OJJDP: Juvenile Justice Bulletin. National Survey of Childen`s Exposure to Violence. April 2012
AIC events: 74 Leichhardt St, Griffith, ACT, Australian Institute of Criminology
9:00 AM 06 July 2012. Read more: http://www.aic.gov.au/events/aic%20upcoming%20events/2012/studentforum.aspx
"For the first time, you will be able to see webcasts direct from the Symposium.
The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention will webcast; The Opening Ceremony and Opening Discussion (June 11 at 09.00-10.30) and The Prize Winner Lecture (June 12 at 13.30-14.30)"
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The Australian Institute of Criminology(AIC) released this paper. Read more: http://www.aic.gov.au/
"The CyberTraining-4-Parents (CT4P) project aims to develop and provide training courses on how to deal with cyberbullying. The training courses will provide introduction into the basics of new media and the latest state of research on cyberbullying. Furthermore, they aim to equip parents with knowledge and strategies on how to cope with cyberbulying. Apart from three face-to-face training courses for trainers in each of our partner countries – Germany, Ireland, Israel, Norway and Portugal – we will offer two moderated online training courses for trainers. For parents we will provide a self-directed online course" http://cybertraining4parents.org/
A new service providing crime prevention professionals with evidence-based resources and training to prevent and reduce crime.
"The Australian Institute of Criminology’s Crime Prevention ASSIST has been established to improve crime prevention knowledge transfer and to enhance the skills and capacity of those engaged in crime prevention to more effectively manage and evaluate their work."
Lifers talks to a range of offenders at HMP Gartree in Leicestershire, including the first prisoner with a whole life sentence to be interviewed on television.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JrmQh3tfEo&feature=youtube_gdata
UN: "Our efforts to promote development and fight drugs and crime will be more effective if they are rooted in partnerships with the young, civil society, governments and the international community. Working together, we can alleviate the suffering of millions and break the hold of drugs and crime on countries, communities and families."
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
University of Cambridge Research Bulletin - Wednesday 27 June 2012
"The idea that opportunity makes the thief - that young people will inevitably commit crime in certain environments - runs counter to our findings." Per-Olof H Wikström
Read more: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/morality-prevents-crime/
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 441 Jacqueline Joudo Larsen and Lauren Renshaw ISSN 1836-2206 Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, June 2012
http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/441-460/tandi441.aspx
"Teenage members of the Center for Court Innovation's Youth Justice Board program filmed a conversation with retired police officers. Participants discuss interactions between police and young people in New York City and how police-teen relations can be improved."