Corrections

A Portal for Correctional Services
prisonportal.informatik.uni-bremen.de/index_en.html

This PrisonPortal offers information and experiences about the work in prisons to prison staff in order to facilitate and improve their work. The contributions are coming from practioners of various areas of the penitentiary system (prisons, administration) and and related services (e.g. probation) as well as from academics. "As a user of this system you are welcome to participate with your own contributions or comments to existing articles in order to improve this portal." In German and English.

The European Network on Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prison (ENDIPP)
www.endipp.net/

This site has an on-line publication library containing abstracts and full-text articles relating to drugs and epidemiology in prisons.

Conference Permanente Europeenne de la Probation - the CEP
www.cep-probation.org/

This European organization "works to promote the social inclusion of offenders through community sanctions and measures such as probation, community service, mediation and conciliation."  Members are statutory and voluntary organizations working in the area of probation.  The website includes reports of past workshops and conferences, and a schedule of upcoming events.

European Committee for Children of Imprisoned Parents
(EUROCHIPS)

www.eurochips.org/

EUROCHIPS is a European-wide initiative on behalf of children with an imprisoned parent seeking to boost awareness and achieve new ways of thinking, acting and interacting on issues concerning prisoners' children.  Site provides access to legislative documents relevant to the issue of children of imprisoned parents, facts and figures on imprisonment, and a bibliography of articles and books about prisoners and children of prisoners.

European Prison Education Association
www.epea.org

The EPEA aims to promote and develop education in prisons throughout Europe.  The site provides access to reports on research projects that emphasize the commonality in issues and trends emerging from European prison education.

Further Developments in the Prison System of Central and Eastern Europe: Achievements, problems, and objectives
www.heuni.fi/24705.htm

This is the second HEUNI study which focuses on developments in the prison systems and describes the progress made, and the problems faced, in implementing the international standards for the management of prisons and the treatment of prisoners in sixteen European countries. The present study implementing the international standards and the problems that obstruct such progress, but also of contributing to a better understanding of the successes achieved. This report places particular emphasis on that aspect and on the objectives that each prison administration has identified as of most importance. Suggestions are also made as to outstanding tasks that require attention in order that all prison systems may be as closely as possible in line with the internatinal European standards.

A Study of the Health Care Provision, Existing Drug Services and Strategies Operating in Prisons in Ten Countries from Central and Eastern Europe - 2005
www.heuni.fi/uploads/fa8rzz_1.pdf

The overall aims of the research were to: undertake a review of the services/initiatives operating in the area of health within two sample prisons in each of the countries; provide a report of the provision of services for drug-dependent prisoners in the ten countries; relate the provision of services to current Council of Europe and World Health Organization guidelines and to the national strategies operating in each country; promote awareness of the initiatives operating within the sample prisons and facilitate the sharing of best practice on the national and international level. The ten countries involved in the research were Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.


Corruption and Fraud

Anti-Corruption Gateway for Europe and Eurasia
www.nobribes.org

"The Anti-Corruption Gateway for Europe and Eurasia offers primary materials and direct links to major information sources for anti-corruption practitioners and analysts engaged in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. The Gateway serves as an easily accessible repository of anti-corruption project documentation, legislation, regional and international agreements, news, survey results, reports, and research."

Anti-Corruption Resource Centre - U4
www.u4.no/index.cfm

"Through this extensive online resource centre, we guide users to relevant anti-corruption resources, including our own applied research (Themes), and we communicate the work of the U4 partner agencies through a searchable database of projects and initiatives. We also offer a Help Desk service and provide online as well as in-country training on anti-corruption measures and strategies for partner agencies and their counterparts."

European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/index_en.html

"OLAF is an administrative investigative service of the European Union (EU) aimed at fighting fraud and corruption affecting the EU. By protecting the EU budget, OLAF works in the interest of European taxpayers. OLAF’s powers and tasks cover three main areas: investigations and coordination, intelligence and development of anti-fraud policy. OLAF is empowered to conduct administrative investigations but may also help Member States’ authorities by assisting them in their administrative or criminal investigations or by coordinating transnational cases."

Group of States  Against Corruption - GRECO
www.coe.int/t/dg1/Greco/


GRECO was established in 1999 by the Council of Europe to monitor States’ compliance with the organization’s anti-corruption standards. The site publishes the resolutions that led to the establishment of CRECO, the Statute of the CRECO, its Rules of Procedure, resolutions from 1999 and 2000, legal instruments related to the work of the organization and other associated texts. 


Crime Prevention

European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN)
www.eucpn.org/

Information on the different European crime prevention policies and practices.  Site covers all types of crime, especially juvenile, urban and drug-related crime.  Crime profiles from the EU member states and effective crime prevention practices at the EU-level are available.

