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Alcatraz Escape: Documents the 1962 escape of Frank Lee Morris, John William Anglin, and Clarence Anglin from the institution deemed 'escape proof'. The success of the prisoners' escape is strongly doubted yet no bodies have ever been recovered. Comprises original documentation from the prison, presented as a series of PDF files.
Author: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 365.6
Resource type: documents
AuditNet: Created for and by auditors. Includes an index of audit related resources, Auditor's Sharing Audit Programs, AuditZine, a collection of articles of interest to auditors, and FraudNet, which deals with fraud policies, procedures, and codes of ethics.
Author: Kaplan, Jim
Subjects: auditing, business ethics, crime, fraud
DeweyClass: 657.45
Resource type: index
British Journal of Criminology: Journals for academics and researchers in criminology, probation and social work, with relevance to professionals concerned with law, criminal justice, and penology. Abstracts available online.
Author: Oxford University Press
Subjects: crime, social work
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: journal
Business as Usual: An Evaluation of the Small Business and Crime Initiative: Reports the results of a project aiming to reduce crime against 1400 small businesses in Leicester. Outlines business surveys conducted and their findings, measures implemented to combat various problems revealed, and identifies resultant changes in crime patterns. Presented as a PDF file.
Author: Tilley, Nick & Hopkins, Matt
Subjects: business research, crime
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: document
CampusSafety: Campus Crime Information Online: A non-profit US organisation geared towards the prevention of college and university campus violence. Provides information about security, crime statistics, resources for victims, relevant legislation, and news articles detailing crimes which have been committed on campuses throughout the US.
Author: Security on Campus
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364.4
Resource type: documents
Casebook: Jack the Ripper: Collection of information about a serial killer responsible for the deaths of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. Offers details of victims, suspects, witnesses, letters supposedly written by the Ripper, official documents, and press reports. Also hosts a range of fictitious works submitted by readers.
Author: Ryder, Stephen P. & Piper, John A.
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364.152
Resource type: documents, images
Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns: Full text of the report. The study was published in July 1996 and appeared in the Journal of Legal Studies. Available in PDF.
Author: Lott, John R. & Mustard, David B.
Subjects: crime, public safety
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: article
Crimes of War: Project established in 1999 to educate the general public and concerned professionals about international humanitarian law, with emphasis on the Geneva Convention. Offers an online magazine, a timeline of IHL treaties and conventions, and a collection of essays and expert analyses on a range of international topics.
Author: Crimes of War Project
Subjects: crime, warfare
DeweyClass: 364.138
Resource type: documents, magazine
Crimestoppers: Independent charity for crime prevention in the UK. Allows members of the public to contact the organisation anonymously with information relating to crimes. Gives details on crimes by region and provides short summaries of current news articles.
Author: Crimestoppers Trust
Subjects: crime, public safety
DeweyClass: 364.4
Resource type: documents, news
Criminal Justice: Directory of international criminal justice resources, covering criminal violence, guns, crime prevention and victims organisations, militias, cults, organized crime, white-collar and computer crimes, copyright issues, satanic crime, juvenile delinquency, and juvenile justice.
Author: Florida State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: index
Criminal Records Bureau: Government agency aiming to protect organisations throughout England and Wales against recruiting individuals who may be inappropriate for certain types of work. By providing wider access to criminal records, the bureau is able to advise against employing people who, for example, may be deemed unsuitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. Information on data protection and freedom of information is provided, along with details of associated legislation and guidance.
Author: Criminal Records Bureau
Subjects: child welfare, crime, employment
DeweyClass: 351.41
Resource type: documents
Criminal Victimization 1998: Changes 1997-98 with Trends 1993-98: Presents the 1998 findings from the US 'National Crime Victimization Survey' (NCVS). Details the types of crime which have increased and declined between 1997 and 1998, provides information about the characteristics of victims, and examines trends in victimisation rates from 1993 to 1998.
Author: US Department of Justice
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: documents
Death Penalty Information Center: Organisation that prepares analytical reports for the media, the public, and Congress on issues concerning capital punishment in the US. Facts, statistics, and full text reports are available on topics such as race and the death penalty, public opinion, and international perspective.
Author: Death Penalty Information Center
Subjects: crime, death, human rights
DeweyClass: 364.66
Resource type: documents
Economics of Conflict: Project studying the economic causes and consequences of civil war and violent crime in developing countries. Outlines the motivation underlying the project, sets out the major topics, and presents working papers, relevant data sets, and the electronic Conflict Online Newsletter.
