Criminal Justice
Associations & Organizations
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
http://www.acjs.org/
"The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)...provides a forum for disseminating ideas related to issues in research, policy, education, and practice within the field."
ACLU Criminal Justice Site
http://action.aclu.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AP_alerts_crim_justice
Hosted
by the American CIvil LIberties Union,this site includes press
releases, background information, legal information and other resources
concerning Criminal Justice.
American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org/
T"he American Bar Association provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education,
information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work,
and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public."
American Society of Criminology
http://www.asc41.com/
"The American Society of Criminology is an international
organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional
knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention,
control, and treatment of crime and delinquency."
Bureau of Justice Assistance
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA
A component of the U.S. Department of Justice, its purpose is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development
to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer
communities. The site includes grant and funding information, links to
other justice programs, publications and other resources.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Dept. of Justice site which provides extensive statistical data on aspects of crime and law enforcement.
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
http://www.cjcj.org
Non-profit
organization established to promote balanced and humane criminal
justice policies that reduce incarceration and promote long-term public
safety for juveniles. Website includes publications, policies, programs
and related links.
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
http://csat.samhsa.gov/
"The
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) of the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), promotes the quality and
availability of community-based substance abuse treatment services for
individuals and families who need them." Website provides referral
service for treatment as well as publications and other resources.
Internationl Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence
http://www.ialeia.org/
"Our aim is to enhance understanding of the role of intelligence analysis,
encourage the recognition of intelligence analysis as a professional endeavor,
develop International qualification and competency standards, reinforce
professional concepts, devise training standards and curricula, furnish advisory
and related services on intelligence analysis matters, conduct analytic-related
research studies, and provide the ability to disseminate information regarding
analytical techniques and methods."
Justice Information Center (NCJRS)
http://www.ncjrs.gov
Administered
by the U.S. Dept . of Justice, offers extensive reference and referral
services for questions about crime and justice-related research,
policy, and practice. Search Questions & Answers to access hundreds
of questions related to juvenile and criminal justice, victim
assistance, drug policy, and NCJRS services.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/archive.html
NACJD
facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology, through the
preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources;
through the production of original research based on archived data; and
through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of
crime and justice data.
http://www.ncjj.org/
The research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, NCJJ, provides a comprehensive resource for independent and original research on topics related directly and indirectly to the field of juvenile justice.
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
http://www.igc.org/ncia/
Provides professional research, training and technical assistance for
developing and supporting community-based programs in criminal and juvenile justice.
National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA)
http://www.ncja.org/
The
NCJA serves as the formal mechanism for informing the Congress of
state, tribal and local criminal and juvenile justice needs and
accomplishments. The website includes an extensive list of links to
government agaencies, grant opportunities, legal resources, non-profit
agencies and more.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.gov/
"NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse
information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide."
National Institute of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij
The
research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of
Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice
issues.The website includes a searchable database of abstracts of
available publications and full-text articles. Also includes some in
video format.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov
Part of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services, NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. The
website includes special resources for teachers, parents and K-12
students as well as a database of free public domain publications and
videos available for a nominal fee.
National Juvenile Court Data Archive
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/njcda/
"Established
by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, within
the U.S. Department of Justice, to promote access to automated juvenile
court data sets for juvenile justice research and policymaking efforts.
"
National Center for Victims of Crime
http://www.ncvc.org
"The
nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims."
The site includes an online resource library as well as legal
information and helplines.
National Youth Gang Center
http://www.iir.com/nygc
"The
purpose of the NYGC is to assist policymakers, practitioners, and
researchers in their efforts to reduce youth gang involvement and crime
by contributing information, resources, practical tools, and expertise
towards the development and implementation of effective gang
prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies.
" The site is searchable and includes online publications, gang-related
news and legislation, conference and training links and funding links.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://www.ncjrs.gov
This
site supports national efforts to "prevent and respond to juvenile
delinquency and victimization." It publicizes local programs that
"develop and implement prevention and intervention programs and improve
the juvenile justice system." Highlights include relevant statistics,
funding opportunities, programs, publications, and events. Click on
Resources for access to configurable lists of state, national, and
international agencies and resources. Searchable. (LII)
Rape Victim
Advocates
http://www.rapevictimadvocates.org
Information on sexual violence survivors.
