiating, developing and supporting other activities in these fields.
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Russian Federation
http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~dreveskr/rus.html-ssi
Ok, this site is actually compiled by Charles L. Dreveskracht at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, but it does have extensive links to information about the Russian criminal justice system, police, and victims.
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Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology
http://www.nsfk.org/
Headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland. Notes that the purpose of the Council is to advance criminological research and provide advice for the Scandinavian governments and the Nordic Council. Offers access to the newsletter, books, reports, and links to criminology related Web sites. Provides information about research and travel grants and contains an online grant application form. Describes the Council's conferences and seminars and includes information about upcoming events. Posts contact information via mailing address and telephone and fax numbers.
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Scotland Yard, From A to Y
http://www.met.police.uk
The web site for the New Scotland Yard includes links to news, history, educational programs, and crime prevention tips. The index begins with an alphabet, each letter of which provides links to additional topics. The history section contains a fascinating account of the history of fingerprint identification.
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South African Police Service
http://www.saps.gov.za/
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Swedish National Police
http://www.polisen.se/inter/nodeid=1461&pageversion=1.html
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Tuebingen Institute of Criminology (Germany)
http://www.ifk.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/www.html
The Tuebingen Institute of Criminology has recently fully revised and updated its Criminology and Criminal Justice Link List with links to German, European, International, EU, and UN sources, including content services to many journals in the field. Headings are in German and English.
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United Kingdom
Home Office
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
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United Kingdom
Crime and Victims Page
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/
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United Kingdom
Research Development and Statistics Directorate
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk.rds/
A new web site, launched September 1, 1998, detailing Home Office research and statistical outputs on criminal justice issues, publications, and contact points. Subjects covered include crime, courts, police, drugs, fire, immigration, prisons and probation. There are also more than 60 publications downloadable in PDF format. Recent publications downloadable from the site include:

United Kingdom
Ministry of Justice
http://www.justice.gov.uk/
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United Kingdom Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
http://www.ncis.co.uk/
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United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI), Kampala, Uganda
http://www.unafri.or.ug/
Additional access points include: P.O. Box 10590 Kampala - Uganda; Tel:+256(41)221119/285236;Tel:+256(41)222623 (Director); Fax:+256(41)222628; E-mail: unafri@starcom.co.ug
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United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)
http://www.odccp.org/odccp/uncjin.html
http://www.uncjin.org/
Welcome to the United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network, or UNCJIN, as mandated by United Nations Economic and Social Council resolution 1986/11. For many years UNCJIN has been serving as an electronic clearing-house for criminal justice related issues coordinated by the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, Vienna. The second link provides a snapshot of the original web page. Provides a search engine or you can browse by country or topic.
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United Nations International Drug Control Programme
http://www.undcp.org/undcp.html
The United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) was established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 45/179 of 21 December 1990 as the single body responsible for concerted international action for drug abuse control. Its web site contains sections on mission, organization, project activities, reports and publications, and press releases.
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United Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation
http://www.uncjin.org/Statistics/firearms/index.htm
Provides information on the methodology of the study, data, and links to documents presented to the fifth and sixth sessions of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, including the survey instrument.
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United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
http://www.unicri.it/
UNICRI was first established in 1968 as the United Nations Social Defence Research Institute (UNSDRI) by Resolution 1086 B (XXXIX) of the Economic and Social Council that requested the Secretary-General to proceed with arrangements to strengthen the United Nations action in the prevention and control of both juvenile delinquency and adult criminality. The Institute has been located in Rome since its founding, thanks to a generous offer of host facilities by the Italian Government. Following an agreement signed in 1995 between the United Nations and the Italian Government, UNICRI's headquarters will be moved to Turin in a near future. Web site features a listing of reports available in the UNICRI Library and a World Directory of Criminological Resources.
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United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
http://www.undcp.org/
Publishes World Drug Report and Global Illicit Drug Trends.
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World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network
http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ewcjlen/WCJ/index.htm
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~wcjlen/WCJ/
Very impressive collection of links compiled by librarians and CJ specialists. Provides sections on reference sources, statistics, links arranged by country, etc.
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World Criminological Directory
http://www.unicri.it/wwk/documentation/worlddir.php
The World Criminological Directory contains almost 500 institutes covering some 90 countries. A number of - in particular - developing countries, which do not have "criminological institutes", have nevertheless requested that some of their bodies, such as corrections services, forensic laboratories and training and rehabilitation services be included in the Directory. Hopefully, their inclusion will lead to the expansion of their criminological capacities. UNICRI is eager to assist in this endeavour.
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World Justice Information Network
http://www.wjin.net/
A library of international criminal justice articles, links and publications. The World Justice Information Network (WJIN) is an information gateway and research forum for the global community of criminal justice and legal professionals. Its mission is to facilitate discovery and dissemination of knowledge about crime, justice and the rule of law around the world.
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