Subject Resource Guide for Criminal Justice

Selected and updated by reference librarians in support of the TC3 program in Criminal Justice. Selection criteria include quality, content, reliability and currency.

• News
• Statistics
• Agencies
• Associations
• Comprehensive Gateways
• Subject Specific Sites

News

• FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
• Law Enforcement News
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
• NewsLink
• Police Chief Magazine
• Yahoo Crime
• Note: Don't forget to check TC3's Electronic Databases.

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Statistics

• Criminal Justice Statistics for New York State
• FBI Uniform Crime Reports - Includes statistics for Crime in the United States, Hate Crime, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted and Age-Specific Arrest Rates and Race-Specific Arrest Rates for Selected Offenses, 1993-2001
• Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service Statistics
• School Survey on Crime and Safety
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• U.S. Department of Justice Statistics

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Agencies

• Directory of New York State Criminal Justice Agencies
• Federal Bureau of Investigation - Their FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is available online from 1996 to the present.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
• Interpol
• National Institute of Justice
• New York City Criminal Justice Agency Research Department
• New York State Department of Correctional Services - In their Docs Today is Pataki signs Rocky drug reform into law (2004) and there is also a report on One Year Later: New York's Experience With Drug Law Reform (December 2005)
• New York State Police
• Officer.com Law Enforcement Agencies Directory
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. Department of Justice
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

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Associations & Organizations

• Correctional Association of New York - "Independent, non-profit organization founded by concerned citizens in 1844 and granted unique authority by the New York State Legislature to inspect prisons and to report its findings and recommendations to the legislature, the public and the press."
• Death Penalty Information Center - Washington, DC, "non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment. The Center was founded in 1990 and prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists, and serves as a resource to those working on this issue. The Center is widely quoted and consulted by all those concerned with the death penalty."

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Comprehensive Gateways

• Academic Info: Criminal Justice
• BUBL LINK: Crime
• CopNet
• Criminal Justice Resources
• Institute for Criminal Justice Studies Web Links
• John Jay College Guide to Criminal Justice Internet Sites
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Officer.com
• World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network

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Subject Specific Sites

• Center for Sex Offender Management
• Centre for Defence and International Security Studies
• Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
• Corrections.com
• Death Penalty Links
• Domestic Violence Handbook - New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• Forensic Science Resources
• International Association of Chiefs of Police
• International Journal of Digital Evidence - Economic Crime Institute (ECI) at Utica College. Has fulltext archives back to Spring 2002.
• Nathanson Center for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption
• National Crime Prevention Council
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
• Office for Victims of Crime
• Police Response to Gangs: A Multi-Site Study - Prepared for the National Institute of Justice (523p pdf document]
• Prison Activist Resource Center
• Violence Against Women Online Resources

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Last update: Tuesday, March 18, 2008