Home›Academic, Research and Professional Bodies›Institution Type›Academic or Research BodyBrowse ByAcademic or Research BodyThis dimension sorts criminal-justice institutions by their basic type. Wikipedia notes that "the most common type of law enforcement agency is the police, but various other forms exist as well, including agencies that focus on specific legal violations." Browsing by institution type keeps institutions of the same basic kind grouped together.FactsAcademic or Research BodySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOrigin EraWell-attested1941 1Academic or Research BodyFilter Results18 entriesGroup TreeAllProfessional, Scholarly and Research Bodies (18)Headquarters or CountryAllBrisbane (1)Germany (1)Italy (1)Maryland (1)New Jersey (1)North Carolina (1)Poland (1)Richmond (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (9)Founded EraAll1209 (1)1361 (1)1702 (1)1766 (1)1817 (2)1855 (1)1856 (1)1867 (1)1868 (1)1899 (1)1900 (1)1907 (1)1909 (1)1911 (1)1965 (1)2005 (1)Parent Agency or MinistryAllTexas State University System (1)University of California (2)LevelAllNational (1)State or Regional (12)StatusAllActive (18)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 18Carnegie Mellon UniversityAcademic or Research BodyEast Carolina UniversityAcademic or Research BodyMartin Luther University Halle-WittenbergAcademic or Research BodyNational White Collar Crime CenterAcademic or Research BodyPennsylvania State UniversityAcademic or Research BodyRutgers UniversityAcademic or Research BodyTexas State UniversityAcademic or Research BodyTexas State University SystemAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of CaliforniaAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of California, IrvineAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of California, MercedAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of CambridgeAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of Maryland, College ParkAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of MichiganAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of PaviaAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of QueenslandAcademic or Research BodyUniversity of WrocławAcademic or Research BodyWest Virginia UniversityAcademic or Research BodySources1. American Society of Criminology (Wikipedia)tier 2American Society of Criminology, History sectionQuote, American Society of Criminology, History sectionThe society traces its history back to a meeting of seven men at the home of retired Berkeley Police Department chief and criminology professor August Vollmer on December 30, 1941.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.