Ladies and Gentlemen,
dear Colleagues!
As indicated in my last circular mail a couple of days ago, I today
will concentrate on sending you information about publications
available free of charge on the internet.
However, a few upcoming conferences deserve to be announced, too.
With best regards,
HANS-J: KERNER
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Hans-Juergen Kerner
Listserv Mananger, Criminology_CriminalJustice_News
Professor and Director, Institute of Criminology
University of Tuebingen
Sand 7, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
Phone: +49-7071-297 29 31 // Fax: +49-7071-29 51 04
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Homepage: http://www.ifk.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/
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I. Conferences in 2010
(1) 7-8 October 2010:
International Conference in Washington, D.C. on
"The Journey to Inclusion: US and EU Policies for Prisoner
Re-Entry".
Details can be found at:
http://www.cesi.org.uk/Events/Current_events/US_EOEF_2010
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(2) 21-22 October 2010: Seminar in Lisbon, Portugal on
"Victims of Terrorism in Europe"
This seminar will be organized following the activities of Project
PAX
(promoted by the Portuguese Association for Victim Support –
APAV),
co-financed by the European Commission - Programme Prevention of
and
Fight against Crime.
The Project PAX aims to:
• improve the support to Terrorism victims by promoting the
exchange of
knowledge, development of supporting abilities (psychosocial and
juridical) and of cooperation between the professionals and
organizations of victim support and national police forces (from
each
country taking part of the Project)
• contribute to the strengthening of the cooperation, promoting
the
development of networks or organizations that represent the
victims on
a European level.
This seminar will be organized in cooperation with the Network of
Associations of Victims of Terrorism (NAVT), a European
organization
that aims to stimulate transnational co-operation between
associations
of victims of terrorism and enhances the representation of
victims'
interests on the level of the European Union.
More Information
and registration:
www.apav.pt/pax
Contacts: Tel. (+351) 21 358 79 15 Email: [log in to unmask]
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II. Documents /
Publications Free of Charge
(1) Bureau of Justice Statistics, USA.
Releases
**** Alcohol and Crime: Data from 2002
to 2008
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2313
This webpage examines
alcohol-involved violent crime and
other types of violence. It
includes
analyses from four data sources: the National
Incident-Based
Reporting System (NIBRS), the National
Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS), the Survey of Inmates in State
and Federal
Correctional Facilities (SISFCF), and the Survey
of Inmates
in Local Jails (SILJ).
**** Federal Justice Statistics, 2007 - Statistical
Tables
Describes criminal case processing in the
federal justice
system, including arrest and booking through sentencing and
corrections. These
statistical tables present the number of suspects arrested and
booked by the
U.S. Marshals Service, suspects in matters investigated and
prosecuted by U.S.
attorneys, defendants adjudicated and sentenced in U.S. district
court, and
characteristics of federal prisoners and offenders under federal
supervision.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2196
**** Sexual Victimization in Prisons
and Jails Reported by
Inmates, 2008-09
Presents data from the National Inmate
Survey (NIS),
2008-09, conducted in 167 state and federal prisons, 286 local
jails, and 10
special correctional facilities (operated by U.S. Armed Forces,
Indian tribes,
or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) between
October 2008 and
December 2009, with a sample of 81,566 inmates ages 18 or older.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2202.
**** Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2007
Describes the specific medical conditions
causing deaths
in jails nationwide during an eight-year period.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2197.
**** "Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2007 - Statistical Tables"
Presents data on identity theft victimization reported by households from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). These statistical
tables provide 2007 data on rates and types of identity theft, as well as demographic characteristics of victimized households and their
monetary losses.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2294.
**** Jail Inmates at Midyear 2009 - Statistical Tables
Presents data on numbers of jails and jail inmates at midyear 2009 and
analyzes patterns of growth from 2000 through 20
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2195.
**** "Prison Inmates at Midyear 2009 - Statistical Tables"
Presents data on prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities on June 30, 2009, collected from the National
Prisoner Statistics series.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2200.
**** "Prisoners at Yearend 2009 - Advance Counts"
Presents data on prisoners under jurisdiction of federal or state correctional authorities on December 31, 2009, collected from the
National Prisoner Statistics series.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2272.
**** Women in Law Enforcement, 1987-2008
Presents data from the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative
Statistics (LEMAS) surveys, covering 1987 to 2007, and from the Census
of Federal Law Enforcement Officers (FLEO), from 1996 to 2008. This data
brief provides trends in the percent of law enforcement officers at the
local, state, and federal level who are women.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2274.