Stanford Prison Experiment
http://www.prisonexp.org/
"Information about this classsic psychology experiment, including parallels with the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib."
VERA Institute of Justice
http://www.vera.org/
"Works
closely with leaders in government and civil society to improve the
services people rely on for safety and justice. Vera develops
innovative, affordable programs that often grow into self-sustaining
organizations, studies social problems and current responses, and
provides practical advice and assistance to government officials in New
York and around the world. The site includes more information about
Vera's methods and learn about Vera's current and past projects—work
that spans the core areas of the justice system: crime and
victimization, policing, the judicial process, sentencing and
correction
Corrections
The American Correctional Association
http://www.aca.org/
"Oldest
and largest correctional association in the world". The website
includes resources for professional development and certification,
standards and accreditation, networking, an online academy and research
resources.
American Jail Association [AJA]
http://www.corrections.com/aja
National,
nonprofit organization that "exists to support those who work in and
operate our nation's jails and is the only national association that
focuses exclusively on issues specific to the operations of local
correctional facilities." Site includes publications and technical
information, information about training and education, awards and
scholarships, conferences and more.
American Probation and Parole Assocation
http://www.appa-net.org/
For issues relevant to the field of community-based corrections. APPA provides training and technical assistance, clearinghouse services and advocacy.
The Corrections Connection
http://www.corrections.com
"The
first weekly news source committed to improving the lives of
corrections professionals and their families", intended as an open
forum where practitioners could exchange ideas and utilize best
practices, resources, case studies and new technologies.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/
Locate
federal prisons nationwide; learn how to locate inmates; and check
prison employment opportunities. Find statistical information on
institutions and inmates, including a weekly population report by
institution, and inmate breakdowns by age, race, security level, and
other criteria. Read historical documents and articles concerning BOP
history, including Alcatraz and a list of all federal prisoners
executed since 1927. Links to related sites, including the Federal
Bureau of Prisons library catalog. Site is searchable. (LII)
International Community Corrections Association [ICCA]
http://www.iccaweb.org/
The
International Community Corrections Association (ICCA) is a private,
non-profit organization representing a continuum of community-based
corrections programs, providing information, training and other
services to ehnance the quality of services and supervision for adult
and juvenile offenders, as well as promote effective management
practices.
Journal of Prisoners on Prison
http://www.jpp.org/
"A
prisoner written, academically oriented & peer reviewed, non-profit
journal, based on the tradition of the penal press. It brings the
knowledge produced by prison writers together with academic arguments
to enlighten public discourse about the current state of carceral
institutions. "
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.gov/viewall.html
"A
federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse
information to support research, policy, and program development
worldwide." Site includes extensive library of full-text articles.
The Other Side of the Wall
http://www.prisonwall.org/
No longer active, this site is an archives of articles and literary writing on topics having to do with prisons, criminal justice and the death penalty.
A Prisoner's Dictionary
http://dictionary.prisonwall.org/
A list of prison-related procedural terms and prisoners' jargon, with
an emphasis on California prison culture. Includes Numbers and Maxims .
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The Sentencing Project
http://www.sentencingproject.org/
This organization is "an independent source of criminal justice policy
analysis, data and program information for the public and policy-makers
[which has] become a national leader in the development of alternative
sentencing programs and in the reform of criminal justice policy." The
site includes policy report summaries and publications (full reports
may be ordered); briefing/fact sheets (with statistics about prisons
and prisoners); events; and current related news articles. (LII)
U.S. Sentencing Commission
http://www.ussc.gov/
"An independent agency in the judicial branch of the federal
government, was established in 1985 to develop national sentencing
guidelines for the federal courts." Site includes publications such as
training and educational materials, federal sentencing statistics,
information about specific cases, press releases, and more.
