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German Federal Criminal Police AgencyGerman Federal Criminal Police Agency German Federal Criminal Police Agency 

The Police Crime Statistics for the Federal Republic of Germany are prepared by the BKA. They are published annually – about the middle of the year – in a data file on the Internet and in book form during the second half of the year. Most copies are made available to police and judicial authorities, but also – for example – to universities. The Police Crime Statistics Yearbooks since 1997 and the corresponding tables of time-series data (“Zeitreihen”) starting in 1987 can be viewed on the BKA homepage (www.bka.de).

http://www.beccaria-portal.org/nano.cms/member?XXP=News&XA=Add

Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 454

Matthew Manning, Christine Smith and Paul Mazerolle
ISSN 1836-2206
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, April 2013 

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tandi/441-460/tandi454.html

Topics:

• Introduction to the theme of the present issue
• Research and publications
• Good practices in Member States
• Member States' policies
• Upcoming events
• Preview

http://www.eucpn.org/newsletter/index.asp 

"The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG Justice Center) released a new report today, Lessons Learned: Planning and Assessing a Law Enforcement Reentry Strategy. Created with support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), the report highlights how four law enforcement agencies engaged in local-level reentry partnerships in order to reduce crime and increase public safety in their jurisdictions. These four “learning sites” featured in the report applied strategies outlined in the Planning and Assessing a Law Enforcement Reentry Strategytoolkit released by the CSG Justice Center and the COPS office in 2008, which focuses on ten key elements of creating a local reentry initiative."

Research and Public Policy Series no.118

Anthony Morgan, Hayley Boxall, Kiptoo Terer, Dr Nathan Harris
ISBN 978 1 922009 18 0ISSN 1836-2079
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, December 2012 

http://aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/rpp/100-120/rpp118.html

 http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/enewsunodc/2013/April/unodc-enews-27-march-2013.html 

• Popular TV drama delivers human trafficking message in Colombia
• UNODC Executive Director Fedotov visits Bosnia and Herzegovina
• World Water Day 2013: Water sector particularly vulnerable to corruption
• UNODC publishes International Standards on Drug Use Prevention
• Drug Use in Pakistan 2013 Summary Report reveals high levels of drug use and dependency
• New UNODC report sheds light on the phenomenon of new psychoactive substances worldwide
• Fifty-sixth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs opens in Vienna
• UNODC marks International Women's Day

National Reentry Resource Center 

This webinar will provide a general overview of work release centers, day reporting centers, and halfway houses. The presenter will discuss the specific target groups for which these programs are designed and how various jurisdictions identify and assign offenders to these programs. The presenter will also discuss how these options might be used in combination with other promising practices, specifically looking at the Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement model, which incorporates “swift and certain” responses to probation violations and other anti-social behavior at reasonable costs. The last half hour of the webinar will be reserved for attendees to ask the presenter questions.

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET


 

Research in practice no. 32

Samantha Lyneham
ISSN 1836-9111
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, March 2013 

http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/rip/21-40/rip32.html

By Shannon M. Lynch, Ph.D., Idaho State University; Dana D. DeHart, Ph.D., University of South Carolina; Joanne Belknap, Ph.D., University of Colorado; Bonnie L. Green, Ph.D., Georgetown University 　

Study Introduction

The rate of incarceration of women has increased substantially in recent decades, with a 31 percent increase between 2000 and 2011 (Minton, 2012). Female offenders appear to have different risk factors for offending than do male offenders. In particular, female offenders report greater incidence of mental health problems and serious mental illness (SMI) than do male offenders (James and Glaze, 2006; Steadman et al., 2009). Female offenders also report higher rates of substance dependence as well as greater incidence of past physical and sexual abuse (James and Glaze, 2006). Other researchers also have noted elevated rates of experiences of interpersonal trauma, substance dependence, and associated symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in female offenders (Green et al., 2005; Lynch et al., 2012).

This multisite study addresses critical gaps in the literature by assessing the prevalence of SMI, PTSD, and substance use disorders (SUD) in women in jail, and the pathways to jail for women with and without SMI.   

https://www.bja.gov/Publications/WomensPathwaysToJail.pdf

A preliminary program is now available on the website. 220 speakers will present their research and experiences in around 57 sessions.

http://www.criminologysymposium.com/symposium/program.html

Budapest, Hungary, 4-7 September, 2013 

http://www.eurocrim2013.com/

ISOC 2013. Conference at the Brisbane Convention Centre on July 29-30 2013 The International Serious and Organised Crime conference 2013  will discuss current and future responses to transnational crime, with the overarching themes of future directions for law enforcement and organised crime, organised crime risks, and policing organised crime.