European Designing Out Crime Association (E-DOCA)
www.e-doca.net

E-DOCA - the European chapter of ICA (the International CPTED Association) - is dedicated to safe communities and improving the quality of urban life by implementation, promotion, and further development of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and Designing Out Crime.  E-DOCA offers users access to a database of information, projects, articles and tools that may be useful when approaching projects.  The "What's New" section of the website provides access to upcoming conferences, recent publications, and new links of interest to the user.

European Forum For Urban Safety
www.urbansecurity.org/fesu/home.aspx

The Forum aims to present several projects to the European Union Commission in areas such as culture, safety, and crime prevention. There are links to the European Sourcebook 2003, and reports on a variety of topics.

Southeast Europe Cooperative Initiative: Regional Center for Combating Trans-Border Crime
www.secicenter.org/m105/Home

The SECI Center is an operational regional organization bringing together police and customs authorities from 12 member countries in Southeast Europe. Available on this site are reports on member nations, as well as publications from various task forces. In English.


Drugs & Alcohol

The Electronic Library of the National Documentation Centre on Drug Use (NDC)
www.ndc.hrb.ie/searchelec.php?msel=2

The NDC contains bibliographic records and full text of Irish research and policy documents.  The NDC database also contains bibliographic records of the NDC library’s book collection. You can search the database using free text (simple search) or by specific fields (advanced search).


ESPAD : European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
www.espad.org/index.html

The purpose of the ESPAD project is to collect comparable data on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs use among students in as many European countries as possible.  Findings are presented for each country represented in the survey.


Eurasian Harm Reduction Network - EHRN
www.harm-reduction.org/

"The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) is a regional network with a mission to support, develop, and advocate for harm reduction approaches in the field of drugs, HIV/AIDS, public health, and social exclusion by following the principles of humanism, tolerance, partnership, and respect for human rights and freedoms." The EHRN's geographical focus includes Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA), which consists of 6 sub-regions: Balkans, the Baltics, Central Europe, European Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Caucasus and Central Asia. PDF versions (English and Russian) of major publications are available to download.

Eurocare: European Alcohol Policy Alliance
www.eurocare.org/

EUROCARE was formed in 1990 as an alliance of voluntary and non-governmental organisations representing a diversity of views and cultural attitudes and concerned with the impact of the European Union on alcohol policy in Member States.  The website contains a number of publications related to the use of alcohol related issues.


European Cities Against Drugs (ECAD)

www.ecad.net

The ECAD member cities work to develop initiatives and efforts against drug abuse.  The organization supports the United Nations Conventions which oppose legalization.  The website includes information on upcoming conferences, conference papers, newsletters, reports, and links to relevant European organizations.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

www.emcdda.eu.int/

The EMCDDA is the central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe.  The site provides information about the EMCDDA and provides access to reports on a number of issues relating to drugs and addiction throughout Europe.

The Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research (NAD)
www.nad.fi/index.php

"NAD was established in 1978 to promote interdisciplinary cooperation in alcohol and drug research as well as in research concerned with other addictive substances. The main focus is on research within the social sciences, including social medicine and social psychiatry."  The website includes downloadable publications of the agency.



Human Rights

Council of Europe, Directorate of Human Rights
www.humanrights.coe.int/Intro/eng/GENERAL/welc2dir.htm

The Directorate General of Human Rights provides secretarial support for bodies established under the European Social Charter, the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and for the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance.

Council of Europe, Human Rights Web
www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/

Includes information on the Council's activities in the field of human rights, as well as links to other related sites.

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

www.cpt.coe.int/en/

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) was founded to protect the helpless from such mistreatment. This site includes news, press releases, and more. Most documents are available in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format for free, though some affiliated organizations require payment for their publications.

European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)
www.eumc.eu.int/fra/index.php

The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia's (EUMC) objective is to provide the relevant institutions and authorities of the Community and its Member States when implementing Community law with assistance and expertise relating to fundamental rights in order to support them when they take measures or formulate courses of action within their respective spheres of competence to fully respect fundamental rights. Publications, documentation and links are available on this website. In English, French and German.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
fra.europa.eu/fra/index.php

Formerly known as the European Monitoring Centre Racism and Xenophobia, the FRA was established on Feb. 15, 2007 and is charged with providing relevant institutions and authorities with assistance and expertise relating to fundamental rights.  Its tasks include the following: information and data collection., research and analysis; advice to European Union institutions and Member States; and cooperation with civil  society and awareness-raising.  The website includes a number of publications and a useful section of relevant links.

