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Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Guidance for Vulnerable or Intimidated Witnesses, including Children: Government of Northern Ireland - UK (2010)

Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System:   United States Sentencing Commission - USA (2009)

Advocacy Handbook for the Non Governmental Organizations: The Council of Europe’s Cyber-Crime Convention 2001 and the additional protocol on the criminalization of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, An : Akdeniz, Yaman - University of Leeds - Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties - UK (2004)

Changing Face of Conditional Sentencing, The: Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2000)

Civil Legal Remedies for Crime Victims: Office for Victims of Crime - USA 

Code of Practice for Victims of Crime, The:   Office of Criminal Justice Reform - United Kingdom (2005)

Community-Based Sentencing: The Perspectives of Crime Victims: Roberts, Julian; Roach, Kent - Research and Statistics, Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2004)

Convention on Cybercrime: Council of Europe - ETS no.: 185 (2001)

Creating a Framework for the Wisdom of the Community: A Review of Victim Services in Nunavut, Northwest and Yukon Territories: Levan, Mary Beth - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2003)

Creating a New Criminal Justice System for the 21st Century:   Bureau of Justice Statistics - US Department of Justice - USA (2000)

Crime, Public Order and Human Rights: International Council on Human Rights Policy - UN (2003)

Crime that Offends the Conscience of Humanity: A Proposal to Reclassify Trafficking in Women as an International Crime, A: Tavakoli, Nina  - International Criminal Law Review 9 (2009) 77–98 - (2009)

Crime Victims as Witnesses to an Execution - A National Protocol:   Achilles, Mary - First National Symposium on Crime Victims as Witnesses to an Execution - USA (1998)

Crime Victim's Right To Be Present,The: Office for Victims of Crime Bulletin - USA (2002)

Critical Criminal Justice Issues:   American Society of Criminology - US Department of Justice - USA

Cutting crime: the case for justice reinvestment: Parlimentary report - UK (2009)

Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and “Honour”-Based Violence Sixth Report of Session 2007–08 Vol. 1: House of Commons - United Kingdom (2008)

Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage and “Honour”-Based Violence Sixth Report of Session 2007–08 Vol. 2 : House of Commons - United Kingdom (2008)

Draft UN Convention on Justice and Support for Victims of Crime, Abuse of Power and Terrorism:   World Society of Victimology, INTERVIC Tilburg University, the Netherlands. (2006)

Drug Court Model and Persistant DWI, The: Cissner, Amanda - The Center for Court Technology - USA (2009)

Effects of Federal Legislation on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Adams, William; Owens, Colleen; Small, Kevonne - Juvenille Justice Bulletin July 2010 - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - USA (2010)

Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime:    Casey, Louise - United Kingdom Home Office Crimes and Communites Review - United Kingdom (2008)

Facilitating psychological support for Family Law Court clients: The Mental Health Support Program: Witnish, Clare; Caruana, Catherine - Australian Family Relations Clearingshouse, Family Relationships Quarterly No.16 - Australia (2010)

Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Laws: Smith, Brenda - American University - Washington College of Law; American University - NIC/WCL Project on Addressing Prison Rape - USA (2009)

Good practices in legislation on violence against women: United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women - Office on Drugs and Crime - United Nations (2008)

Guidance to Faith-based and Community Organizations on Partnering with the Federal Government:  White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives - USA (2003)

Guide for Policy Makers: United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention - UN ODCCP (1999)

Guide to the Victims' Charter, A : Ministry of Justice - New Zealand (2009)

Guidelines on Justice for Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime:   International Bureau for Children's Rights (2003)

Hague Convention International Child Abduction Database: The International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT) was established with the object of making accessible many of the leading decisions taken by national courts in respect of the 1980 Hague Convention. INCADAT is used by judges, Central Authorities, legal practitioners, researchers and others interested in this rapidly developing branch of law.

Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors on Criminal Harassment, A :.pdf   Department of Justice Canada - Canada (1999)

Home Office National Plan for Domestic Violence 2005:  Home Office - United Kingdom (2005)

Home Office National Plan for Domestic Violence 2006:  Home Office - United Kingdom (2006)

Home Office National Plan for Domestic Violence 2007:  Home Office - United Kingdom (2007)

Home Office National Plan for Domestic Violence 2008:  Home Office - United Kingdom (2008)

How Jurors Make Decisions:Solomon, Samuel - DOAR - USA (2002)

Identities in Transition: Developing Better Transitional Justice Initiatives in Divided Societies: Paige Arthur - International Centre for Transnational Justice (2009)

Impact of the Rome Statute System on Victims and Affected Communities, The: International Criminal Court Victim Rights Working Group - ICC (2010)

Impediments to the Successful Investigation of Transnational High Tech Crime:   Smith, Russell - Trends and Issues in Criminal Justice  #285 October 2004 - Australia (2004)

Implementation of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime:    United Nations (2005)

Improving Access to Post-Conviction DNA Testing - A Policy Review : The Justice Project - USA (2009)

In Defense of Victim Impact Statements: Cassell, Paul - Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, Vol. 6, No. 611, 2009 - USA (2009)

Increasing Victim Safety and System Accountability: Evaluating a Collaborative Intervention Between Health Care and Criminal Justice, Final Technical Report:    Texas Women's University - USA (2003)

Introducing Expert Testimony to Explain Victim Behavior in Sexual and Domestic Violence Prosecutions: Office of Violence Against Women - National District Attorneys Association American Prosecutors Research Institute - USA (2007)

Justice Sector Afterthought: Witness Protection in Africa, The: Mahony, Chris - Institute for Security Studes - South Africa (2010)

Juveniles’ contact with the criminal justice system in Australia: Richards, Kelly - Australian Institute of Criminology - Australia (2009)

National Conference on Privacy, Technology and Criminal Justice Information:   SEARCH  The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics - USA (2001)

National Information Infrastructure and Copyright Law: DiTommaso, Dante G.;  Fleming, Matthew H.;   Lurie, Jonathan B.;  Morgan, Thomas H. - USA (1996).  This paper -- considered flawed by some sectors -- is the basis for many of the US laws/regulations dealing with copyright now in effect on the Internet.

