NCJ Number
163176
Date Published
1996
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This report contains information on the progress achieved through the activities conducted in 1995 by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, the affiliated regional institutes, and the associate institutes and centers, which together comprise the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice program network.
Abstract
In Economic and Social Council resolution 1992/22, section VI, adopted on the recommendation of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the Economic and Social Council determined that certain priority themes should guide the Commission's work in the development of a program for 1992-96. One priority is to address national and transnational crime, organized crime, economic crime, and the role of criminal law in the protection of the environment. Another priority is crime prevention in urban areas as well as juvenile and violent criminality. A third priority involves efficiency, fairness, and improvement in the management of criminal justice and related systems, with due emphasis on the strengthening of national capacities in developing countries for the regular collection, collation, analysis, and use of data in the development and implementation of appropriate policies. In this report, information is included for the first time on the activities of two new associate institutes of the program: the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Justice Department, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. A report on the Activities of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute encompasses its research and project activities, technical cooperation and advisory services, conferences and meetings, information dissemination and publication services, and resources. Similar information is provided for the activities of the affiliated regional institutes, as well as the associate institutes.