Criminology

Crime and Social Control as Fields of Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences
Discusses the importance of qualitative methods for criminological studies.
http://qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-00/1-00loeschper-e.htm

Crime Mapping
Article about how crime mapping and analysis has been helping to reduce crime. Includes links to related resources.
http://gislounge.com/crime-mapping-gis-goes-mainstream/

Crime Prevention Analysis Lab (CPAL)
California State University, San Bernardino research center in environmental criminology. Describes methodologies, data analysis and crime mapping projects, research areas, and affiliations; also provides related links and event calendar.
http://cjrc.csusb.edu/CPAL/CPAL.html

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
Wikipedia article on this multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through environmental design, its history, strategies and effectiveness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_prevention_through_environmental_design

Crime-pics II
Fully validated questionnaire used for measuring changes in offenders' attitudes to crime and evaluating the effectiveness of rehabilitative interventions, adopted by the prison and probation services in the UK.
http://www.crime-pics.co.uk

Crimetheory.com
An educational resource for the learning, researching, and teaching of theoretical criminology.
http://www.crimetheory.com/

Criminal Profiling
Research, articles, news and information on profiling, victimology, forensics, and behavioral science.
http://www.criminalprofiling.com/

Criminal Profiling
The Crime Library provides a number of articles on criminals, analyzing their ways and habits to provide insight into their criminal tendencies.
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/profiling/

Criminal Profiling Research
Features information about scientific research and resources dealing with profiling.
http://www.criminalprofiling.ch/

Criminal Psychology
The Crime Library provides a number of articles about crimes and their perpetrators.
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/psychology/

Deviance & Criminology
Discusses the sociology of deviance, criminal and non-criminal deviance, and related theories. Includes links to similar content.
http://ryoung001.homestead.com/Deviance.html

Environmental Criminology Research
Focuses on geographic profiling, which uses sophisticated computer software to determine the most likely area of offender residence in cases of serial murder, rape and arson.
http://www.ecricanada.com/

International Crime Victims Survey
Standardized surveys regarding household experience with crime, policing, and crime prevention. Methodology and key data is available.
http://rechten.uvt.nl/icvs/

John Walker Crime Trends Analysis
Consultancy service developing criminal justice forecasting and strategic planning models that can improve the focus and efficiency of police, courts, crime prevention and financial regulatory agencies.
http://www.johnwalkercrimetrendsanalysis.com.au

Korean Institute of Criminology
Assists in policy formulation by analyzing the current state of crime phenomena, conducts scientific studies, and contributes to public education through publication of the results of research projects.
http://www.kic.re.kr/

Matthew G. Yeager, Criminologist
Specializes in alternatives to imprisonment, parole planning, alternative sentencing, Client Specific Planning (CSP), treatment, and community corrections for the prison-bound offender.
http://www.cyberus.ca/~myeager/

The Redwood Highway
Provides an extensive list of web links dealing with crime, criminology, law and criminal justice.
http://www.sonoma.edu/cja/info/

Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology
Furthers criminological research within member countries, and advises the Scandinavian governments and the Nordic Council on related issues. Includes information about the council, publications and links.
http://www.nsfk.org/

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Center (UNICRI)
Organization created to advance policy and practice in the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency and adult criminality. Includes a collection of global criminology resources.
http://www.unicri.it/

Virtual Center for Epidemiological Criminology
Combines public health and criminal justice concerns. Issues such as drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, human trafficking and global warming are examined from a critical scientific viewpoint.
http://www.freewebs.com/vcec/