Criminal Justice Resource Links Listed Alphabetically
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences
Alaska Statistical Analysis Unit, Justice Center
An index of Federal agencies with web sites: Maintained by the Louisiana State University Libraries.
Arkansas Crime Information Center
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Information on ATF structure and operations, including training programs, most wanted, statistics, publications and job openings.
Bureau of Justice Assistance: Details on grant programs and technical assistance available from the Federal Department of Justice.
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Essential criminal justice facts, figures and resources from the national perspective.
Center for Court Innovation: A public-private partnership promoting innovative problem-solving approaches to adjudication. The Center is the research and development arm for the New York State court system.
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
Community Justice Exchange: The Exchange provides information and assistance on community justice programs and initiatives.
CrimeTime: Downloadable software, developed by the Tompkins County District Attorney, to calculate permissible sentences for New York State crimes.
Department of Homeland Security
- Bureau of Citizenship and Immmigration Services (BCIS)
- Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP)
- Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Department of Justice: Information about the United States Department of Justice and its organizational sub-units; DOJ publications; grant program information and application forms; and links to other criminal justice sites.
Drug Court Technology: A guide and information exchange on technology applications in drug courts.
Drug Enforcement Administration: Information about DEA counter-drug programs; links to other counter-drug sites and a list of DEA publications.
Executive Office for Weed and Seed: Comprehensive information about Weed and Seed programs and grants; includes grant application and information about upcoming training events.
FedLaw: Links to federal statutes, regulations, court decisions, agencies and other useful sites for researching federal law.
FedWorld Information Network: Information about Federal Government information services, resources and publications (not limited to criminal justice); includes access to 20 information databases and a search engine for all US Government web sites.
Federal Bureau of Investigation: Everything you ever wanted to know about the FBI and its sub-units; includes a list of FBI publications and information about proposed legislation.
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Quick facts, annual and weekly statistics about Federal prisons and prison populations.
Federal Judicial Center: Information on education and training of federal court judges and personnel.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center: Statistics on suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: Provides training to state and local law enforcement personnel.
Fedstats: One-stop shopping for federal statistics covering all areas of government activity. Maintained by the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN): Advisories, publications and law enforcement support in the fight against money-laundering.
FindLaw - LawCrawler: AltaVista powered search engine covering legal and government resources within the United States and internationally.
FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources: Comprehensive, searchable index of laws and legal resources.
FirstGov: The world wide web information portal for the United States Federal Government.
Florida Statistical Analysis Center
GeoLaws: Free legal advice, guides to services, as well as helpful links to other sites.
Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Government Information Sharing Project: Economic and demographic statistics for states and US counties.
Hawaii Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
Information About New York State: Links to New York State facts, figures and trivia.
International Constitutional Law: History, maps, textual materials, and links related to constitutional documents for countries throughout the world.
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Justice Information Center/National Criminal Justice Reference Service: An extensive source of information on criminal and juvenile justice on the Internet.
Justice Research and Statistics Association: National organization of state Statistical Analysis Centers which provide statistical and policy research support in criminal justice to state governments.
Justice Research and Statistics Association - SAC Listing: Contains links to state Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs), organizations that provide statistical and policy research support in criminal justice for state government.
LawInfo: Free forms, frequently asked questions, and guide to services for the public; additional information for professionals.
Legal Information Institute at Cornell: On-line access to U.S. Code, federal rules and regulations, NYS Court of Appeals rulings, and faculty and staff e-mail addresses for U.S. law schools.
Legal Journals on the Web: Access to law journals with emphasis on journals that provide full text on the web.
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: Private research and educational organization active in the New York City policy arena. General government focus.
Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention
Massachusetts Committee on Criminal Justice
Minnesota Planning, Criminal Justice Center
NCJRS Abstracts Database: Searchable summaries of more than 140,000 criminal justice publications.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data: Criminal justice data archives of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data: UCR Data On-line: UCR data from 1975-1996 are available for download as well as some county-level UCR data.
National Association of Attorneys General: Good background information on the role of the attorneys general. Links to attorney general sites nationwide. Links to a number of other justice-related sites are also offered.
National Center for Health Statistics: Among other data, this site contains national death and injury data with breakdown by cause (such as firearms-related deaths and injuries). Mortality and morbidity data are also categorized by age, race and sex.
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, Innovation In Justice: Contains comprehensive information on correctional trends and alternatives with a number of on-line publications and links to other criminal justice sites.
National Clearinghouse for Criminal Justice Information Systems: Provides on-line access to a variety of justice information resources. Sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and SEARCH, the national consortium for criminal justice information and statistics.
National Conference of State Legislatures: NCSL is a bipartisan organization that serves legislators and staffs of the 50 states. Site provides information and resources on criminal justice and other areas of government operations.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges: Publications, resources and on-line discussion groups on issues relating to juvenile and family justice. Located at the University of Nevada, Reno.