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(2) Australian Documents
*** Australian Institute of Criminology: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal justice no 398
Police-referred
restorative justice for juveniles in Australia
Kelly Richards
This preliminary paper provides an overview of the
legislative and policy context of restorative justice measures for
juveniles in each Australian state and territory, highlighting the
diverse characteristics of current restorative practices. Further,
it provides an indication of the numbers and characteristics of
juveniles who are referred by police to restorative justice measures
and the offence types for which they are most commonly referred.
*** Australian Bureau of Statistics
Report on a longitudinal study of prison releases:
An analysis of repeat imprisonment trends in Australia
using prisoner census data from 1994 to 2007
Jessica Zhang and Andrew Webster
This study used a longitudinal prisoner census dataset of 28,600 prisoners released between July 1994 and June 1997 to investigate two
broad topics: factors associated with, and rates of, and trends in the criminal career paths of prisoners with multiple prison episodes. This
cohort was studied for a minimum of 10 years and compared with prisoners released between 2001 and 2004.
ABS catalogue no. 1351.0.55.031
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****
Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Report on:
Factors which influence the sentencing of domestic violence offenders
* Link to media release
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/pages/bocsar_
mr_bb48
* Link to pdf report
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/bb48.
pdf/$file/bb48.pdf
**** Sentencing Advisory Council
Report on
Gender Differences in Sentencing Outcomes in the Victorian Courts.
The report examines the research literature and presents data from Victoria to consider differences in sentencing outcomes for men and
women. Data on police recorded offending and prison statistics are also included.
The report draws several conclusions that are consistent with other research:
* Women's offending tends to be less serious than men's offending, with women less likely to be involved in violent offences.
* Women are less likely to be sentenced to imprisonment and, when they are, women receive shorter terms in prison. Women are more likely
to receive a wholly suspended sentence or a community-based order.
* Women prisoners have less serious criminal histories than do men, with fewer prior convictions and less serious previous and current
offending.
* Women's sentences are shorter than men's as they are more likely to have a group of factors that can reduce sentence length: women are
more likely than men to have a history of mental illness, physical or sexual abuse in childhood or adulthood, and drug abuse.
The report is available free for download from the Council's website
<www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au>.
**** Australian Institute of Criminology
(Mis)perceptions
of crime in Australia
Brent Davis and Kym Dossetor
Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal
justice no 396
Public
concern about crime victimisation is one of a range of factors
that policymakers take into account when creating new criminal
offences, setting penalties and allocating resources for
policing and prosecution. This study reinforces earlier research
into perceptions of crime; that there are substantial
misperceptions of crime among the general public, both in terms
of the number of incidents and in perceptions of trends in
crime. This paper uses statistical modelling based on data taken
from the 2007 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes to examine
the relationship between gender, age, education and sources of
information on crime in the Australian context.
The publication can be found on the
AIC website: http://www.aic.gov.au/en/publications/current%20series/tandi/381-400/tandi396.aspx
**** Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Report on:
The impact of Criminal Case Conferencing
on early guilty pleas in the NSW District Criminal Court
Link to media release:
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/pages/bocsar_
mr_bb44
Link to pdf report:
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/bb44.
pdf/$file/bb44.pdf
**** NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Report on:
Comorbid substance and non-substance mental health disorders and re-offending among NSW prisoners
Summary: This research followed 1,208 NSW prisoners for 24 months following their
exit from prison.
After controlling for other factors (e.g. gender, age, Indigenous status, number of prior court appearances) the Bureau found no overall
difference in the risk of re-offending between those with no mental health disorder and those with (a) a substance abuse disorder only or
(b) a non-substance abuse disorder only. The risk of re-offending, however, was significantly higher for prisoners with a co-morbid
disorder, that is, those who had both a substance abuse disorder and a non-substance abuse disorder (e.g. anxiety, depression or a personality
disorder). After adjustment for demographic and criminal history characteristics, the rate of re-offending among prisoners who had
co-morbid substance and non-substance mental health disorders was 67 per cent, compared with 55 per cent among prisoners who had only a substance
disorder, 49 percent for those with a non-substance mental health disorder and 51 percent for those with no mental health disorder.
The research suggests that treatment for prisoners who have both mental health and drug problems could help reduce the risk of re-offending
Report:
http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/CJB140.pdf/$file/CJB140.pdf
Press release:
http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/pages/bocsar mr_cjb140
**** Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Report on:
Female offending: Has there been an increase?
The report shows that the number of female persons of interest proceeded against by police increased by 15% over the 10 years to June 2009; while
over the same period the number of male persons of interest was stable. The increase in female offending was particularly pronounced in the
offences of breach bail (up 14% per annum over the 10 years) and domestic violence related assault (up 12% per annum over the 10 years).
