Web Criminal Justice Resources

Criminal Justice Resources on the Web

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List of Categories

National Criminal Justice Organizations
Federal Criminal Justice Agencies
Other Federal Sources
State and Local Criminal Justice Agencies
- National Sources Serving State and Local Agencies
- Wisconsin
Other Interesting Sources
Juvenile Justice

Substance Abuse/Addiction
Crimes and Crime Prevention
Victims of Crime
Property, White-Collar and Computer Crimes
Militias, Church Bombings, Hate Groups
Changing Policy
Research
Training and Technical Assistance
Employment
Resources and Clearinghouses
International Agencies and Sources

National Criminal Justice Organizations

Federal Criminal Justice Agencies

Department of Justice Home Page
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Office of Justice Programs
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
U.S. Federal Judiciary
Federal Judicial Center – contains many good research articles on federal courts, sentencing, and prisons.
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Punch and Jurists – A Guide to Federal Criminal Law
National Security Agency
- National Cryptologic Museum
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
The FBI
- FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
The CIA
- World Factbook
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Internal Revenue Service
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
U.S. Secret Service
U.S. Customs Service

Other Federal Sources

International Agencies and Sources

International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts, Inc.
COPNET
International Association of Crime Analysts
International Association of Chiefs of Police
OICJ – Office of International Criminal Justice
Centre for Defence and International Security Studies
International Association of Law Enforcement Planners
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Peace Brigades International
World Wide Legal Information Association
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
International Union of Police Associations-U.S.A. section
The Terrorism Research Center
Australia
Canada
- Canadian Police College
- Criminal Intelligence Service Canada – includes annual report on organized crime in Canada
- Department of Justice
- Supreme Court of Canada
- Access to Justice Network Canada
- Canadian Legal Resources on the Web
- Solicitor General of Canada – includes the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Parole Board.
- Canadian Crime Prevention Centre
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United Kingdom
- Home Office of the United Kingdom
- Her Majesty’s Prison Service

Other Interesting Sources

Changing Policy

Juvenile Justice

DHHS Human Services Policy – Children & Youth
Juvenile Justice Role Model Development Project at Florida State University
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
The Bureau for At-Risk Youth
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law – including the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center
Administration for Children and Families
Academy for Educational Development
Children Now
National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students
Child Welfare League of America
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association
Juvenile Justice – the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory – At-Risk Children and Youth
National Children’s Alliance
Children’s Defense Fund
Texas Youth Commission – A World of Prevention
Teen Help
National Hotline Numbers
DHHS YouthInfo
Gangs
- National Youth Gang Center
- U of North Texas Gang Links
- Gutter Tribe – Kids on the Street
Missing Children
- Official Polly Klaas Foundation Web Site
- Vanished Children’s Alliance
- National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Child Abuse
- Child Abuse Prevention Network – Excellent Links
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
- Abused Children’s Rights
- Keep Children Safe From Tricky People, Bad Guys and Bullies!
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
- Child CyberSEARCH – Canada
- Publicizing Child Molester’s Prison Release
- Children’s Safety Network National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
Special Programs for Juveniles
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
- CodeTalk Indian Country
- Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
- Teen Help Boot Camps - Boot Camp information and help for struggling teens
- Girls and Boys Town
- RFK National Youth Project
- Youth Crime Watch of America

Substance Abuse/Addiction

TRAC – Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, comprehensive, independent, and non-partisan information about the DEA
The Stanton Peele Addiction Web Site (Canada)
LIBRA – UK Alcohol and Drug Awareness Site
CESAR – Center for Substance Abuse Research at the University of Maryland College Park
Habitsmart Home Page
Cops Against the Drug War
Drug Reform Coordination Network Library
Dual Diagnosis Website
Hazelden Recovery Page
SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Drugs and Crime
NIDA – National Institute on Drug Abuse
Lycaeum Drug Archives
CEDAR – Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research Drug Information
Steps for Recovery
National Drug Enforcement Officers Association
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Web of Addictions
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents
Quitting Smoking Resource Pages
Netaholics Anonymous
Webaholics

Crimes and Crime Prevention

Victims of Crime

Property, White-Collar and Computer Crimes

U.S. Copyright Office
American Society for Industrial Security International
Financial Scandals
Cyber Sleuthing
DOJ – Computer Crime
Copyright and Multimedia Law for Webbuilders and Multimedia Authors
Securities Fraud and Investor Protection
The Codex Surveillance & Privacy Page
Electronic Frontier Outlaw Fringe – Cracking, Hacking, Bombs, Viruses, and Other Fringe Interests

Militias, Church Bombings, Hate Groups

Militia Watchdog
Church Burnings – Online Resource Guide
The Intelligence Project Monitoring Hate Activity
tolerance.org – tracking hate groups
African-American Holocaust

Research

National Criminal Justice Association
American Society of Criminology’s Critical Criminology Home Page
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Organized Crime – Crime Statistics Page includes tutorial on how crime stats are collected.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Includes the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, the final resting place of lots of grant-sponsored Criminal Justice research
Rand Corporation: – a major criminal justice research agency and think tank
National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics

Training and Technical Assistance

Crime Scene Investigation
The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation
Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
DOJ National Institute of Corrections
Executive Security International – Training Academy for Bodyguards, Investigators, and Intelligence Agents
OJJDP Training Programs at Fox Valley Technical College
JUSTNET – Justice Technology Information Network
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
New England Institute of Law Enforcement Management
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

Employment

Information on Local, State, & Federal Law Enforcement Jobs
Law Enforcement Testing Site – tips and strategies to maximize scores on law enforcement tests
City of Madison, WI Police Dept Hiring Information Sheet

Resources and Clearinghouses