British Journal of
Criminology Publishes articles written by academics and
researchers working in the field of criminology.
Casetrack (Law) Casetrack is the
definitive source of full text judgements on the Internet.
Centre for Crime and
Justice Studies Non-partisan body - aims to foster inter-agency and
inter-disciplinary collaboration in the field of education, training and
research and in the administration of criminal justice
Centre
for Criminal Justice Studies Based at the University of Leeds, the Centre
was established to pursue research into criminal justice systems and
criminological issues. It does this by fostering an active
multi-disciplinary academic environment for teaching and research.
Centre for Drug Misuse
Research The University of Glasgow Centre for Drug Misuse Research was
created in 1994 to provide a centre for research into various topics related to
drugs misuse. The website also includes pages of current projects,
publications and useful links.
Centre for Social
Action National centre for youth work and social work research,
information and in-service training. The website provides useful information for
social workers and those working with young people. A number of publications are
available from the organisation.
City Watch - Leicester
Against Crime The website for the partnership between local businesses
and the Police encouraging information sharing and crime reduction in the
Leicester City area.
Criminal Justice
Press The Criminal Justice Press is an independent publisher specialising
in books and journals for criminologists, criminal justice system professionals,
libraries and students.
Criminology
Courses The British Society of Criminology's website also has a list of
and links to criminology courses in UK universities.
CrimLinks Criminal and community
justice and criminology are expanding fast. There is huge demand for information
in these areas. CrimLinks helps practitioners, academics and students find key
online sources quickly.
Demos An
independent think-tank and research institute, influential in government
circles. Its role is to help reinvigorate public policy and political thinking
and to develop radical solutions to long term problems.
Economic and Social Research
Council A leading British funding agency for research and training into
social and economic issues. Findings of research can be accessed from the
website, which also has good links.
The ESRC Social Contexts of Pathways in
Crime SCoPiC (the study of the social contexts of pathways into crime) is
a five-year ESRC-funded research programme which aims to achieve a better
understanding of how young people become involved in crime.
Foresight Crime Prevention
Panel Produced a consultation document entitled 'Just around the Corner'
that tries to predict what the major crime problems will be in 2020. A
consultation document is available free.
Lexis - Nexis
(Law) LEXIS-NEXIS provide one of the world's largest collection of news,
legal and business information online. It is a source of business intelligence,
serving the information needs of over 1.8 million business, legal, government,
media and academic professionals in more than 60 countries.
Policy Studies Institute (PSI) A
leading British social and economic research institute. Undertakes and publishes
research studies relevant to social, economic and industrial policy.
Life Academy is an
educational charity, which has been working with the DfES on an initiative called Learn About
Money. Its objective is to address the need for basic financial education.
PRA offer a set of educational materials (Workbooks, CDROMs, Web Site) to enable people to gain access to basic
financial money matters and to increase their understanding. It also aims to
help offenders return to society by increasing their awareness and confidence in
handling basic money matters.
Regard Helps you locate and explore
social science research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC).
WestLaw Westlaw UK is the most
up-to-date online legal research tool available. Data from essential sources is
combined to meet the needs of the modern practice, providing fresh information
from the UK, Europe and the United States.
