Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Resources

http://www.aca.org/
“The American Correctional Association is the oldest and largest international correctional association in the world. ACA provides information for professional research and development and links to online governmental resources where information impacting corrections professionals can be obtained.”

http://www.corrections.com/aja/index.shtml
“The American Jail Association (AJA) is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting those who work in and operate our nation’s jails.”

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
“Bureau of Justice Statistics provides statistics about crime such as crime victims, criminal offenders, and special topics such as drugs and crime, homicide trends, firearms and crime, reentry trends and international statistics. It also provides statistics for the Justice System      in the categories of law enforcement, prosecution, the federal justice system, courts & sentencing, corrections, expenditure and employment, and the criminal record systems.”

http://www.criminaljusticeforum.com/index.php
The show was developed by the host, Frank Kopczynski. He has worked with those involved in the criminal justice system for the last 15 years as the owner of successful bail bond agencies in Pinellas and Pasco Counties in Florida and Grady County Georgia. Frank is a member of the Domestic Violence Task Force in Pinellas County and the chair of the Pinellas County Ex-offender Re-entry Coalition (PERC). He is also an active supporter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM).

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
“Federal Bureau of Investigation’s The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to meet a need for reliable, uniform crime statistics for the nation. In 1930, the FBI was tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics. Today, several annual statistical publications, such as the comprehensive Crime in the United States, are produced from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States.”

http://www.bop.gov/
The Federal Bureau of Prisons protects society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens.

http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=9&subid=82
Federal Resources Educational Excellence. Social Studies – Criminology.

http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/
A directory of criminal justice resources created and maintained by Cecil Greek, Florida State University, School of Criminology & Criminal Justice.

http://www.internetjournalofcriminology.com/
“The Internet Journal of Criminology (IJC) is a free access online journal. The primary aim of the journal is to publish international, scholarly and peer-reviewed criminology articles of the highest standard from many areas of expertise including the criminal justice system, crime reduction, delinquency, hate crimes and deviant social behaviour.”

http://ccjr.policy.net/
“The Justice Project is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to fighting injustice and to creating a more humane and just world. Founders of The Justice Project are men and women who, as veterans, have been willing to risk our lives fighting injustice. Our military experiences have left us with an understanding of human suffering and a desire to leave a legacy of fairness for future generations.”

http://www.methodist.edu/criminaljustice/criminologylinks.htm
Law Enforcement and Theoretical Development of Criminology related web links sponsored by Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC.

http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/
Directory of resources developed and maintained by Jon Harrison: Page Editor,
Criminal Justice Specialist, Social Sciences Collections Coordinator, Michigan State University Libraries

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
“National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data.”

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/links.html
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data’s (NACJD) directory of National Criminal Justice Web Sites.

http://www.ncjrs.org/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. Information on NCJRS Services, Corrections, Courts, Crime,
Crime Prevention, Drugs, Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, and
Victims.

http://www.nicic.org/
National Institute of Corrections provides assistance to Federal, State, and local corrections agencies working with adult offenders.

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/navigation.htm
The Criminal Justice MegaLinks created and maintained by Dr. Tom O'Connor,
Justice Studies Department, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/linklist.htm
A directory of top professorial web sites created and maintained by Dr. Tom O'Connor,
Justice Studies Department, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/dp/dp.html
Death Penalty Information: Anti-Capital Punishment Resources from the ASC's Critical Criminology Division. Maintained by: Jim Thomas, Critical Criminology, Department of Sociology Northern Illinois University.

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/dp/pro/pro.html
Death Penalty Information: Pro-Capital Punishment Resources from the ASC's Critical Criminology Division. Maintained by: Jim Thomas, Critical Criminology, Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University.

http://www.crimetheory.com/
An Educational Resource for the Learning, Researching, and Teaching of Theoretical
Criminology. Designed and maintained by Bruce Hoffman, Department of Sociology, Ohio University.

http://talkjustice.com/links.asp?453053958
Prentice-Hall’s Cybrary: The World’s Criminal Justice Directory.

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 600 tables. Currently this site presents Sourcebook 2003, the 31st edition. The site is updated regularly as new statistics become available. The Sourcebook is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

http://wcr.sonoma.edu
The Western Criminology Review. Online journal published by the Department of Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino. “The goal of WCR is to provide an attractive and meaningful outlet for academic and policy related publication and dialogue in a wide variety of substantive areas in criminology and criminal justice.”