United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
The United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which plays a major role in international standard setting and policy-making in crime prevention and criminal justice, is held in different parts of the world every five years since 1955. The Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will be held in Kyoto, Japan, April 20-27, 2020. The theme of the Congress is “Advancing Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law: Towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.” For more information on the UN 2020 Congress see http://www.un-congress.org/
Links
Click the links below to visit the following sites of international interest.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
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International Section
American Sociological Association
American Society of Criminology
Association Francaise de Criminologie
Australian Institute of Criminology is the national focus for the study of crime & criminal justice in Australia and for the dissemination of criminal justice information. The institute draws on information supplied to it by a wide variety of sources and its policy advice is objective and independent.
Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Inc.
British Society of Criminology
Criminologists without Borders – a non-profit organization which provides objective information and research to inform policy and programs dealing with crime and criminal justice.
Canadian Criminal Justice Association
Centre for Sentencing Research
Chinese Society of Criminology(currently only in Chinese, but English version forthcoming).
http://discovercriminaljustice.com/ – news about programs, degrees, and people in the field.
European Society of Criminology
Global Centre for Evidence-based Corrections and Sentencing www.gcecs.edu.au
Hong Kong Society of Criminology
The Institute of Criminology, the University of Sydney, Australia
International Society for Criminology
Interpol the International Criminal Police Organization, based in Lyons, France.
Israeli Society of Criminolgy(ISC)
The Korean Institute of Criminology
Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law
Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: The Alliance was formed in 1972 as a coalition of major Non-Governmental Organizations having consultative status with the United Nations and dedicated to crime prevention and criminal justice improvements. It is one of several venues we can use to affect worldwide change in crime and criminal justice based on solid research results.
U. N. Crime and Justice Information Network
U. N. Office on Drugs and Crime
U. N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Of course, more can be found at the homepage of the United Nations
Dr Randy Borum’s website on Global Criminology
