| Agencies | Associations | Corrections/Prisons | Law & Order | Statistics | Supreme Court | Misc. |
AgenciesDirectory of New York State Criminal Justice Agencieshttp://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/agdir/agencydr.pdf Directory to local and state police departments, courts, legal agencies, and associations. Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/ The official web site for the FBI, this site contains statistics, historical files, employment opportunities, and more. Law Enforcement Agencies in New York http://search.officer.com/agencysearch/agencyresult.asp?state=NY Listing of police, sheriffs’, and public safety departments throughout New York. United States Department of Justice http://www.usdoj.gov/ Official web site for the Department of Justice. Site includes an organizational chart, links to all of its component organizations (e.g. FBI, ATF, etc.), employment information, publications, statistics, reports, most wanted lists, and biographical material. AssociationsCriminal Justice Section/ABAhttp://www.abanet.org/crimjust/home.html Web site from the American Bar Association includes reports, news, publications, and discussion lists of interest to criminal justice practitioners. There is also a section on juvenile justice. American Correctional Association http://www.aca.org The ACA is the largest and oldest correctional association in the world. Their web site contains information about membership, publications, training, and conferences. Justice Research and Statistics Association http://www.jrsainfo.org/ “A national nonprofit organization of state Statistical Analysis Center directors, researchers, and practitioners throughout government, academia, and criminal justice organizations.” Corrections/PrisonsThe Corrections Connection News Network [CCNN] - Corrections.comhttp://www.corrections.com/ “The Largest Online Resource for News, Business & Information in Corrections. The site is the only weekly media outlet devoted to corrections and features live talks, bulletin boards, listservs, free email, online training, jobs, events, etc.” Federal Bureau of Prisons http://www.bop.gov/ This site contains statistics, employment opportunities, an inmate locator database, and some selected historical documents. National Institute of Corrections http://nicic.org/ An agency under the U.S. Department of Justice, this site for the NIC offers a number of helpful resources, including publications, research topics, and links to other useful web sites. NYS Department of Correctional Services http://www.docs.state.ny.us/ Site includes job postings, a listing of correctional facilities in New York State, as well as an inmate lookup database. Law & OrderFindLaw Lawofficer.com: covering every facet of the police community http://www.troopers.state.ny.us/ Includes criminal investigation, forensic science, publications, statistics, historical information, and more. Officer.com: the Source for Law Enforcement http://www.officer.com/ News and huge number of links to police and criminal justice related web sites. StatisticsBureau of Justice Statisticshttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Site offering statistics on not only crime, offenders, and victims, but also on aspects of the justice system such as corrections, prosecution, etc. at various levels of government. International Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ijs.htm Statistical information and datasets about crime and criminal justice in other countries. Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/ Online book collection of statistics compiled from a wide range of organizations covering topics such as characteristics of the criminal justice system, public attitudes, offenses, corrections, and so on. Uniform Crime Reports http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm Site containing national crime statistics going back to 1995. Supreme CourtLegal Information Institute (LII) Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ This is the official web site for the Supreme Court and contains introductory information, docket, oral arguments, rules, opinions, and a search feature. MiscellaneousCrime & Justice Internationalhttp://www.cjimagazine.com Crime and Justice International (CJI), published by the Office of International Criminal Justice in cooperation with Sam Houston State University, is a leading information source for news and trends in the criminal justice community. Current and archived issues of CGI (1994 - present) are available at this website. Criminal Justice Mega Sites http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/linklist.htm Huge and annotated list of internet resources that includes web sites, discussion groups, police, corrections, journals and professional associations. Criminal Justice Resources: Forensic Science http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/forsci.htm Site contains extensive list of forensic science resources for associations, reference tools, web sites, and articles and publications. Death Penalty Information Center http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ Web site from a non-profit organization that provides news, reports, statistics and resources on the death penalty. DNA Forensics/Human Genome Project Information http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.html Informative site that covers basics of DNA typing, its effectiveness, ethical issues, and provides links to additional resources. Employment Mega-links in Criminal Justice http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/employ.htm Extensive listing of web resources devoted toward employment opportunities, and career advice in the field of criminal justice. Fire Investigation Resource Center http://www.interfire.org/resourcecenter.asp Web site providing resources on all processes of fire investigation. This site includes materials such as arson investigation abstracts, articles and tutorials, U.S. Fire Administration technical reports, additional links, and more. Florida State University Criminal Justice Links http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/ Very large list of links, organized by topic, to excellent criminal justice resources maintained by Dr. Cecil E. Greek, associate professor of criminology at Florida State University. Forensic Resources/Psychwatch.com http://www.psychwatch.com/forensic_page.htm Web site providing annotated and rated links to forensic psychiatry resources, journals, and organizations. Internet Resource Links for Criminal Profiling http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/rwinslow/links/newlinks.html Extensive list of well-chosen web resources devoted to the field of criminal personality profiling, forensic psychology, and workplace violence. Law.com Law Dictionary http://www.ncjrs.org “A federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.” Also contains information on juvenile justice, crime prevention, crime victims, and more. |
