The latest report of HM Inspectorate of Probation on the Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Leicestershire and Rutland is now published.
Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog
USA voting patterns new visualization
http://smpbff1.dsd.census.gov/TheDataWeb_HotReport/servlet/HotReportEngineServlet?reportid=767b1387bea22b8d3e8486924a69adcd&emailname=essb@boc&filename=0328_nata.hrml A series of graphs taken from the Current Population Survey. You can look by district, ethnic group and age for elections covering 1996-2010. For access to other tables relating to the US census see the Data ferret tool http://dataferrett.census.gov/ This also has details on the methodology used in the survey.
Global Economic Prospects June 2012
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/EXTGBLPROSPECTSAPRIL/0,, menuPK:659178%7EpagePK:64218926%7EpiPK:642189537EtheSitePK:659149,00.html Latest world bank report released. Track the latest economic trends. The website includes global forecasts and regional outlooks. Get mappings of the data on the World Bank data site. http://data.worldbank.org/topic/economic-policy-and-external-debt The European Central Bank has the latest Eurozone economic and financial data http://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/keyind/html/sdds.en.html European Economic Sentiment Indicator http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/db_indicators/surveys/ is a monthly leading indicator compiled […]
2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/ Just released by the U.S. Department of State. Items online from 1999 onwards. Gives a snapshot of world trends and profiles practices and abuses in specific nations. There are also separate human right series covering religious freedoms and trafficking in persons. Other organizations producing well regarded series include: Amnesty international which has an online […]
Zapaday
http://www.zapaday.com/home/ has launched a news service that publishes breaking future news headlines. The service uses real time analysis of online news and Twitter texts to spot upcoming headlines as they emerge. The site also has a large free news calendar and events service. Events include national holidays and sporting events. See more on the methodology […]
Measuring Child Poverty
New league tables of child poverty in the world’s rich countries just released by UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 10 http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/660 It uses data from the European Union’s Statistics on Incomes and Living Conditions survey of 125,000 households in 31 European countries. Other useful websites for obtaining facts, figures and reports about poverty and British children […]
Database of Research on International Education
http://www.idp.com/about-idp/research-database/quick-search.aspx Managed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and containing details of more than 8,000 books, articles, conference papers and reports on various aspects of international education from publishers in Australia and abroad. Monthly updates of new additions are sent to this list. There is also a Twitter feed on the site. Good […]
British Council film collection online: British Social History
http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection Free access to a historic archive of 120 films made during the 1940s which focussed upon how Britain lived and worked. They are therefore fascinating to social historians. The site also includes some background essays on film history and themes from BFI specialists. and case studies – archive letters relating to the origins of […]
Observatoire de l’Afrique
http://www.obsafrique.eu/ A network of European and African institutes and experts on peace and security issues in Africa. Partners include such high profile organisations as African Studies Centre University of Oxford, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center & The Nordic Africa Institute. The website provides free access to information from the network of members plus its […]
Hate Crime USA
http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/violence-crime/comparison-hate-crime-rates-update/ According to a new study from the Williams Institute, gay men face higher rates of hate-motivated physical violence than lesbians, bisexuals or other federally protected groups with high rates of hate crimes. The Study is the first to consider FBI data on hate crimes against lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals separately The bibliography includes […]
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