La Strada International: European Network against Trafficking in Human Beings
www.lastradainternational.org/

The International La Strada Association is a network of nine independent human rights NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine. It aims to prevent trafficking in human beings, with a focus on women in Central and Eastern Europe. It contains a searchable database holding a wide variety of background documents, legislation and opinion pieces on trafficking in human beings and related human rights issues.

Police & Human Rights Programme, Council of Europe
www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Police

Includes video clips and publications, and information about policing and human rights in Europe.


Juvenile Justice

Child Abuse and Neglect in Eastern Europe
www.canee.net/index/


"canee.net" is an interactive center for professionals working in the field of child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment in Eastern Europe, including issues of sexual abuse, physical abuse, commercial exploitation, children in institutions, street children and child exploitation on the Internet.  The Website's Resource Center includes a library of articles, reports, and legal acts relevant to child abuse issues in Eastern European countries.

Child Center for Children at Risk in the Baltic Sea Region
www.childcentre.info/


The Child Centre is the web support of a regional cooperation to raise the level of knowledge and to coordinate the activities targeting children at risk in the Baltic Sea Region. The five areas prioritised in the co-operation are: Child sexual abuse and exploitation, children in the street, children in institutions, young perpetrators of crimes and child trafficking and unaccompanied children. The Child Centre is a part of the Children's Unit within the secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States that includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, the Russian Federation and Sweden.

European Forum on Juvenile Justice
www.eurojuvjustice.org/en.html


The European Forum on Juvenile Justice is a non-governmental organization which promotes the setting up of modern national juvenile justice systems through their adjustment to international standards and ongoing exchange of experience and best practices.  The website provides links to information on the juvenile justice systems on Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia, Albania, and Kazakhstan.

European Youth Forum

www.youthforum.org/en/


This international non-governmental organization works to serve the needs of youth throughout Europe. The site includes links to youth-related sites and access to reports and policy statements.

Self-Reported Juvenile Delinquency in England and Wales, the Netherlands and Spain
www.heuni.fi/uploads/w7b3a69oec.pdf


The report is divided into ten chapters, each of which details a different aspect of the self-report questionnaire, which appears in the Appendix. Sample topics include drugs and alcohol, violence, property offenses, social reaction to antisocial behavior, and violence against objects. The tenth chapter consists of conclusions and research and policy recommendations.


Law & the Courts

The Court of Justice of the European Communities
curia.europa.eu/

This site provides detailed descriptions of the organization, duties, and procedures of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; numerical access to case-laws; and an annual report including statistics on the judicial activity of the Court of Justice.

European Court of Human Rights
www.echr.coe.int/

Courts website includes general information and historical background of the court, pending cases, case-law information, and basic texts.

European Judicial Network (EJN)
www.ejn-crimjust.europa.eu/

The European Judicial Network is an initiative of the Council of the European Union.  It aims to improve judicial co-operation between the Member States of the European Union, particularly in combating forms of serious crime.  The site includes various documents of legal instruments, as well as documents on judicial cooperation.  The documents are available in English or in French.

European Union: EUR-Lex
europa.eu.int/eur-lex

This portal provides "one stop shopping" access to European Union law. The goal of this site is to provide the most convenient access to the many sites and sources that comprise the totality of laws of nations within the European Union. First time users of the site must subscribe but access to the site is free; some optional features, however, are paid services. 

OSCE - LegislationOnline
www.legislationline.org/

The European Commission, in conjunction with the Organization for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE), has produced this free, searchable database of sample domestic legislation and international standards on selected human dimension issues. The database is searchable by topic or country. In English and Russian.


Organized & Transnational Crime

Council of Europe - Annual reports on organized crime situation in Europe

Annual reports including characteristics of groups involved in organized crime, criminal activities of those groups, places and regions of criminal activity, resources, use of violence, trends in organized crime and measures of organized crime. Each year is available in PDF format and contains different subsections.

Task Force on Organised Crime in the Baltic Sea Region
www.balticseataskforce.fi/

The Task Force on Organized Crime in the Baltic Sea Region was established as a response to the urgent need for direct and concerted action to combat organized crime.  The purpose of the Task Force is to strenghten the the ability to prevent and combat organized crime by setting up a close cooperation among law enforcement agencies in each country.  Information on corruption, environmental crime, foreign gangs, illegal migration, money laundering, narcotics, and trafficking in women is available.


Police & Law Enforcement

CEPOL (European Police College)
www.cepol.europa.eu/

Established as an agency of the EU and by the EU in 2005. CEPOL brings together senior police officers across Europe with the aim to encourage cross-border cooperation in the fight against crime, maintenance of public security and law and order. The Website includes knowledge and research and science resource databases with multiple documents available to download.

