Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Reform Resources

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Police Reform

Standards and Norms

• Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (General Assembly resolution 34/169, annex, of 17 December 1979) English 
• Guidelines for the Effective Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/61, annex, of 24 May 1989) English
• Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials (Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, 27 August - 7 September 1990) English

Publications

• UNODC Menu of Services - Police Reform - English, French, Spanish, Russian
• Introductory Handbook on Policing Urban Space English French Portuguese

• Training Manual on Policing Urban Space English, Spanish
• Handbook on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women English, Spanish, French
• Training Curriculum on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women English, Spanish, French
• Handbook on Civilian Private Security Services English, French, Spanish, Arabic 
• Handbook on Police Accountability, Oversight and Integrity English, Spanish
• Education for Justice - University Module Series – Police Accountability, Integrity and Oversight (Module 5) 
• Resource book on the use of force and firearms in law enforcement English

• Education for Justice - University Module Series – Use of Force and Firearms (Module 4) 

• Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit - Public Safety and Police Service Delivery English, Spanish, Russian, French
• Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit - The Integrity and Accountability of the Police English, Spanish, Russian, French
• Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit - Crime Investigation English, Spanish, Russian, French
• Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit - Police Information and Intelligence Systems English, Spanish, Russian, French
• Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit - Forensic services and infrastructure English

• Handbook on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women English, Spanish, French
• Training Curriculum on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women English, Spanish, French
• Training Programme on the Treatment of Child Victims and Child Witnesses of Crime - for Law Enforcement Officials English

Multimedia

Highlights from the Kyoto Crime Congress:

Improving efficiency and quality of investigations: Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigative Authorities Find out more here View the recording here

Ensuring Procedural Rights of Suspects at Police Custody Stage- Overview of Global Approaches View the recording here

Equal Access to Justice for All - Find out more here. View the recording here

Highlights from the 30th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice:

Accountable and Effective Law Enforcement – Use of force, independent investigative agencies and the role of civil society

Stepping up the UN system’s coordinated response to racial discrimination and protection of minorities: Towards effective, inclusive and equitable law enforcement and criminal justice systems

Evidence- and Human Rights-Based Police Reform: Building Public Trust and Equal Access to Justice English, Russian

Implementing the New Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigative Authorities – Towards Better and Fairer Administration of Justice

Highlights from the Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA)

Evidence- and human-rights based policing in Africa during and after a pandemic: police reform and oversight, use of force, public health responses to policing and decriminalisation of petty offences

Evidence- and human-rights based police reform: building public trust and equal access to justice: UNODC tools, services and programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean

eLearning Overview

Investigative Interviewing