NCJ Number
57193
Date Published
1978
Length
289 pages
Annotation
PREPARED TO FACILITATE AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, THIS CATALOG LISTS AND SUMMARIZES PROJECTS BY MEMBER AND NONMEMBER NATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON CRIME PROBLEMS.
Abstract
CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS FROM THE FOLLOWING MEMBER STATES ARE OUTLINED: AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, DENMARK, FRANCE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, GREECE, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. ALSO INCLUDED ARE RESEARCH PROJECTS IN TWO NONMEMBER STATES, ISRAEL AND FINLAND. THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED FOR EACH PROJECT: (1) SUBJECT OF RESEARCH, (2) A BRIEF SUMMARY, (3) ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL UNDERTAKING THE RESEARCH, (4) PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE RESEARCH, (5) CORRESPONDENT, (6) SPONSORING AND COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS, (7) ORGANIZATION PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, (8) STARTING DATE, (9) EXPECTED DATE OF COMPLETION, AND (10) PUBLICATION INFORMATION. MOST OF THE PROJECTS WERE BEGUN IN 1978 WITH THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE SET FOR THE END OF 1979. SUBJECT MATTER COVERED INCLUDES STUDIES OF TORTURE VICTIMS, CRIMINALITY OF WOMEN, TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG ADDICTS, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND CRIMINALITY, POLICE TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE, SHOPLIFTING, URBAN CRIME, AND PRISON MANAGEMENT. FINALLY, THE LATEST INFORMATION IS GIVEN ON 26 PROJECTS REPORTED IN PREVIOUS BULLETINS. INDEXES BY SUBJECT, BY TYPE OF RESEARCH, AND BY COUNTRY COMPLETE THE TEXT. --IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. (WJR)