European Association of Airport and Seaport Police (EAASP)
www.eaasp.net/

EAASP is a forum for the professional organization members to share information.  Links to member forces are includede, as well as the publication "The Sentinel" in pdf format.

European Centre for the Study of Policing
www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history/policing/index.html

"The European Centre for the Study of Policing aims to promote and facilitate research into the history and practice of modern policing around the world (since c.1750), and to generate the exchange of ideas between academics and serving policemen. This is achieved via seminars, conferences, publications and the provision of specialist archive facilities...the Centre has research specialisms in the history of crime and policing in Europe, military law, and the history of colonial policing."

European Network of Policewomen (ENP)
www.enp.nl/

The European Network of Policewomen (ENP) is an online resource for collegues to facilitate change in regards to gender mainstreaming, the managment of diversity and the optimisation of the postiton of women in law enforcement. This website has links to publications and books, country information, and links to member countries. In English.

Europol (European Police Office)
www.europol.europa.eu/

Europol is the European Law Enforcement Organization which aims to improve the effectiveness and co-operation of the competent authorities in the Member States in preventing and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international organized crime.  Links to publications covering various types of crime are available in pdf format.

POLIS (Policing Online Information System)
polis.osce.org/

POLIS is an on-line resource centre for police and law enforcement officers, policy analysts, policy makers, evaluation experts, and donors in the field of policing and rule of law.  It is part of the Strategic Police Matters Unit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.  POLIS is a knowledge management tool created in response to the needs of the OSCE field operations staff involved in law enforcement activities.


Research & Statistics

Centre for Europe’s Children
www.childcentre.baltinfo.org/news/

Provides crime statistics for juveniles for a number of Eastern European and former Soviet countries.

European Crime and Safety Survey
unicri.it/wwd/analysis/icvs/publications.php

The European Crime and Safety Survey, a comprehensive measurement of EU inhabitants experience with crime and law enforcement, measures levels of victimization and perception of safety. This database is a link to mulitple publications including the survey, and analysis of survey data results.

Eurojust
eurojust.europa.eu/index.htm

Eurojust is a European Union body "set up to improve and facilitate cooperation at the judicial level among Member States on serious cross-board crime." The website provides information on the role and activities of Eurojust, as well as profiles of the national members.

European Group
www.europeangroup.org/

The European Group is a meeting place for academics, practitioners, and activists who share critical perspectives on crime, deviance and criminal justice and other social control institutions.

European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control – United Nations
www.heuni.fi/

The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI) is the European link in the network of institutes operating within the framework of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme.

European Urban Knowledge Network
www.eukn.org/eukn/

The European Knowledge Network (EUKN) is a network offering information on urban issues in Europe. Of particular interest to WCJLN users is the section titled "Security & crime prevention." This section includes such topics as "anti-crime policy," "crime prevention," "risk management," "sense of insecurity," and "tackling crime."


Terrorism

European Journal of International Law Discussion Forum: The Attack on the World Trade Center - Legal Responses
www.ejil.org/forum_WTC/index.html

This site provides links to commentary from legal scholars worldwide, offering opinions with regard to the legal characteristics of the attack, its implications, and the aftermath.


Victims of Crime

Child Centre for Children at Risk in the Baltic Sea Region
www.childcentre.baltinfo.org/

The Child Centre is the web support of a regional cooperation to raise the level of knowledge and to coordinate the activities targeting children at risk in the Baltic Sea Region.  The five areas prioritised in the cooperation are: child sexual abuse and exploitation; children in the street; children in institutions; young perpetrators of crimes; child trafficking; and unaccompanied children.  The Child Centre is a part of the Children's Unit witin the secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States that includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, the Russian Federation, and Sweden.

INTERVICT - Tilburg University
www.tilburguniversity.nl/intervict/

INTERVICT aims to develop and implement a large scale interdisciplinary research programme in order to make significant contributions to the body of international victimological knowledge. The interdisciplinary approach of the research programme ensures that proper research is performed into all aspects of victimization, which will ultimately contribute to preventing or reducing instances of criminal victimization across the world and to limiting the effects of such victimization on victims and their families including economic costs, pain and suffering.  The website includes links to the full text of recent reports, articles, and contributions to books by INTERVICT research studies.

Violence

CONNECT:
Tackling Violence in Schools on a European-wide Basis
www.gold.ac.uk/connect/

The European Community's CONNECT initiative sponsored a research project into school bullying, which ran from 2000 to 2002. The website provides reports and findings on on school violence for the member states of the European Community, along with planned intervention research and evaluations.