Publications

ICPC Documentation Centre

The ICPCs documentation centre gathers over 3000 documents related to crime prevention. This includes documentation on national prevention policies, diverse initiatives and programs, statistics, reports and other articles on subjects such as violence against women, juvenile delinquency, drugs, and urban security.

The ICPC collection is open to the public from 10 am to 4 pm (Est), Monday-Friday.

Recent additions to the ICPC documentation centre: 

Reports & Papers:

Brown, R. [et al.] (2004). Tackling organised vehicle crime: The role of the NCIS (Research Findings; no 238), London: Home Office.

Subjects: England; Wales; Motor vehicle theft USE Automobile theft; Prevention programs; Organised vehicle crime programme.

Champion, J-B [et al.] (2004). Observatoire national des zones urbaines sensibles: rapport 2004, Paris : Éditions de la DIV.

Sujets : France; Observatoire national des zones urbaines sensibles; Logement; Emplois; Zones franches urbaines; Scolarité; Sécurité; Victimisation; Sentiment d'insécurité; Chômage.

Coussey, M. (2004). Tackling racial equality: International comparisons (Home Office Research Study; no 238), London: Home Office.

Subjects: England; Wales; Germany; Netherlands; United States; South Africa; Canada; Norway; Australia; Racial equality strategies; Racial discrimination; Legislation; Hate crime.

Crawford, A. (1998). Crime prevention & community safety: Politics, policies & practices, Harlow: Longman.

Subjects: England; Crime prevention; Community safety; The safer cities program; NACRO; Situational crime prevention; Environmental design; Community crime prevention; Partnership approach; Business sector; Private sector; Insurance industry; Evaluation; Sweden; France; The Netherlands; Japan.

Hill, R. & Tair, G. (Eds) (2004). Hard lessons: Reflections on governance and crime control in late modernity, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited.

Subjects: England; Crime control; Fear of crime; New Zealand; Drugs; Boot camps; Zero tolerance policing; Prostitution; Criminal justice, administration of; Correction.

Hungarian Society for Criminology (2004). New tendencies in crime and criminal policy in Central and Eastern Europe - Proceedings of the 65th International course of the International Society for Criminology 11-14 March 2003, Miskolc - Hungary, Miskolc: Bibor Publishing House.

Subjects: Conference proceedings; Poland; Crime control; Drug policy; Gender; United States; Texas; Intimate partner violence; Scotland; Physical punishment; Domestic violence; Council of Europe; Corruption; Juvenile delinquency; Czech Republic; Prison alternative; Hungary; Organised crime; Money laundering; England; Transnational crime; Russia; Organised crime; Corruption.

Kidd, B. & Phillips, J. (2004), From enforcement and prevention to civic engagement: Research on community safety, Toronto: University of Toronto, Centre of Criminology.

Subjects: Canada; Toronto; Community safety; Juvenile delinquency; Youth gangs; Criminal justice system; Early intervention; Youth at risk; Youth participation; Youth development; School safety; Zero tolerance.

Krone, T. (2004). A typology of online child pornography offending ((Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no 279), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Subjects: Australia; Online child pornography; Internet crime; Legislation.

Milner, L., Mouzos, J. & Makkai, T. (2004). Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2003 annual report on drug use amoug police detainees (Research and Public Policy Series; no 58), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Subjects: Australia; Drug use monitoring in Australia project USE DUMA project; Alcohol use; Police detainees USE Prison population.

Newburn, T. & Sparks, R. (Eds) (2004). Criminal justice and political cultures: National and international dimensions of crime control, Portland: Willan Publishing.

Subjects: Australia; United States; Criminal justice; Drugs; Europe; Policing; Social control; Canada; England; Incarceration; Crime control policy; Youth justice; Local crime prevention; Quality of life.

Ralph, A. & Sanders, M. R. (2004). The ''teen triple P'' positive parenting program: A preliminary evaluation (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no 282), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Subjects: Australia; Juvenile delinquency; Prevention programs; The ''teen triple P'' positive parenting program; Program evaluation; Family support system; Late-starter intervention.

Ratcliffe, J. & Makkai, T. (2004). Diffusion of benefits : Evaluating a policing operation (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; no 278), Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Subjects: Australia; Police performance evaluation; Burglary; Operation Anchorage.

Journal:

American Society of criminology (2004). Criminology & Public Policy, Vol.3, no 4, New York: [The Author].

The articles presented are:

‘The challenge of change: Correctional programs and evidence-based practices’
‘Recidivism among an early cohort of California’s proposition 36 offenders’
‘California’s proposition 36: A success ripe for refinement and replication’
‘A study of prosecutorial certification practice in Virginia’
‘Injustice and irrationality in contemporary youth policy’
‘Direct file of youth to criminal court: Understanding the practical and theoretical implications’
‘Minor crime in a quaint setting: Practices, outcomes, and limits of Vermont reparative probation boards’
‘The value of citizen participation in restorative/community justice: Lessons from Vermont’
‘Involving lay people in criminal justice’