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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge. We began in 1996 by archiving the Internet itself, a medium that was just beginning to grow in use. Like newspapers, the content published on the web was ephemeral - but unlike newspapers, no one was saving it. Today we have 28+ years of web history accessible through the Wayback Machine and we work with 1,200+ library and other partners through our Archive-It program to identify important web pages. As our web archive grew, so did our commitment to providing digital versions of other published works. Today our archive contains:

  • 835 billion web pages

  • 44 million books and texts

  • 15 million audio recordings (including 255,000 live concerts)

  • 10.6 million videos (including 2.6 million Television News programs)

  • 4.8 million images

  • 1 million software programs

Anyone with a free account can upload media to the Internet Archive. We work with thousands of partners globally to save copies of their work into special collections.

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PKP: Public Knowledge Projects

Public Knowledge Projects was formed out of the internet’s original promise of a greater democratization of knowledge in an Age of Information. Its members continue to develop tools that are bringing about more equitable global participation in, and partaking of, this form of knowledge. Our research also contributes to these very questions of how research and scholarship work in the world. Over the last two decades, we have seen this mission of increasing public access to carefully reviewed and vetted research grow in importance as a counterforce to the online rise of misinformation.

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Journal of Penal Law and Criminology.

Journal of Penal Law and Criminology. Journal of Penal Law and Criminology (Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi) is an open access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal published biannually in June and December. It has been an official publication of Istanbul University Faculty of Law, Criminal Law and Criminology Research and Practice Center. Journal of Penal Law and Criminology (Ceza Hukuku ve Kriminoloji Dergisi) focuses primarily on penal law and criminology, and also welcomes the articles on subjects related with crime and criminality. The journal aims to offer an international platform for exchange of knowledge and contribute to the field in all aspects with high quality content. Besides articles in Turkish, articles in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian are included within the journal. The target group of the journal consists of academicians, researchers, professionals, students, related professional and academic bodies and institutions.

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Journal of Social Policy Conferences

Journal of Social Policy Conferences. Istanbul UniversityPress. Journal of Social Policy Conferences is a peer-reviewed, biannual  journal that aims to publish theoretical and applied studies on labor economics, employee-employers relations, unemployment, poverty, social assistance, social services, social security, social insurance and all studies on the social, legal and economic aspects of working life as well as social policies regarding women, youth, elders and all disadvantageous groups.

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Rand Corporation.

Rand Corporation. RAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.

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WODC Repository.

WODC Repository. The WODC Repository is the online library of the Research and Data Centre (WODC). of the Netherlands. Articles are in Dutch and some in English, The WODC publishes all research reports and other publications in this library. Use the search box at the top to search for publications or use the menu to filter by publication date or author, for example. A help page is available for advanced use of the search function. If you have problems with the repository, please contact the WODC.

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The Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) -

Bristol University Press offers access to many open access articles and books from a variety of books and journals on their Open Access web site. Eg., The Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) - OPEN Access Journal. Justice, Power and Resistance --  We are pleased to announce an exciting addition to the Policy Press journals list for 2021: Justice, Power and Resistance (JPR). JPR is the journal of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control and is currently published by EG Press. We are delighted to be working together on the re-launch of the journal with Policy Press in September 2021.

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Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing is now fully open access

Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing is now fully open access!. From the annoucnement: “We are excited to announce that Cambridge Journal of Evidence-Based Policing became a fully open access (OA) journal as of January 2023. This means that all articles that are accepted for publication will be published in OA format, under an OA license. It will  be freely available to readers worldwide, enabling the widest possible dissemination and reuse. Publishing is not without costs, and as a 100% Gold Open Access publication, the journal levies a 2023 APC of £1890.00/$2780.00/€2190.00 for each article accepted for publication. Authors do not typically pay the fee themselves; multiple payment options exist. Authors whose articles are accepted are guided through a process to determine whether they're eligible for APC funding, but you may also research your eligibility before submitting or while your submission is under evaluation. Start by learning about Springer Nature's Open Choice program as well as our Compact Agreements with participating countries and institutions that cover open access costs for authors.  Our Open Access Support Portal is also a helpful resource.

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The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)

The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). The Spanish acronym is CEPAL- was established by Economic and Social Council resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948 and began to function that same year. The scope of the Commission's work was later broadened to include the countries of the Caribbean, and by resolution 1984/67 of 27 July 1984, the Economic Council decided to change its name to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); the Spanish acronym, CEPAL, remains unchanged. The site contains extensive statistical and justice related documents.

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Minnesota Department of Corrections

Minnesota Department of Corrections . At the Minnesota Department of Corrections, we work to transform lives for a safer Minnesota. With a focus on public safety, the well-being of approximately 4,200 employees, and the safety and security of the people committed to our custody, we prioritize strategies that hold people accountable for the offenses they commit while giving them the tools they need to succeed as they transition back to their communities. Our responsibilities and work are rooted in chapter 241 of Minnesota statutes. Under Minnesota law, we are responsible for the “care, custody, and rehabilitation” of anyone committed to the Commissioner by the courts. Our mission, structure, and work flow from this statutory directive.

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The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA

GIABA. An extensive collection and links to financial crimes. The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) is West Africa's regional body against money laundering, terrorist financing, and Proliferation Financing (ML/TF/PF). GIABA was formally established as a specialized institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) by the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS in December, 2000.

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BIOMED Central.

BIOMED Central. A wide range of books and articles, especially on gun violence. BMC has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals, sharing discoveries from research communities in science, technology, engineering and medicine. In 1999 we made high quality research open to everyone who needed to access it – and in making the open access model sustainable, we changed the world of academic publishing.

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The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society

British Journal of Criminology. Oxford Academic and Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society is one of the world's top criminology journals. It publishes work of the highest quality from around the world and across all areas of criminology.

BJC is a valuable resource for academics and researchers in crime, whether they be from criminology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, law, economics, politics or social work, and for professionals concerned with crime, law, criminal justice, politics, and penology. In addition to publishing peer-reviewed articles, BJC contains a substantial book review section.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. We are roughly 550 plus people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need.

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Australian Institute of Criminology

Australian Institute of Criminology . The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is Australia's national research and knowledge centre on crime and criminal justice. The Institute seeks to promote justice and reduce crime by undertaking and communicating evidence-based research to inform policy and practice.Contains a Series: Trends And Issues and a Range of Research Reports.

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NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.

NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. The Bureau is a statistical and research agency within the Department of Communities and Justice. It was established in 1969. Our aims are to:

  • identify factors that affect the distribution and frequency of crime;

  • identify factors that affect the effectiveness, efficiency or equity of the NSW criminal justice system;

  • ensure that information on these factors and on crime and justice trends is available and accessible to our clients.

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