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 From Hans-Juergen Kerner, Listserv Mananger, Criminology Criminal Justice News Professor and Director, Institute of Criminology,  University of Tuebingen,  Sand 7, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany,  Phone: +49-7071-297 29 31 // Fax: +49-7071-29 51 04 ; hans-juergen.kerner@uni-tuebingen.de Secretariat: ifk@uni-tuebingen.de ;http://www.ifk.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/ * Public Opinion About the Death Penalty in China.  Scholars at the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Penal Law, Freiburg   im Breisgau, Germany, have finished a study about the very interesting question as how the Chinese people tend to think nowadays about the Death Penalty.A "Research in Brief" version of the final report can be downloaded at: http://www.mpicc.de/shared/data/pdf/forschung_aktuell_41.pdf  * New Society for Criminology Founded: THE SOUTH ASIAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY AND VICTIMOLOGY (SASCV)  http://www.sascv.edu.tf The South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) is an international association founded to nurture criminology and victimology in countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri  Lanka and Nepal. Academics, researchers and practitioners worldwide have joined hands to establish SASCV and share of best practices in the context of South  Asia. Literature, religion and cultural practices of this region demonstrate a traditionally rich understanding of criminology and victimology in this region. South Asian literature is replete with stories of victim justice and restorative practices. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam and various Tribal religions played a great role with regard to the concept of justice and non-violence, both at individual and community level. Colonial period introduced a new and formal centralized criminal justice system dismantling the then existing idea of justice. The 20th century saw the establishment of new states where ethnic, religious, linguistic, caste, communal, tribal and other identities played a role in institution of constitutions and in the legal sphere of criminal and victim justice. Today, South Asian countries face acute problems of corruption, criminal violence, terrorism, extremism, poverty, environmental degradation, white collar/cyber crimes, violations of human rights, state sponsored terrorism, crime against humanity, individual and collective victimization. In this context, the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) has emerged as a novel initiative to assist countries in criminal justice policy making and support victims of crime and abuse of power. We welcome anyone who shares our goals as members.  * Children and Juvenile Justice: Proposals for Improvements. Important Document of the Commission for Human Rights, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France. This brochure, authored by Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg, can be downloaded for free from the COE website as PDF-File:https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1460021&#38;Site=CommDH&#38;BackColorInternet=FEC65B&#38;BackColorIntranet=FEC65B&#38;BackColorLogged=FFC679The Commissioner has also delivered a speech on  Human Rights in Crimninal Justicehttps://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1411381&#38;Site=CommDH&#38;BackColorInternet=FEC65B&#38;BackColorIntranet=FEC65B&#38;BackColorLogged * UNODC Recent Publications. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has been publishing a couple of interesting books respectively report on issues of illegal drug and crime control. Some of them can also be donwloaded for free. A collection can be found at the attached document, with hyperlinks to the sources. UNODC a such can be accessed via: http://www.unodc.org  