Korean Institute of Criminology
Research
Contents
Over 1,000 articles and papers, 800 Publications Since 1989
International Cooperation
2013 Research
1. About KIC
2. Organization
3. Major Activities
4. International Cooperation
Structural Organization
- 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice (2005, Bangkok) ->Virtual Forum against Cybercrime (VFAC) Project
- MOU with UNODC Regional Center for East Asia and the Pacific (2009, Bangkok)-> Towards AsiaJust Programme
2013 Research
Integrative Criminal Law Research Center
<The aim of VFAC>
Int’l Center for Criminal Justice
Crime Trends and Statistics Center
Library
Planning & Coordination Office
Academic Exchange
KIC has developed VFAC with the cooperation of UNODC in order
- to deliver technical assistance in Asian countries
-to provide training to law enforcement and judicial officials
-to build a network of researchers and experts for cybercrime research
-to act as a clearinghouse of research resources for the public
About KIC:
General Info
- MOU with 37 institutes and universities from 16 countries such as USA, Germany, Finland, Saudi Arabia, China, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam (2004~)
- 15th member of UNPNI of UNODC (2004)
- UNODC East Asia and the Pacific Regional Center (2009)
- The largest library in Korea in the field of crime, criminal justice and criminal law in Korea
- Over 70,000 publications
- 140 journals from 20 countries
- Online DBs
Major Activities
<Outcomes of VFAC>
- Established by the Ministry of Justice (1988), under the Office of the Prime Minister
- National research institute in crime & criminal justice in Korea
Seminar & Workshop
Research Network
Online-Training program
Publication
- Clearinghouse on cybercrime prevention
- Over 2700 cybercrime related news articles
- Over 150 cybercrime statistics worldwide
- 60 registered experts in VFAC
- KIC Research Series
- Korean Criminological Review (Journal)
- VFAC Review
- KIC Bulletin
- Technical assistance to law enforcement and judicial officials
- 120 hours of classes (Introductory/Advanced)
- MOU with 9 countries
- Over 165 trainees
- 12 th World Congress on Criminology (organized by KIC Seoul, 1998)
- UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and UNPNI Workshop of UNODC
- 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice(Bangkok)
- 12 th UN Congress on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice (Brazil)
- 4th Asian Criminological Society Annual Conference (2012)
- World Crime Forum- 1st Asian Regional Conference (2013)
<The aim of Towards AsiaJust>
-provide a regional framework to implement the culture of rule of law in East Asia and the Pacific to respond efficiently to transnational organized crime
Research Area
<Outcomes of Towards AsiaJust>
Organization
Corrections
Criminology & Criminal justice
75 researchers
20 administrators
- Probation & parole
- Institutional treatment
- Halfway treatment system
- Community corrections
- Amendment of prison law
5 practitioners
- Crime causes and processes
- Crime trends
- Criminological theories
- Crime statistics
- Victimization survey
- Crimes in minorities
- Forensics-crime profiling
- Juvenile delinquency
- KIC ‘s 5-year financial supports for Towards AsiaJust
- participated in High Level Prosecutor’s Meeting of ASEAN Workshop (2010),
Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Fighting Cybercrime(2011),
Senior-Level Workshop on Mutual Legal Assistance in East Asia and the Pacific(2012) and ARIN-AP(2013)
- PEP(Prosecutor Exchange Programme) : Exchanging judicial personnel from Thailand,
Lao PDR and Indonesia from 2011 until this year respectively.
- Management
- Human resources
- Budget plan
- Accounting
- Prosecutors
- Police officers
- Probation officers
- National election commission
Criminal Law
- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Criminal law
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Education
- Public administration
- Penal Code
- Criminal law reform
- Criminal procedure law
- Comparative law
- Sentencing guide
- Juvenile Act
- Review of legislation
Over $ 10 million budget per year
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