Useful current awareness tool. Get details of articles from over 100 criminology journals delivered to your email

UN Women project. Includes legislation, regulations, national policy documents, case studies of good practice, national and international statistics and full text research papers.

Longstanding collaborative project to try and obtain comparable data across countries by using standardised questionnaires. Surveys began in 1987 and are carried out approximately every 5 years. The initial focus on European countries has been extended to include other nations. Data in SPSS format

Network of researchers with useful links to websites and publications around the world

Originally focused on European countries, but now based at Northeastern University in the US and including a wider range of countries. At intervals of several years (or more) ISRD collects data on juvenile delinquency and victimization from comparable samples. It uses a standardized self-report survey conducted among students aged 12-16, randomly selected from schools in two medium or large cities.

Major organisation active across many areas. Includes UNODC Human Trafficking Case Law database and Global report on trafficking in persons.

Established in 2011 the Center provides data & publications on death penalty laws and practices around the world & engages in some advocacy & litigation work

Project started by a few UK lawyers, now working on cases in many countries to oppose use of the death penalty. Publications freely available

Maintains a Worldwide Database of country by country information.

Forum for information and commentary about restorative justice worldwide (last updated Dec. 2016).

Project supported by the International Police Science Association, attempts to rank the effectiveness of police forces around the world

Handy statistical summary for countries worldwide, compiled by Roy Walmsley at the International Centre for Prison Studies.