National Criminal Justice Association: A Washington, DC-based organization that represents states on crime-control and public safety matters. Current information on research, legislation and funding programs.
National Institute of Corrections: An agency of the Federal Bureau of Prisons which provides research, training and information on corrections practice and policy.
National Institute of Justice: Comprehensive information on programs, funding and publications on law enforcement and crime prevention. NIJ is the research arm of the US Department of Justice.
National Sheriffs' Association: This organization is dedicated to raising the level of professionalism in the criminal justice field through research, education, and training. This site contains links and information about Community Policing and Neighborhood Watch.
New York City Police Department
New York Correction History Society: Interesting and well-documented historical information on corrections in New York State.
New York Court of Appeals Decisions: Recent decisions (since 1992) by date, name, topic; keyword search on New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals.
New York Law Journal: On-line legal newspaper for New York with links to other legal resources.
New York Newspapers (by area code): Comprehensive links to NYS print and broadcast media.
New York Profiles: Population and Economic Data by County: Easy to use access to census information about New York and its counties.
New York State Association of Chiefs of Police: Organization of law enforcement department personnel dedicated to maintaining law and order through professional recognition, uniform operations and education. This site describes the accreditation process for NYS law enforcement.
New York State Bar Association: This site describes membership services for NYS lawyers, and also contains consumer information such as living wills, client rights and responsibilities, your rights as a victim and tenants' rights.
New York State Commission of Correction
New York State Consumer Protection Board
New York State Crime Victims Board
New York State Department of Correctional Services
New York State Division of Parole
New York State Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives
New York State Information Locator
New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
New York State Resources on Crime and Criminal Justice
New York State Unified Court System (Office of Court Administration)
Office for Victims of Crime: Information on funding for victim assistance and compensation programs, training and other resources.
Office of Justice Programs: An overview of the Office of Justice Programs. The site includes grant application forms/kits and numerous publications and press releases.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Juvenile justice research, programs, training and funding.
Office of the Attorney General
Police Executive Research Forum: This site describes projects and research as part of PERF's goal to provide a forum for policy discussion and development for law enforcement professionals.
RAND Criminal Justice Page: The criminal justice program of this respected research organization. Information on current projects, extensive publications lists, and abstracts. Site search capability from the corporate home page at www.rand.org.
RAND Drug Policy Research Center: Contains an extensive body of empirical research and policy analysis. Excellent source of criminal justice information.
Research Triangle Institute: Home page of the Research Triangle Institute of North Carolina. Statistics, Health and Social Policy Division conducts research in criminal justice-related areas.
Rockefeller Institute of Government: The Rockefeller Institute, in Albany, NY, is the public policy research arm of the State University of New York.
SEARCH Group, Inc.: The national consortium for justice information and statistics.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: Comprehensive criminal justice data from across the United States from over 100 sources.
Stanford Law & Policy Review: On-line access to abstracts of recent articles in Stanford Law and Policy Review -- an academic journal concentrating on issues of law and public policy.
Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council
The Social Statistics Briefing Room, The White House: Contains a section on crime which provides national rates for the last two available years on violent crime, homicide, violent crime by victim sex, property crime, arrests for drug abuse violations, and correctional populations.
The Urban Institute: This site allows downloads of studies funded by the Urban Institute, a non-partisan economic and social policy research organization.
The White House: The executive branch site. Site and publications search capability through an "Interactive Citizen's Handbook."
Thomas, U.S. Library of Congress: Source of information about current Congress including roll call votes, bill summary and status, congressional record and committee information.
U.S. Juvenile Justice Law: Juvenile justice law materials including on-line search of NY Court of Appeals decisions since 1990.
USSC Plus - U.S. Supreme Court: Searchable access to U.S. Supreme Court opinions since 1938, some for fee, more recent opinions for free.
United States Department of Education: Campus Security Statistics: Criminal offenses for over 6,000 U.S. colleges and universities accessible via a comprehensive search engine.
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance: Authoritative resource for investigation of criminal violation of environmental law.
United States House of Representatives: Current information about pending and passed legislation and House organization; roll call votes; links to members' home pages and e-mail addresses.
United States Senate: Current information on legislation, committee activities, contacting members; site keyword search capability.
United States Sentencing Commission: Authoritative information about sentencing guidelines and statistics for federal felonies and serious misdemeanors.
University Law Review Project: A searchable site of on-line law journals.
Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Vera Institute of Justice: Private New York City research and public policy organization; known for its innovative projects in criminal justice and government generally.
Violence Against Women Office: Information about domestic violence, including hotline information and 800 phone number, ways to increase public awareness, and community grants.
Page Updated: March 22, 2004