World Prison Population List
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/r116.pdf
This
report, available only in PDF format, "gives details of the number of
prisoners held in some 200 independent countries and dependent
territories. It shows the differences in the level of imprisonment
across the world and makes possible an estimate of the world prison
population total." Second edition, 2000, from the United Kingdom Home
Office Research, Development, and Statistics Directorate. (LII)
Courts
American Prosecutors Research Institute
http://www.ndaa.org/apri/index.html
Formed by the National Association of District Attorneys, is a
non-profit research and program development resource for prosecutors at
all levels of government. considered "a vital resource and national
clearinghouse for information on the prosecutorial function." The site
includes research, publications, a newsroom and links to other internet
sources in criminal justice arranged by subject area.
Federal Judicial Center
http://www.fjc.gov
The education and research agency for the federal courts. The site
contains the results of Center research on federal court operations and
procedures and court history, as well as selected educational materials.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
http://www.criminaljustice.org/
"The
preeminent organization in the United States advancing the mission of
the nation's criminal defense lawyers to ensure justice and due process
for persons accused of crime or other misconduct." This site is
designed as both an open forum for the discussion of criminal justice
policies and practice as well as a private online service for members
of NACDL.
U.S. Courts: Federal Judiciary
http://www.uscourts.gov/
Site includes a newsroom, searchable map to all levels of federal
courts throughout the U.S., a library of forms, publications, fee
schedules and web resouces and FAQs about the judicial system.
Dictionaries
International Legal Dictionary
http://www.duhaime.org/diction.htm
Sponsored by a Canadian lawyer, site includes legal terms used internationally.
Lectric Legal Lexicon
http://www.lectlaw.com/def.htm
Includes thousands of definitions and explanations of legal terms, phrases and concepts.
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Awareness Handbook
http://www.usda.gov/da/shmd/aware.htm
A U.S. Department of Agriculture handbook with links to other government resources
Family Violence
http://www.ncjrs.gov/spotlight/family_violence/summary.html
National Criminal Justice Reference Service statistics, legislation, publications and resources
Homicide Trends in the U.S.-Intimate Homicide
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/intimates.htm
Data from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics
Intimate Partner Violence
http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/intimatepartnerviolence/index.html
A fact sheet from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Medline Plus - Domestic Violence
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/domesticviolence.html
An excellent compilation of resources on domestic violence by the National Library of Medicine
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/topics/issues/domestic.cfm
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services publications on domestic violence
Violence Against Women
http://www.4woman.gov/violence/
A compilation of resources by the National Women's Health Information Center
Criminal Justice Links
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cj.html
Extensive list of links to sites involving all aspects of criminal
justice maintained by the Florida State University College of Criminal
Justice.
Guide to Crinimal Justice Degree Programs
http://www.criminaljusticedegree.com/
A listing of criminal justice degrees, career positions and colleges and universities that offer a degree in criminal justice.
Research Guides for Criminal Justice
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/crjs/resguide/
The University of Delaware's research guides for criminal justice.
Department of Justice Web Sites
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
"Information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the
operation of justice systems at all levels of government."
Capital Punishment
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cp
"This annual publication of the Bureau of Justice Statistics presents the
characteristics of persons under sentence of death."
Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cfjs
"Includes statistics covering all areas of the federal justice system including
numbers of persons prosecuted, convicted, incarcerated, sentenced to probation,
released pretrial, and under parole or other supervision."
Correctional Populations in the United States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#cpus
"Presents data on the number of persons in the United States who were under some
form of correctional supervision."
Crime and Justice Data Online
http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/dataonline/
"This tool allows you to contruct data tables on criminal
offenses..homicide trends...and Law enforcement management and
administration."
Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm
"Topics include data on crimes and arrests, criminal justice, corrections, and
demographic details. Jurisdictions include nationa, federal, state, county, and
city."
Crime & Justice - Web Junction
http://www.webjunction.org/gi21-crime-justice
Guides for finding and compiling statistics from government websites.
Crime Characteristics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict_c.htm
Violent and property crimes data.
Criminal Victimization in the United States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm
crimes of violence, crime characteristics, victim-offender relationship, whether
crimes were reported to police, police response time, and other factors."
Federal Court Management Statistics
http://www.uscourts.gov/fcmstat/index.html
“Provides statistical profiles for each of the 12 U.S. courts of appeals and 94
U.S. district courts–plus national totals for the appellate and district
courts–for the fiscal year ending September 30."
Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics
http://www.uscourts.gov/caseloadstatistics.html
“Statistical tables on the caseload of the federal Judiciary for the 12-month
period ending March 31 address the work of the U.S. courts of appeals, district
courts and bankruptcy courts, as well as the federal probation and pretrial
services system."
Federal Sentencing Statistics by State, District and Circuit
http://www.ussc.gov/LINKTOJP.HTM
“Information found in the individual reports includes mode of conviction, type of
sentence, incarceration rate for defentants eligible for non-prison sentences,
average length of imprisonment, comparison of imposed sentence to the guideline
range, and more."
Hate Crime Statistics
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#hate
"Published annually, this presents data regarding incidents, offenses, victims,
and offenders in reported crimes that were motivated in whole or in part by a
bias against the victim's perceived race, religion, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, or disability."
Homicide Trends in the United States
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/homtrnd.htm
Administered
by Northeastern University, this site contains a series of charts that
describe homicide patterns and trends in the United States since 1976.
Indicators of School Crime and Safety
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#indicators
"This publication is a joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the
National Center for Education Statistics. It presents data on crime and safety
at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the
general population. "
Judicial Facts and Figures
http://www.uscourts.gov/judicialfactsfigures/contents.html
Historical caseload statistics for the federal judiciary. Provides current
and historical caseload statistics for the U.S. courts of appeals, district
courts, and bankruptcy courts for the fiscal year ending September 30. Table 1.1
is a good source for judgeship information, including the total numbers of
active and senior Article III judges (who are appointed for life), magistrate
judges, and bankruptcy judges.”
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
"tdata sets covering corrections, courts, crime and delinquency, the criminal
justice system, hate crimes, homicides, international crime, police,
victimization, violent crimes, and several other areas."
National Crime Victimization Survey
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm#ncvs
"the Nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization" See the National Crime Victimization Survey Resource Guide listed below.
National Ciminal Justice Reference System
http://www.ncjrs.gov/
National Institute of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
Statistics available on
topics related to corrections, courts, crimes, crime prevention, drugs
and crime, forensic sciences, law enforcement, and victims &
victimization.
Prison Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm
"The Bureau of Justice Statistics publishes several statistical series covering
prison populations. This page serves as a switchboard to these publications."
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
"Hosted at the State University of New York at Albany, this Bureau of Justice
Statistics publication is a comprehensive compendium of criminal justice data.
Topic covered include corrections, courts, finance, judges, and law enforcement.."
Statistical Briefing Book (OJJDP)
http://www.ncjrs.gov
"The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention provides the Statistical Briefing Book as an easy-to-use resource for
statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and
involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system."
Statistical Tables for the Federal Judiciary
http://www.uscourts.gov/Statistics.aspx
Detailed Federal Caseload statistics.
Trafficking in Persons Report
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/
Covers "severe forms of trafficking in persons".
Federal Bureau of Investigation Web Sites
FBI Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Administered by the FBI, this site provides "
reliable, uniform crime statistics for the nation including special
publications and "archives of several annual statistical publications,
including Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, produced from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Administered by the FBI, this site provide
Council of European Social Science Data Archives
http://www.cessda.org/
"CESSDA is an umbrella organisation for social science data archives across
Europe."
FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/cgi-bin/A2Z.cgi
Statistics
from over 100 federalagencies. Scan the A to Z list to find statistics
on your topic.
Michigan State University Libraries Criminal Justice Resources: Crime Statistics
http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/stats.htm#international
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/NCVS/
"The source for crime and justice data."
National Crime Victimization Survey Resource Guide
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=91
Use this guide to find and download data from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
The Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org
Demographic information on population, ethnic groups, poverty, income levels, etc.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Over 600 tables of data from various government and private souces on criminal justice.
Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
“The UCR Program is a voluntary city, county, state, tribal, and federal law
enforcement program that provides a nationwide view of crime based on the
submission of statistics by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies throughout
the country.”
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the
Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics."
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Demographic information on population, ethnic groups, poverty, income levels, etc.
2009 Statistical Abstract of
the United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
"The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the standard summary
of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United
States."
U.S. Census Bureau Data Access Tools
http://www.census.gov/main/www/access.html
A list of tools for finding statistical information