Administration of Justice Practices
      - Judiciary
      - Legislature
Public Prosecution
      - Role, Status and Independence of Public Prosecution
      - Automation / Computerization of their Working Systems
Human Rights
      - Accused, Offender, Prisoner
      - Children, Juveniles
      - Women
      - Minorities, Refugees, Non-Citizens
      - Humanitarian Law
      - Prevention of Discrimination
      - Political, Civil, Economic, Social, Cultural Rights
Fighting Crimes
      - Investigation of Crimes
      - Prevention of Crimes
Types of Crimes
      - Fighting Corruption
      - Transparency Standards, Instruments
      - Organized Crime
      - Fighting Money Laundering
      - Financial Transparency
      - Terrorism
      - Cyber Crimes / Computer Crimes
      - Intellectual Property Crimes
       Crimes against Women
      - Juvenile Delinquency
      - Crimes against the Environment
      - Trafficking in Persons
      - Trafficking in Drugs
      - Trafficking in Arms, Weapons
      - Crimes against Humanity (Genocide, Torture…)
Rule of Law and Governance
      - Democratic Governance
      - Development
      - Peace, Security
      - Protection of Human Rights
      - Role of Public Prosecution and Specialized Institutions
      - Importance of Parliaments
      - Local Governance
Reform
      - Legal, Judicial Reform
      - Legislation, Constitutional Reforms
      - Political, Economic, Educational Reform
Gender
      - Issues Related to Gender
      - Women and Parliament
Victims
Witnesses
Civil Society

Crimes against Women

Women and Children – The Double Dividend of Gender Equality [ English ]
Author(s): . 2007
This report intends to provide a road map to accelerate progress towards gender equality and empowering women through education, financing, legislation, legislative quotas, engaging men and boys, women empowering women and improved research and data.

Community Attitudes to Violence Against Women Survey: A Full Technical Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 2006
This report presents the findings from a community survey, conducted on behalf of Vic Health in 2006. The survey aimed to gauge contemporary attitudes held by the community in Victoria toward violence against women, and to provide indicators of change in c

Gender and Crime Prevention: Where are we Now? [ English ]
Author(s): Margaret Shaw. 2006
The paper discusses the parallel streams of work on violence against women and women’s safety which have emerged over the past twenty or more years, and the more recent, and often misunderstood, concept of gender. It argues that there is a need to integrate.

Prosecutorial Decisions in Adult Sexual Assault Cases [ English ]
Author(s): . 2005
This paper reports on selected findings from an Australian study analyzing prosecutorial decisions made by DPP prosecutors in five jurisdictions: the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania.

Drugs and Crime: A Study of Incarcerated Female Offenders [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
This report highlights that risk factors for drug use among female offenders include early exposure to drug and alcohol problems by family members, incarceration as a juvenile, mental health problems, sexual and physical abuse, and use of prescription drugs.

Female Drug Use and Criminal Behavior [ English ]
Author(s): . 2004
This paper discusses risk factors common to women’s drug use and criminal activity.

Statistics on Women and the Criminal Justice System [ English ]
Author(s): Jessica Harris. 2003
This publication brings together the key results from recent research and statistics that focus on the treatment of women in the criminal justice system.

The Female Criminal: An Overview of Women’s Drug Use and Offending Behavior [ English ]
Author(s): . 2003
This paper outlines Australian and international research on the links between women’s drug use and their criminal behavior. It first describes the common risk factors for these activities, then reviews key data and research on women’s drug use and offending behavior.

Women’s Safety: Is there Progress in Putting Gender into Crime Prevention? [ English ]
Author(s): Margaret Shaw. 2002
This paper discusses what has been found so far in terms of crime prevention; what that tells us in terms of successful implementation; and what are the problems and challenges.

Classification of Women Offenders – A National Assessment of Current Practices [ English ]
Author(s): . 2001
This report presents the findings of a national assessment of state and federal practices for classifying women offenders conducted under the National Institute of Correction’s (NIC) Classification of Women Offenders Initiative.