 https://www.etouches.com/ehome/ISOC2013/home/

14 Mar 2013 - Speakers: Mr. Joan Clos, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)    ...Read Morehttp://webtv.un.org/media/watch/presentation-of-the-outcome-statement-of-the-global-network-on-safer-cities-press-conference/2226423299001  

http://webtv.un.org/media/watch/presentation-of-the-outcome-statement-of-the-global-network-on-safer-cities-press-conference/2226423299001

http://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/Side-events/22nd_CCPCJ_Side_Event_Programme.pdf

1.    STOP the Killing of Women and Girls, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., 4/23/2013, M3

2.    Violence against Children in the Justice System, 1:30-3:00 p.m., 4/23/2013, M7

3.       Inculcating Justice in Future Generations by Building a Culture of Lawfulness, 1:10-3:00 p.m., 4/22/2013, Mozart Room, UN Restaurant

4.      Natural Resource Exploitation and Violence, 1:10 – 2:00 p.m., 4/24/2013, MOE79

5.    Women in Central Asia, 2:10-3:00 p.m., 4/24/2013, M3

6.    Tackling environmental crimes: from research to policy change, 02:10 – 03:00 p.m., 4/25/2013, M7

7.       Solitary Confinement and the Challenges of Humane Forms of Punishment, 09:00 – 10:00 a.m., 4/24/2013, M7

8.    Anticorruption Compliance Programme for Local Governments, 1:10-2:00 p.m., 4/26/2013, Conference Room MOE100

22 – 26 April, 2013, Vienna International Center 

Side-events on topics ranging from femicide to environmental crimes, solitary confinement and many others!

Commission on C

Side-events on topics ranging from femicide to environmental crimes, solitary confinement and many others!  

rime Prevention andce

© European Union, 2013

Theme: Population and social conditions

Collection: Methodologies and Working papers

This Trafficking in Human Beings Report was prepared by Gert Bogers (DG Home Affairs), Athina

Karvounaraki (DG Home Affairs), Steve Clarke (Eurostat) and the late Cynthia Tavares (Sogeti Luxembourg S.A.). The indicators used in this report were developed in consultation with the Eurostat Working Group on Crime Statistics, the DG Home Affairs Group of Experts on the Policy Needs of Data on Crime and Criminal Justice and the Informal Network of National Rapporteurs or Equivalent Mechanisms. Finally, the European Commission is grateful to the different services and organisations in each country that were able to provide the data and methodological information

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-is-new/news/news/2013/docs/20130415_thb_stats_report_en.pdf 

Council of State Governments Justice Center 

April 11, 2013

The annual Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards are sponsored by the heads of Australian governments and members of the Standing Council on Police and Emergency Management as a joint Australian Government, state and territory initiative. They include monetary awards totaling up to $130,000 and are presented to a number of categories, including national winners and meritorious police projects.

The awards reward good practice in the prevention or reduction of violence and other types of crimes in Australia, to encourage public initiatives and to assist governments in identifying and developing practical projects that will reduce violence and other types of crime in the community. Projects may address specific groups such as rural and remote communities, women, children, youth or the family, or specific problems such as alcohol-related violence. An award may also be available for initiatives of great merit or for outstanding projects that have recently ceased operation.

These awards are primarily designed to recognise community led crime prevention activities. 

http://aic.gov.au/crime_community/acvpa.html 

This 1-day course explores the use of theoretically robust techniques for predicting where and when crime is likely to occur in the future. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jdi/short-courses/Predictive-mapping 

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jdi/short-courses/Predictive-mappinghttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/jdi/short-courses/Predictive-mapping 

APRIL 30TH 2013 IS THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINEfor University College London's MSc in Countering Organised Crime and Terrorism (COCT), MSc in Crime Science and the new MSc in Crime and Forensic Science. There are 14 Bursary scholarships on offer for these courses. (Please pass this email on to others who may benefit.) 

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/scs/pg-taught

 Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Time:2:00-3:30 p.m. ET

Council of State Governments Justice Center

"This webinar will discuss how jurisdictions can create strong foundations for effective connections to community treatment through a comprehensive reentry process. The webinar will also address the important role that family involvement and support can play in a recovering persons transition from incarceration to the community."

The European Organisation for Probation

Read more:

http://www.cep-probation.org/uploaded_files/Latest_CEP_Newsletter.pdf

Authors: Professor Manuel Eisner (Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge) and Professor Tina Malti (Department of Psychology, University of Toronto)

This Science Position Paper has been prepared under the responsibility of the Standing Committee for the Social Sciences (SCSS)

The objective of European Science Foundation (ESF) Science Position Papers is to provide evidence-based foresight and advice on science, research infrastructure and science policy issues of European significance to underpin decisions on strategic directions and priorities. Special attention is paid to promoting Europe’s ability to open up new research areas.

Science Position Paper: http://www.esf.org/fileadmin/links/Social/Publications/violence_prevention_adol.pdf