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UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
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The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) was established in 1967 to support countries in the field of crime prevention and justice administration.
UNICRI supports international organizations, national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, educational and academic institutions through research and analysis, technical cooperation, training programs, exchange of information and advisory services. UNICRI works in close relationship with relevant UN agencies and bodies.
UNICRI is based in Turin, Italy.
Documentation
The UNICRI official web site provides background information, news, full text documents and reports.
A summary of the work of United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute for a given year with references to essential documents can be accessed through the Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Three, Economic and Social Questions, Social policy, crime prevention and human resource development. A complete collection of yearbooks is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
Databases and Indexes
UNICRI publishes World Criminological Directory, It is a database containing almost 500 institutions worldwide working in the field of criminology and criminal justice.
Documents and publications can be retrieved through the UNICRI Documentation Centre Collection Catalogue available online at the UNICRI official web site.
References to UNICRI documents and reports from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years can be accessed through the United Nations online catalogue - UNBISnet.