Women Prisoners and Correctional Programs [ English ]
Author(s): Margaret Cameron. 2001
This paper discusses trends in the incarceration of women and intervention programs available to women in prison. The data demonstrate that incarceration rates for women have been increasing over the last decade and that women are often imprisoned for pro

Policing Domestic Violence – Barriers and Good Practices [ English ]
Author(s): . 2000
This paper discusses the barriers to effective policing, namely: inconsistent procedures within the courts and police standard operating procedures; lack of training for field officers and the common hierarchy including police prosecutors; continued low s

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1999 [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1999
This is the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women adopted by the General Assembly resolution A/54/4 on October 1999 and opened for signature on 10 December 1999.

Racial and Gender Discrimination in the Global Political Economy: Suppression of Trafficking and Promotion of the Sex Industry [ English ]
Author(s): . 1999
This paper attempts to study how racial and gender discrimination is surviving even when international criminality is institutionalized in the present global political economy, by taking the case of the recent deliberation at the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on a Draft Protocol to Combat International Trafficking in Women and Children supplementary to the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crimes.

Substance Abuse Treatment for Women Offenders – Guide to Promising Practices [ English ]
Author(s): Patricia A. Kassebaum. 1999
This report is intended for professionals from a wide range of disciplines who work with women involved in some aspect of the criminal justice system.

Women Offenders: Special Report [ English ]
Author(s): . 1999
This report presents statistics in women offenders

Women, Crime and an Informal Economy: Female Offending and Crime for Gain [ English ]
Author(s): Pamela Davies. 1999
This paper is about women, crime and rationality, the context is the criminal economy. The discussion seeks to critique and build upon the literature on the informal and criminal economies.

Women Offenders: Programming Needs and Promising Approaches [ English ]
Author(s): Merry Morash, Timothy S. Bynum, and Barbara A. Koons. 1998
This paper presents the results of an NIJ-sponsored survey of State level correctional administrators, prison and jail administrators, and program administrators to determine the special needs of incarcerated women in the areas of management, screening, a

Women’s Rights Handbook 1998 [ English ]
Author(s): . 1998
The handbook contains information concerning laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age and disability, as well as sex. Therefore, it will be useful to all persons concerned about fair and equal treatment in employment, eco

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, 1993 [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1993
This is the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women proclaimed by the General Assembly resolution 48/104 of December 1993.

Women and Crime: Imprisonment Issues [ English ]
Author(s): Patricia Weiser Easteal. 1992
This paper discusses the issues pertaining to women in prison and delivers some recommendations for the improvement of women’s conditions in prisons.

Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1967 [ English ][ Arabic ][ French ]
Author(s): . 1967
This is the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women which was proclaimed by the General Assembly Resolution 2263 (XXII) of 7 November 1967.

Factors Associated with Drug and Alcohol Dependency among Women in Prison [ English ]
Author(s): .
This paper suggest that early intervention with families of drug users is needed in order to break the intergenerational cycle of problem drug and alcohol use including alcohol dependency which is a more prevalent problem among Indigenous women prisoners.

Gender and Crime Prevention [ English ]
Author(s): Margaret Shaw.
This paper presents arguments for paying greater attention to gender differences related both to the promotion of good governance and democratic policy-making, as well as to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of crime prevention strategies and programs.

Homicide: Women as Offenders [ English ]
Author(s): Kenneth Polk.
The Purpose of this paper is to examine women as offenders in the act of homicide.

Hope Betrayed: An Analysis of Women Victims of Trafficking and their claims for Asylum [ English ]
Author(s): .
Hope Betrayed considers all the asylum claims made by women who were trafficked into the UK and subsequently supported by the POPPY Project from its inception in March 2003 until August 2005. The report provides the results and commentary on the asylum.

The Role of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in the Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases [ English ]
Author(s): Jenifer Markowitz.
This monograph will examine the basic components of the domestic violence medico- legal examination; the potential for using findings from the medico-legal examination in prosecutions; and the role of the prosecutor and other Sexual Assault Response Team

Women and the Criminal Justice System: Gender Matters [ English ]
Author(s): Meda Chesney-Lind.
This paper stresses the fact that gender issues pertaining to women should be taken into consideration in the criminal justice system because of the increasing number of women getting involved in the system.