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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:

Aromaa, K. and Nevala, S. (Eds.) (2004). Crime and crime control in an integrating Europe - Plenary presentations held at the Third Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Helsinki 2003 (Publications Series; No.44), Helsinki: HEUNI.

Subjects: Europe; Crime trends; Crime control; Sentencing; Victim policy.

Australian Government Attorney-General's Department (2003). The national research project into good practice in community crime prevention [Electronic document], Canberra: [The Author]. Available here

Subjects: Australia; Community crime prevention; Good practice; Case studies; Guide.

Ayres, M. [et al.] (2004). Motoring offences and breath test statistics: England and Wales 2002 (Home Office Statistical Bulletin; 05/04), London: Home Office.

Subjects: England and Wales; Statistics; Motoring offences; Drunk driving; Breath test.

Davies, L. (2004). Safer places: The planning system and crime prevention 
[Electronic document], London: Home Office. Available here

Subjects: England; Community safety; Guide; Environmental design; Case studies.

Dolea, I., Zaharia, V. and Hangaru, S. (2004). Criminal justice & human rights - Sociological research, Chisinau: Institutul de Reforme Penale.

Subjects: Republic of Moldova; Criminal justice system; Human rights; Prison population.

Douglas, N. [et al.] (2004). Safety and justice : Sharing personal information in the context of domestic violence - an overview (Home Office Development and Practice Report; No.30), London : Home Office.

Subjects: England; Domestic violence; Information sharing; Guide.

Economic & Resource Analysis (2004). Modelling crime reduction for the Home Office’s strategic plan (Home Office online report; 38/04) [Electronic document], London : Home Office. Available here

Subjects: England; Crime reduction; Home Office strategic plan; Crime trends; Drug treatment; Re-offending.

Fedorowycz, O. (2004). Les introductions par effraction au Canada, 2002 (Juristat; 
Vol. 24, no 5), Ottawa : Statistique Canada.

Sujets: Canada; Statistiques; Introduction par effraction; Vols.

Home Office (2004). Confident communities in a secure Britain: The Home Office strategic plan 2004-08 [Electronic document], London: [The Author]. Available here

Subjects: England; Home Office strategic plan; Crime reduction; Drugs; Alcohol; Insecurity; Antisocial behaviour; Organised crime; Terrorism; Fear of crime; Migration.

Memmott, P. [et al.] (2003). Categories of indigenous ‘homeless’ people and good practice responses to their needs [Electronic document], Melbourne: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Available here

Subjects: Australia; Indigenous people; Aboriginal people; Homelessness; Good practices; Risk factors.

Nevala, S. and Aromaa, K. (Eds.) (2004). Organised crime, trafficking, drugs: Selected papers presented at the Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Helsinki 2003 (Publications Series; No.42), Helsinki: HEUNI.

Subjects: Russia; Czech Republic; Lithuania; Ukraine; Estonia; Georgia; European Union; Fraud; Organised crime; Corruption; Human trafficking; Drugs; Money laundering; White-collar crime; Human organs trafficking.

Sugman, K.G. [et al.] (2004). Criminal justice systems in Europe and North America: Slovenia, Helsinki: HEUNI.

Subjects: Slovenia; Criminal justice system; Court system; Sentencing; Probation; Prison system.

Waters, H. [et al.] (2004). The economic dimensions of interpersonal violence, Geneva: World Health Organization, Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention.

Subjects: Interpersonal violence, economic dimensions; Violence prevention; Cost analysis; Literature review.

Journals:

(2004). British Journal of criminology (Vol.44, no 4, July 2004), Oxford : Oxford University Press.

" Hermann Mannhein and Max Grünhut: Criminological pioneers in London and 
Oxford ".
" The land of murder, cannibalism, and all kinds of atrocious crimes?: Maori and crime in New Zealand, 1853-1919 ".
" The impact of different family configurations on delinquency ".
" Between positivism and post-modernity?: critical reflections on Jock Young’s the exclusive society ".
" Crime and the dialectics of inclusion/exclusion: Some comments on Yar and Penna ".
" Policing communal spaces: A reconfiguration of the ‘mass private property’ hypothesis ".
" Preventing money laundering or obstructing business?: Financial companies’ perspectives on ‘know your customer’ procedures ".
" From imitation to intimidation: A note on the curious and changing relationship between the media, crime and fear of crime".

American Society of Criminology (2004). Criminology (Vol.42, no 2, May 2004), College Park: [The Author].

" Profiling and police legitimacy: procedural justice, attributions of motive, and acceptance of police authority ".
" Trajectories of crime at places: A longitudinal study of street segments in the city of Seattle".
" The social ecology of violence against women ".
" Racial typification of crime and support for punitive measures".
" Reforming the police: Racial differences in public support for change".
" Bilevel disparities in court dispositions for intimate assault".
" General strain, street youth and crime: A test of Agnew’s revised theory".
" The juvenile penalty: A comparison of juvenile and young adult sentencing outcomes in criminal court".

European Society of Criminology (2004). European Journal of criminology (Vol.1, no.2), London: SAGE Publications and The European Society of Criminology.

"The detention and interrogation of suspects in police custody in France: A comparative acccount"
"A multilevel analysis of neighbourhood contextual effects on serious juvenile offending: The role of subculture values and social disorganization"
"The burglary as clue to the future: The beginnings of prospective hot-spotting"
"Country survey - Switzerland"

Institute for Security Studies (2004). SA Crime Quarterly (No. 7), Pretoria: [The Author].

" Magistrates’ views on the domestic violence Act"
" Coloured homicide trends in South Africa"
" Crime rates in Western and Northern Cape provinces"
" Crime in the coloured community"
" Service delivery in Gauteng’s police stations"
" Rehabilitation starts with alternatives to prison"