International News
Regulating the Prison Population: Experiences from a Long-term Policy in Finland by Tapio Lappi-Seppälä
18th March 1998
Presentation delivered at the Beyond Prisons International Symposium, sponsored by the Correctional Service of Canada. March 15-18, 1998, Kingston, Ontario.
Criminal Victimisation in eleven Industrialised Countries: Key findings from the 1996 International Crime Victims Survey
1st December 1997
by Pat Mayhew & Jan .J.M.van Dijk. (1997).\ The Hague: Ministry of Justice, WODC
"Mandatory Drug Testing in Prisons" by Morag MacDonald
30th January 1997
Research report on Britain's mandatory drug testing programme concludes it to be "counterproductive". Published by the Centre for Research into Quality, University of Central England in Birmingham.
Crime and Civilization: An Interview with Nils Christie
12th August 1996
For Nils Christie the way in which a society delivers pain to its wrongdoers is the measure of civilization. He is a long-time critic of the "lock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key" approach to law and order that is now filling up prisons on both sides of the Atlantic. Christie has been an important influence on both Scandinavian prison policy and on prison reformers around the world. He spoke to Richard Swift in the August 1996 issue of New Internationalist Magazine.
HIV/AIDS in Youth Custody Settings: A Comprehensive Strategy
18th June 1996
Excellent Canadian policy document on HIV/AIDS in prisons. Published by Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (www.pasan.org).
UNAIDS Point of View: Prison and AIDS
2nd May 1996
© Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
WHO guidelines on HIV infection and AIDS in prisons
16th February 1994
Published by the World Health Organisation Global Programme on AIDS.© Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
HIV/AIDS in Prison Systems: A Comprehensive Strategy
17th June 1992
Excellent Canadian policy document on HIV/AIDS in prisons. Published by Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (www.pasan.org).
United Nations Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
14th December 1990
Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990
