CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LAW
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences - Includes the ACJS Job Bulletin online.
http://www.acjs.org/
American Bar Association-ABA - Homepage of the largest and most influential national association of attorneys. Information about the positions taken by the association and model ethics rules are available at this site.
http://w3.abanet.org/home.cfm
American Civil Liberties Union-ACLU - Website of the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights -- litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
http://www.aclu.org/
American Probation & Parole Association-APPA - International association composed of individuals from the United States and Canada actively involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both adult and juvenile sectors.
http://www.appa-net.org/
American Society of Criminology-ASC - As an international organization concerned with criminology, embracing scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the etiology, prevention, control and treatment of crime and delinquency, this site has much to offer.
http://www.asc41.com/
Amnesty International - Organization dedicated to the international fight against the death penalty, and to the abolition of torture worldwide.
http://www.amnesty.org/
Atlantic Monthly's Criminology Collection - Great collection on crime and social policy. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/crime/crime.htm
Bureau of Justice Statistics - As part of the U. S. Department of Justice, the BJS provides statistics on a range of topics, including Crime & Victims, Criminal Offenders, Law Enforcement agencies, Corrections, Prosecution, Sentencing and more.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
Corrections Connection - Provides links to almost any correctional organization in the country and to over 10,000 links to corrections-related sites and literature.
http://www.corrections.com/index.aspx
Courts.Net - Site has links to courts in all 50 states as well as federal courts.
http://www.courts.net/
CrimeLibrary.com - Crime TV purchased this website in September 2000 and has made it a popular resource for nonfiction stories on major crimes and criminals as well as some short fiction stories from prominent authors. Includes sections serial killers, notorious murders, gangsters and outlaws, the criminal mind, terrorists and spies, crime fiction, and news. http://www.crimelibrary.com/
CrimeTheory.Com - An educational resource for the learning and teaching of theoretical criminology.
http://www.crimetheory.com/
The Cybrary's Top 100 Criminal Justice Sites on the Web - Collected by Dr. Frank Schmalleger.
http://talkjustice.com/top100.asp
Death Penalty Information Center-DPIC - A wealth of information on the death penalty.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
Everybody's Legal Dictionary - This dictionary contains plain-English definitions for over a thousand legal terms, from the common to the bizarre. Continuously being updated. http://www.nolo.com/lawcenter/dictionary/wordindex.cfm
Famous Trials - An educational and non-commercial site maintained at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, Doug Linder, Professor of Law. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
FBI - The FBI upholds the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal law; protects the United States from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities; provides leadership and law enforcement assistance to international, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
http://www.fbi.gov/
FBI Uniform Crime Reports- Data collected by the FBI on crime statistics in the US. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Finding Court Opinions on the Web - A useful and comprehensive collection of links allowing the user to find court opinions. It first lists the federal courts hierarchically and then the state courts alphabetically.
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/utility/courtopinions.jsp
FindLaw - comprehensive listing of legal links, including ones for the full-text of federal and state codes and case law, law schools, and legal topics.
http://www.findlaw.com/
FindLaw's Criminal Law Links - Criminal Defense and Criminal Justice section of this leading legal portal site.
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/09criminal/
Gang Research.Net - The site, maintained by John M. Hagedorn, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois-Chicago, is "dedicated to providing quality research on gangs to students, academics, public officials, the media, and the general public." The site focuses primarily but not exclusively on gangs in the Chicago area. http://www.gangresearch.net/
The Guide to Law Online - prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, this site is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html
Interpol - Interpol is the second largest international organization, with 181 member nations, committed to providing services and resources to the law enforcement community. http://www.interpol.int/
Law Enforcement Jobs - One of the best site on the Web for anyone looking for employment in the law enforcement field.
http://www.lawenforcementjobs.com/
Legal Information Institute - LII is maintained by Cornell Law School, and it contains a wealth of information for not just legal professionals wanting information on specific laws, but also for the general public wanting information about the structure and nature of the law. Of particular interest is their "Law About." section, providing information on over 110 legal topics from copyright to torts and personal injury, and their "Eye on the Courts," a current awareness service that reports on recent Supreme Court decisions as well as lower Federal court decisions
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service-NCJRS - The U.S. Dept. of Justice's site that focuses on international, juvenile and drug crimes. There is a database search engine and catalogs.
http://www.ncjrs.org/
National Institute of Justice-NIJ - The National Institute of Justice is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Science and Technology and Sentencing and Adjudication Program.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/welcome.html
National Institute of Justice International Center - The Center was created in 1997 as a response to the increasing globalization of crime. The Center provides communities and jurisdictions in the United States and overseas with resources designed to assist practitioners, researchers, and policymakers meet new challenges. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/international/
Office for Victims of Crime-OVC - U.S. Department of Justice site with information about crime victims and resources for crime victims.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/
Police Guide - One of the largest police sites on the Internet.
http://www.policeguide.com/
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - On-line version of the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics -- the largest compilation of criminal justice statistics available anywhere. http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
Terrorism Research Center - Many on-line resources dealing with terrorism, terrorist organizations, and anti-terrorism efforts.
http://www.terrorism.com/
Treaties between the United States and Native Americans - thematic collection of the full text (in the HTML format) of approximately 30 treaties signed between various Native American groups and the United States government between 1778 and 1868. Along with browsing a list of the treaties, users also have the option of using the site's search engine to search all of the Native American treaties available here.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
U.S. Department of Justice - Good starting point for research about federal law enforcement and crime data.
http://www.usdoj.gov/
Uniform Crime Reports - The most recent Crime Reports collected by the FBI and made available to the public.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
