Paris Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law (ICP)

The Paris Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law is the oldest laboratory of criminal law and criminology in France. It represents the French national scientific section of the Messine-Intercenter, an advisory body to the United Nations and the Council of Europe.

Studies carried out by the Paris Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law focus on the following topics:

• recidivism and minimum sentences,
• prison environment and prisoner rights,
• sentences and prison therapies,
• criminal responsibility and medical ethics,
• victimology.

The Paris Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law organises numerous events and produces several publications:

• The "day events" organised by the Institute and Round Tables are symposiums open to the public, the date of which is posted and whose work is published.
• "Questions judiciaires" (Legal questions), collection of works compiled by Frédéric Debove.
• "Essais de philosophie pénale et de criminologie" (Essays on criminal philosophy and criminology), compiled by Philippe Conte and Stamatios Tzitzis, published by Éditions Dalloz.

The Institute disposes of a library.