The increases do not necessarily signal an increase in crime but could alternatively reflect increased enforcement.
Media release:
http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/pages/bocsar_mr_bb46
Full report:
http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/BB46.pdf./$file/BB46.pdf
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(3) European Documents
**** European Sourcebook
of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics - 2010;
Fourth edition 2010
RDC - The HAGUE : Onderzoek en beleid, nr. 285
The fourth edition (2010) of the European Sourcebook has just been issued with the full text in English. The present document covers the
years of 2003-2006 for all areas. In-depth analysis is presented for the year 2006.
The basic structure of five chapters: offences and offenders known to the police, prosecutions, convictions and sentences, corrections
including non-custodial sanctions, and survey data - has been maintained.
Chapter 5 presents data from the International Victimisation Surveys conducted between 1989 and 2005. In addition, for the first time
information is included on self-reported delinquency among juveniles (aged 13-16) that was collected in 2006 during the second international
self-reported delinquency survey held in 17 European countries.
Go to:
http://english.wodc.nl/onderzoeksdatabase/european-sourcebook-4e-editie.aspx?cp=45&
The data presented will be available on www.europeansourcebook.org as well.
**** CESDIP, France
Maryse ESTERLE is teacher and researcher at the teacher’s
school (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres) of the
Université d’Artois and member of the CESDIP. Étienne DOUAT is
teacher and researcher at the Université de Poitiers (GRESCO [1]) and associate researcher at the CESDIP
for the present research project. This paper describes the
approach and main findings of an action research project on the
prevention of truancy and school dropout within the Académie de
Paris [2].
This action research project on the prevention of school
absenteeism and dropping out was first formulated during the
2006-2007 school year. It was conducted, under the patronage of
the Paris Académie, in those of Paris’ most affected schools
which agreed to participate. These high schools (liberal arts
and vocational) and junior high schools had been experiencing
repeated truancy among students, many of whom left school
without a degree. Some schools had already set up prevention or
remedial schemes.
[1] Groupe de Recherches et d’Études
Sociologiques de Centre Ouest.
[2] ESTERLE M., DOUAT É., 2007-2009, Recherche-action
autour de la lutte contre l’absentéisme et le décrochage
scolaire et pour le renforcement de l’assiduité des élèves,
Paris, Académie de Paris, GIP- FCIP, FSE. France is divided into
areas known as académies for educational administration
purposes.
Penal Issues special report is being available at:
http://www.cesdip.fr/IMG/pdf/PI_03_2010.pdf
***** Research and Documentation Centre, England and Wales
Statistics on Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)
administered in the
period 1 April 1999 to 31 December 2008 in England and Wales
These statistics are based on ASBOs issued after application either
by magistrates' courts (acting in their civil capacity) or by county
courts and
ASBOs issued following conviction for a criminal offence1 either by
magistrates' courts (acting in their criminal capacity) or the Crown
Court.
Number of ASBOs issued (in the period 1 April 1999 to 31 December
2008):
• In total 16,999 ASBOs have been issued over this period. (Table 1)
• The highest number of ASBOs issued in any calendar year was 4,122
in 2005. The number issued has declined in each subsequent
year and was 2,027 in 2008 – down from 2,299 in 2007 . (Table 1).
• Eighty-six percent of ASBOs have been issued to males (14,566
ASBOs were issued to males – 2,329 to females). (Table 2).
• Since 2004 more ASBOs have been issued following conviction for a
criminal offence than following an application. 64 percent of ASBOs
issued in 2008 were following conviction for a criminal offence.
(Table 3).
The document can be downloaded at
1. On the Home Office website:
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/antisocial1.html
2. The United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) website:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html
**** Swedish National Council of Crime Prevention, Stockholm
Systematic Review on:
-
Effectiveness of Interventions with Male Adult
Offenders
http://www.bra.se/extra/faq/?module_instance=2&action_question_show.525.0.=1
Systematic
Review on:
- Effectiveness of Programs to Improve
Self-Control:
http://www.bra.se/extra/faq/?module_instance=2&action_question_show.523.0.=1
- Crime victims’ contacts with the justice system
Summary in English:
http://www.bra.se/extra/measurepoint/?module_instance=4&name=Summary_Hate_crimes_2009.pdf&url=/dynamaster/file_archive/100819/f5301c2c8117cb8966a57c5dfad2df27/Summary%255fHate%255fcrimes%255f2009.pdf
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