International Society for Criminology

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The International Society for Criminology (ISC) is the worldwide organization in the field of criminology and criminal justice.

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The International Society for Criminology (ISC) was founded in Rome, Italy in 1938. It is the only worldwide organization in the field of criminology and criminal justice. Its objective is to support activities and research designed to produce a better understanding of the crime phenomenon on an international scale. The Society promotes the prevention of crime as well along with improving the procedures used by the various criminal justice systems. Its activities, therefore, focus both on scientific and practical issues.

The International Society for Criminology is a non-governmental organization and many of its members occupy senior positions in their countries and in international institutions. The Society enjoys advisory status at the United Nations and the Council of Europe, and participates in UNESCO’s work. The International Society for Criminology is one of the most active and influential scholarly associations at the forefront in addressing the challenges and problems posed by crime and deviance and in finding solutions that also fully respect human rights and democratic values. The World Congresses of Criminology have been held under the auspices of the International Society of Criminology, since 1938. In this century, congresses were held in Rio de Janeiro (2003), Philadelphia (2005), Barcelona (2008), Kobe, Japan (2011) and Monterrey, Mexico (2014). All were successful, heavily attended, and well covered by the media.

The ISC publishes the International Annals of Criminology on an annual basis, organizes World Congresses of Criminology every three years, as well as International Courses in Criminology on a regular basis.

The last World Congress, was held in August 2014 in Monterrey, Mexico and focused on gangs, trafficking and insecurity. The 2014 edition of the International Annals of Criminology will contain a wide range of papers from the plenary speeches at the Monterrey conference. The last International Course in Criminology was organised in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2011 and dealt with the origins of restorative justice and its fields of application.