Author: World Bank
Subjects: crime, economics research, warfare
DeweyClass: 355.0218
Resource type: documents
Electronic Journals - Law and Criminology: A list of law journals freely available on the internet. Suitable for higher education students and researchers.
Author: Woolam, Jackie
Subjects: crime, law links
DeweyClass: 340
Resource type: index
Epidemiologic Information on Bioterrorism: Assesses epidemiologic and public health issues arising from the potential use of biological weapons by terrorists. Provides links to resources on anthrax, smallpox, botulism, tularemia, pneumonic plague, and hemorrhagic fever. Also features an ongoing commentary on the US anthrax outbreak of 2001.
Author: University of California Los Angeles
Subjects: biomedicine, crime
DeweyClass: 358.38
Resource type: documents, index
Escapes from Alcatraz: A record of prisoners' attempts to break free from 'The Rock', dispelling the myth that the institution was 'escape proof'. Each effort is described, together with an account of its success, information about the convict involved, the crime they committed, and sentence imposed.
Author: Filion, Ron
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 365.6
Resource type: documents, images
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation: Includes sections on the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act, the FBI Most Wanted list, youth education and current investigations.
Author: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: documents
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Information about the US prison service, prison population, and service areas. Provides public data such as drug treatment evaluation programs, information about inmates including details of their gender, race, and age, and a selection of documents and articles. A directory of federal offices with contact information for various divisions is provided, and employment opportunities are publicised. A weekly population report detailing total numbers of prisoners in each US institution also features.
Author: US Department of Justice
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 365.068
Resource type: institution
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center: Offers access to the US Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database containing information about suspects and defendants processed in each stage of the Federal criminal justice system in a given year. A data dictionary identifies and describes the variables in the database and organises data according to suspects and defendants entering, leaving or pending a stage of criminal case processing.
Author: Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
Subjects: crime, united states law
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: reference documents
Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Offers information about organisations designated as terrorist groups by the US government in 1999, explaining the criteria for designation and subsequent legal effects. Provides details of aliases, activities, and areas of operation for each organisation, a definition of terrorist activity, and answers to a series of frequently asked questions.
Author: Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Subjects: crime, international news, warfare
DeweyClass: 303.625
Resource type: document
International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy: Papers and reports on subjects including aboriginal justice, domestic violence, juvenile crime and sentencing policy.
Author: University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the Society for Reform of Criminal Law
Subjects: crime, domestic violence, international law
DeweyClass: 345
Resource type: document collection, index
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 1998 Report: Report charting policy developments for the international control of narcotics. Includes individual reports on major drug producing and drug transit countries, and on those involved in money laundering and financial crimes. Strategy reports from 1996 and 1997 are also available online.
Author: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Subjects: crime, law enforcement
DeweyClass: 364.177
Resource type: documents
Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings: Primary documents and annotated links relating to twentieth-century genocide. Topics covered include The Jewish Holocaust, War Crimes and Criminals, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Rwanda and Burundi, Vietnam, and World War II. Definitions and controversies of genocide are included.
Author: Stein, S. D.
Subjects: burundi, crime, death, holocaust, kosovo, rwanda, second world war, serbia and montenegro, vietnam war, warfare, world history
DeweyClass: 364.151
Resource type: documents
Interpol: This resource offers detailed information on the single largest crime fighting organisation in the world. Outlines the cooperative nature of the organisation through detailed information on their current initiatives including financial crimes, corruption, information technology crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking and football hooliganism. Also contains numerous documents such as press releases, fact sheets, international crime statistics and reports or publications pertaining to Interpol projects or initiatives. Most of these documents are available in English, French, Spanish or Arabic.
Author: Interpol
Subjects: crime, international law
DeweyClass: 363.20601
Resource type: documents, news, reference data
Intute: social sciences - criminal law and procedure: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to criminal law.
Author: Intute
Subjects: crime, law links
DeweyClass: 345
Resource type: index
Intute: social sciences - criminology: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to criminology.
Author: Intute
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: index
Lockerbie Trial Briefing: Outlines the progress of the trial of the suspects accused of the death of 270 people by the crash of Pan Am flight 103 on 21 December 1988 (the largest mass murder in Scottish legal history), with a focus on the Scots legal processes involved. Includes information on the background to the case, the charges faced by the defendants, trial arrangements, Scots criminal procedures and evidence, and a glossary of terms used in relation to the trial.
Author: Glasgow University School of Law
Subjects: aviation, crime, scottish law
DeweyClass: 349.41
Resource type: documents
Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption: Offers a bibliographic database of organised crime and corruption related titles, together with abstracts for each entry, which address topics such as criminal activities, youth gangs, prostitution, and organised crime enforcement. Annual newsletters and additional Nathanson Centre Publications are available.
