Criminal Justice
Provides funding, training, technical assistance, and information to States and communities in support of innovative programs to improve and strengthen the Nation's criminal justice system.
The statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to criminal
Since 1994, OPS has used funding opportunities and innovative problem-solving programs to help the Nation's law enforcement agencies implement a locally defined vision of community policing.
The Subcommittee is responsible for authorizing legislation for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (also concerned with Criminal Justice)
Contact page on the Congress page allowing you to email members of congress.
100% free, non-commercial website that offers information on a variety of criminal justice careers.
From the website's "About" page: "Criminology.com was created as an online informational resource for individuals looking to pursue criminology-related education and careers. We cover various topics ranging from what you can do with an criminology degree, links to related resources, and information about this specific field within the job market."
"The Vault is (the FBI's) new electronic reading room, containing more than 3,000 documents that have been scanned from paper into digital copies so you can read them in the comfort of your home or office."
Using the Uniform Crime Reports, this expanded offense data offers trends, rates, weapons, and more for each offense listed. Each specific includes several tables to represent this data.
Using the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, search for information on specific violent crimes or by one of the 11 options (such as national data, universities and colleges, & population group). There are also 25 data tables to visually represent this material.
Maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. Dates covered are from 1962-present.
Supreme Court decisions, and other important legal materials federal, state, foreign, and international.
From the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
An agency within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, NIC advances and shapes correctional practice and public policy by responding to the needs of corrections through assistance, collaboration, leadership, and training.
Offers a full range of data collection, information systems, and analytic capabilities.
Includes many online documents pertinent to criminal justice as well as WWW links and information about listservs.
The research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, whose mission is to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to enhance the administration of justice and public safety.
Funding, Training, Programs, Statistics and Research
Provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and treat juvenile delinquency, improve the effectiveness and fairness of the juvenile justice system, and address the problem of missing and exploited children.
The national source for drug and crime statistics, drug policy, and related information.
"SafetyLit provides abstracts of reports from researchers who work in the more than 30 distinct professional disciplines relevant to preventing and researching unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm."
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library and Abstracts Database contains bibliographic information and abstracts of more than 230,000 collection resources and over 80,000 online materials. Content includes: federal, state, and local government reports; books; research reports; journal articles; and unpublished research. Subject areas cover a variety of topics, including corrections, courts, drugs, law enforcement, juvenile justice, crime statistics, victims, and more. Some full text; ILL required for other content.
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration) a US Government agency. Use to find evidence-based practices and data.
Search instructions for The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library and Abstracts Database
Allows you to search their catalogs of over 4,800 titles by subject, keyword, title, ISBN, Publisher, Series, Department, Language, and Date. Once you find the a title of interest, use I-Share or WorldCat to look up and request specific items.
The website of the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Features information on Crime in relation to Housing and Urban Development
