This website provides access to a digitised collection of pre-1923 piracy trials held by the Law Library of Congress in the United States. For each publication there is a catalogue record, brief title, the date of the trial and a link to the digital version of the full text book. The dates of the trials range from 1696 to 1904 and include trials that took place in a range of jurisdictions including Scotland, England, the United States and Canada.
Official website of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) a Directorate within the United Kingdom Home Office which ¶leads the work on counter-terrorism in the UK, working closely with the police and security services÷. The site has information about the work and responsibilities of the OSCT along with a full text copy of the counter terrorism strategy which can be freely downloaded.
The Crime and Justice Research Team provides research based advice to, and commissions research on behalf of, the Criminal Law Group, Police and Community Safety Group, Crown Office , and Scottish Court Service. Each researcher in the Team has specific areas of responsibility.
A Peer-reviewed full text online journal "Forensic Science Communications" dates from April 1999 (Vol. 1 No. 1) to April 2010 (Vol.12 No. 2). No longer published, but archive still available.
Website for a research centre established by Osgoode Hall Law School (York University, Ontario, Canada) and "focusing on three thematic pillars ¹ human rights, crime and security". The site offers information about the centre's research programme and publications supported by an online newsletter, provides access to an Organized Crime and Corruption Bibliographic Database, and publishes an HTML version of "Organized Crime in North America - a Bibliography" compiled by Stephen Schneider.
The International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy is an independent non-profit institute, officially affilated with the United Nations and based at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. The website contains publications, occasional papers and reports which can be ordered online or downloaded in PDF. The site gives details of the following programmes conducted by the Centre: Corrections Programme; China Programme; Transnational Organised Crime; UN Congress on Crime and International Criminal Court.
The Centre is "an independent charity at King's College London that informs and educates about all aspects of crime and the criminal justice system". CCJS publishes the 'British Journal of Criminology' and produces a quarterly magazine, 'Criminal Justice Matters' .The site provides online access to the centre's publications and a list of archived publications. There is an events diary listing forthcoming conferences, seminars and meetings on criminal justice; and a news section giving access to press releases, articles, and consultation responses.
The Counter Money Laundering website is a resource for professionals in law, banking and financial services. The site includes information about money laundering with sections on the history of money laundering, who launders money and why they do it, money laundering and the euro and the funding of terrorism. The site is maintained by Silkscreen Consulting, a money laundering and fraud prevention company providing training and consultancy.
Website of the Magistrates' Association, the organisation representing volunteer magistrates in the United Kingdom. The site gives details about the organisation, aims and activities of the Association which include training, liaising with other criminal justice agencies and producing publications such as the Magistrate magazine and the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines. Detailed information is given about becoming a magistrate and what the work involves. There is information about the Magistrates in the Community project and a section of the site is aimed at young people.
This section of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) website focuses on conventions for the protection of cultural heritage, including non-UNESCO conventions. Full-text treaties and their protocols; drafts; preparatory working documents from committees and diplomatic conferences; and information about state signatories are provided. Information is also available about current activities and forthcoming events. The site is in English, French and Spanish. Links to related websites are provided.
