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The following is a list of Professional Organizations for Criminal Justice and Criminology Researchers and Educators

• American Society of Criminology http://www.asc41.com/
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences http://www.acjs.org/
• Northeastern Association Criminal Justice Sciences http://www.neacjs.org/
• Southern Criminal Justice Association http://www.scja.net/
• Western Society of Criminology http://www.sonoma.edu/cja/wsc/wscmain
• Midwestern Criminal Justice Association http://www.mcja.org/ 

*** It is encouraged that you take a look at these organizations because many of them have undergraduate student paper competitions which you are eligible for and could receive formal recognition and possible monetary rewards.

The following is list of a few of the federal agencies which disseminate information obtained from research.

• Bureau of Justice Statistics (provides statistics on crime and victim, law enforcement, prosecutors, correction, judicial system, and a wide variety of other criminal justice related information) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
• Bureau of Justice Assistance (provides leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development ) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/about/aboutbja.html
• Campus Security (provides reports of crimes that occur on college and university campuses throughout the US) http://www.securityoncampus.org/crimestats/index.html
• Federal Statistics (provides a full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government http://www.fedstats.gov/
• Hate Crimes Statistics (provides statistics on crimes that have been classified as a hate crime) http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#hate
• Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center (assist juvenile justice practitioners, policymakers, and state agency administrators with the assessment and evaluation of programs and initiatives.) http://www.jrsa.org/jjec/
• National Institute of Justice (This is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
• National Criminal Justice Reference Center (offers justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide) http://www.ncjrs.gov/
• National Crime Victimization Survey (provides information on crime victims) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm
• Office of Juveniles Justice and Delinquency Prevention (provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization) http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
• Uniform Crime Rate (provides national statistics on the crime rate) http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm for more information) 

National Criminal Justice Organizations

• The Critical Criminology Division of the American Society of Criminology
• American Correctional Association
• The National Center for Women and Policing
• National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
• National Association of Counties
• National League of Cities

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