United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
- United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute – commonly known as UNICRI - is one of the 5 global Research and Training Institutes of the United Nations which report to the UN Secretary General [UN structure chart http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart_en.pdf] [CLARK, (1989), Human Rights and the U.N. Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 506: 68-84] . It's main headquerters are located in Turin, Italy.
As specified by its motto, ‘Advancing Security, Serving Justice, Building Peace’, the aim of the Institute is to contribute to the formulation and implementation of sound security, crime prevention and criminal justice policies [The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control affiliated with the United Nations http://www.heuni.fi/12600.htm] .
The Institute carries out its activities as a ‘first response broker’ through three main units: Justice Reform; Anti-human trafficking and Emerging Crimes; and the Security Governance/Counter-Terrorism Laboratory [ [UNICRI website - www.unicri.it] ] .
Within this framework, UNICRI carries out ‘applied research and technical cooperation’ [UNICRI website - www.unicri.it] [Action Oriented Research: Strategies for Engaged Scholarship - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/jomf/2005/00000067/00000004/art00012] . Examples of UNICRI’s activities include the following: studying major patterns in crime [South Africa's Position in Africa's Crime Rankings - http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/asr/9No4/Schonteich.html] ; contribution to improved policy research [Home Office United Kingdom, International Websites http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ERORecords/HO/415/1/crimprev/intadvice.htm] ; analysis of international and national criminal justice strategies; and the establishment of national and international networks of information exchange in the field of counter-terrorism and security strategies [UNICRI International Permanent Observatory on Security During Major Events - http://www.unicri-ipo.org/index.php?module=CMpro&func=viewpage&pageid=19] ; and general training activities aimed at providing the highest calibre of law enforcement personnel and judicial practitioners.
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