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Fourth Conference of World Crim. Justice Library Network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis C. Benamati)
Wed Nov 26 20:11:10 1997
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 13:17:22 -0600
From: "Dennis C. Benamati" <Dennis.Benamati@Marist.edu>
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Fourth Conference of the World Criminal Justice Library Network
Governments as Providers of Criminal Justice Information
19 to 21 October 1997
Madison Hotel
Washington, DC
Fifty-seven representatives from 17 countries and three international
organizations met at the Madison Hotel in Washington, DC from 19 to 21
October 1997 for the Fourth Conference of the World Criminal Justice
Library Network. Prior meetings were held in Newark, NJ (1991),
Siracusa, Italy (1993), and Villigen-Schwennigen, Germany (1995).
This year s meeting was hosted by the U.S. National Institute of Justice
and opened with remarks from Mr. Jeremy Travis, Director of the NIJ. The
theme of the conference was Governments as Providers of Criminal
Justice Information.
Eighteen papers presented by participants covered government research
and the publication of criminal justice information in Sweden by Tomas
Christiansson, New Zealand by Elizabeth Buckley, Spain by Francese
Guillen, Denmark by M. Rie Iversen, Korea by Jin-Sup Jung, Finland by
Jouko Kilpelainen, Great Britain by Helen Krarup, Canada by Cathy
Matthews, Australia by John Myrtle, France by Jean Claude Salomon,
Hungary by Irene Sarkozi, Taiwan by Jim Sheu, Slovenia by Ivanka Sket,
Germany by Werner Sohn and Anne Pelka, The Netherlands by Jaap De Waard,
Uganda by Prisca Tibenderana and the United Nations by Adam Bouloukos
and Emil Wandzilak. Additional sessions provided demonstrations of the
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Database Online by Mr.
William Ballweber and the UNOJUST and NIJ Internet Studio by Mr. Sergey
Chapkey. John Myrtle, Principal Librarian at the Australian Institute
of Criminology also presented a paper on currently available electronic
sources.
The keynote address, entitled Fixing Broken Windows and the Decline of
Crime in New York City. was presented by Professor George Kelling of
the School of Criminal Justice of Rutgers University.
At the business meeting discussions focused on issues of venue for the
next meetings, further development of the WCJLN homepage, the initiation
of a discussion list and publication of the papers presented at this
meeting.
Participants also enjoyed special tours of the F.B.I. Academy and the
Library of Congress. The organizers wish to extend their thanks to Mr.
Jeremy Travis and the National Institute of Justice for funding this
year s program, Eugenia Ryner of the FBI Academy Library and Larry
Sullivan of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
For more information on the World Criminal Justice Library Network,
contact:
Phyllis Schultze, Librarian, Criminal Justice/NCCD Library, Rutgers
University, 15 Washington St., 4th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102;
973-353-5522, 973-353-1275 (fax), pschultz@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Dennis C. Benamati, Rapporteur
Dennis.Benamati@Marist.edu