Author: York Univeristy Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: documents, opac
NationMaster.com: Nation Master allows users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the CIA World Fact book and provides comprehensive statistical details on any country in the world. Also allows users to create their own comparative graphical and statistical data on any number of countries according to nationality, geographic areas, political affiliations and commercial affiliations. More specifically, Nation Master has 335 statistical data sets, ranging from library books, forested land, Internet users, and airports to crime, economic development, and the environment. Whilst being fully searchable, Nation Master provides links to interesting facts and links to national profiles that include the available statistics for each country, images of the country's flag and a political map. Users can also browse numerous maps of the world and flags of the world.
Author: NationMaster.com
Subjects: crime, economic development, economic performance, statistics research, world economic data, world maps, world population
DeweyClass: 310
Resource type: maps, reference data
Outlaws and Highwaymen: Information on the social and cultural history of highwaymen in medieval and early-modern England. Provides a chronology of highway robbery, and features ballads and songs, extracts from fictional works, letters, satirical pieces, and passages of social comment.
Author: Spraggs, Gillian
Subjects: crime, medieval history
DeweyClass: 942
Resource type: documents
PAVNET: Partnerships Against Violence: US government interagency resource created to provide information about effective violence prevention initiatives. Includes funding sources, program descriptions, resource guides, pointers to other criminal justice sites, and violence resources.
Author: US Government
Subjects: crime, domestic violence, women's rights
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: documents, news
Police Services of the UK: Links to over 20 official police forces and police related organisations in the UK.
Author: UK Police Forces
Subjects: crime, law enforcement
DeweyClass: 363.2
Resource type: index
Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy: Part of the U.S. National Archive's JFK Assassination Records, this is a full transcript of the 888 page long 'Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy' (commonly known as 'The Warren Commission Report') published in 1964. Other sections on the site include the full final report of 'The Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board', press releases and FAQs related to the Kennedy Assassination Records.
Author: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Subjects: crime, united states government, united states history from 1900
DeweyClass: 973.9
Resource type: documents
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Official Web site of the Mounties. Extensive information includes details of drug enforcement, economic crime, counterfeiting, drug awareness, immigration and passport control, proceeds of crime, customs and excise, computer and telecommunications crime.
Author: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Subjects: canadian government, crime, forensic science, law enforcement
DeweyClass: 363.2
Resource type: documents
Shipman Inquiry: Presents background information, proceedings, evidence, reports, and rulings from the public inquiry into the murder of patients by GP Harold Shipman between 1975 and 1998.
Author: Shipman Inquiry, Crown Copyright
Subjects: crime, medical practice
DeweyClass: 364.152
Resource type: documents
Statbase: A large searchable catalogue which provides access to a set of key statistics drawn from over 230 UK government datasets. Topics covered include population, income, balance of payments, birth and death rates, consumer expenditure, marriage and divorce rates, economic activity, employment and unemployment, education and training, road accidents, household income and expenditure, gross domestic product, housing, livestock, labour market, international migration, criminal offences, national lottery, recycling of waste, atmospheric and water pollution, drug seizures, and various other social statistics.
Author: Government Statistical Service
Subjects: birth, british economic data, crime, death, economic performance, employment, uk population
DeweyClass: 310
Resource type: bibliography, reference data
Students' Reports of School Crime: 1989 and 1995: This US report presents school crime from the perspective of its victims. Sections of the report deal with school victimisation by gender and age, drug availability and street gangs and guns at school.
Author: National Centre for Education Statistics
Subjects: crime, schools
DeweyClass: 362.88
Resource type: documents
Terrorists and the Superpower: Interviews, analysis, and a transcript and video segment from a May 1998 interview with Bin Laden, offering a critical review of his life experiences, motives, and current activities. The stories of two men indicted for the East Africa embassy bombings, the FBI investigation of the bombings and the missile strikes, and the fallout among Muslims in America are also explored.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service Online
Subjects: crime, warfare
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: news
Vera Institute of Justice: Private US think tank dedicated to the research of criminal justice issues.
Author: Vera Institute of Justice
Subjects: crime
DeweyClass: 364
Resource type: institution
Wadsworth Criminal Justice Resource Center: Annotated list of criminal justice and other legal resources online, covering research, international criminal justice, juvenile justice, crime prevention, white collar crime, drugs and newsletters.
Author: International Thomson Publishing
Subjects: crime, international law, legal research
DeweyClass: 345
Resource type: documents, index