Men Who Buy Sex: Who they buy and what they know: Farley, Melissa; Bindel, Julie, Golding, Jacqueline - Eaves - UK (2009)

Mentally Ill Offenders in the Criminal Justice System: an Analysis and Prescription: The Sentencing Project - USA (2002)

Policymaker's Guide to Hate Crimes, A:    Bureau of Justice Assistance - USA (1997) 

Prevalence of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking: Briefing to Congressional Committees:    United States Government General Accounting Office - USA (2006)

Privacy of Victims' counselling Communications: Legal Series Bulletin #8 - Office for Victims of Crime, US Department of Justice - USA (2002)

Prosecutorial Ethics and Victims’ Rights: The Prosecutor’s Duty of Neutrality:   Gershman, Bennett - Pace Law School - USA (2005)

Protection from Harassment Act: United Kingdom (1997)

Protecting Crime Victims in Federal Appellate Courts: The Need to Broadly Construe the Crime Victims' Rights Act's Mandamus Provisions: Cassel, Paul - Denver University Law Review, Vol. 87, 2010 - USA (2010)

Rape: The Victim Experience Review: Payne, Sara - UK Home Office - UK (2009)

Recommendations to the Eighth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute: International Federation for Human Rights - The Hague, 18-26 November 2009 Position Paper No. 14 - United Nations (2009)

Registering Harm: How sex offense registries fail youth and communities: Justice Policy Institute - USA (2009)

Resource Guidelines - Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases:   National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - USA (1995)

Restitution: Making it Work: Office for Victims of Crime - USA (2002)

Rights of Crime Victims--Does Legal Protection Make a Difference?, The: Kilpatrick, Dean G.;  Beatty, David;  Howley, Susan Smith - National Institute of Justice - USA (1998) 

Roundtable on Strategies to Address‘Crimes of Honour’: Summary Report:  CIMEL / INTERIGHTS - United Kingdom (2001)

Sentence Calculation: A Handbook for Judges, Lawyers and Correctional Officials: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada - Canada (2005)

Service Charter for Victims of Crime in South Africa: Ministry of Justice - South Africa

Specialist Domestic Violence Courts review 2007/08: Crown Prosecution Service - United Kingdom (2008)

Stalking Laws and Implementation Practices: A National Review for Policymakers and Practitioners: Miller, Neal; Nugent, Hugh - Institute for Law and Justice - USA (2002)

State of Sentencing 2008 Developments in Policy and Practice, The: King, Ryan - The Sentencing Project - USA (2009)

Strategic Framework for Access to Justice in the Federal Civil Justice System, Full Report: Australian Government Attorney-General's Report - Australia (2009)

Strategic Framework for Access to Justice in the Federal Civil Justice System, Guide to Future Action: Australian Government Attorney-General's Report - Australia (2009)

Strategies for Court Collaboration With Service Communities: Bureau of Justice Assistance - USA (2002)

Strengthening Antistalking Statutes: Office for Victims of Crime Bulletin - USA (2002)

Storming the Law Schools: The Next Phase in Victim Advocacy:    Sullivan, Steve - Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime - Canada (2006)

Summary Report on the Round Table on the Protection of Victims and Witnesses Appearing Before the International Criminal Court: International Criminal Court (2009)

Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Adversarial Injustice: Questioning Limits: Carson, David - Western Criminology Review 4(2), 124-133 (2003) - USA (2003)

Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Girls: A Strategy: UK Home Office - UK (2009)

Understanding Community Justice Partnerships: Assessing the Capacity to Partner:   Roman, Catrina; Moore, Gretchen; Jenkins, Susan; Small, Kevonne - Urban Institute Justice Policy Center - USA (2002)

United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: U.N. Resolution 1998/21 on a worldwide standard of criminal justice and victim's rights.

VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants, The:     Catholic Legal Immigration Center - USA (2002)

Victim Empowerment And Community Participation: South African Law Commission

Victim Impact Statements at Sentencing : Judicial Experiences and Perceptions A Survey of Three Jurisdictions:   Roberts, Julian; Edgar, Allen - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2006)

Victim Input into Plea Agreements: Legal Series Bulletin #7 - Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice - USA (2002) 

Victim Participation and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Canadian Perspective: Wemmers, Jo-Anne - Presented at the Workshop on Victim Participation in Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Comparative Analysis March 8-9 2007 International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Onati, Spain - International Centre for Comparative Criminology - Université de Montréal - Canada (2007)

Victim Privacy and the Open Court Principle: Cameron, Jamie - Policy Centre for Victim Issues - Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2003)

Vienna Declaration on Crime and Justice:    Tenth United Nations Conference on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders Working Paper - United Nations (2000)

Violence Against Children - International Criminal Justice Norms and Strategies:   Skinnider, Eileen, LL.B. LL.M. - International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy - Canada

Voyeurism as a Criminal Offence: A Consultation Paper: Department of Justice Canada - Canada (2002)

Vulnerable Witnesses: Rights and Responsibilities: Moody, Sue - Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service - UK (2005)

What Does the World Spend on Criminal Justice?:  Farrell, Graham; Clark, Ken - European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control - United Nations (2004)

World Prison Population List: Walmsley, Roy - International Centre for Prison Studies - Kings College - UK (2009)