Criminal Justice: Resources

Criminology & Criminal Justice:

• World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• American Society of Criminology
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• Division on Critical Criminology (American Society of Criminology)
• Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
• American Civil Liberties Union Key Issues Page
• Heritage Foundation Rule of Law Page

Crime Statistics

• U.S. Crime Stats (Crime Clock)
• Bureau of Justice Statistics - All Key Facts
• Crime Statistics in Lackawanna County
• The State of the USA Crime Trends
  
  • Total Arrests (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • Violent Crime Arrests (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • Drug Crime Arrests (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • White Collar Crime Arrests (Fraud) (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • White Collar Crime Arrests (Embezzlement) (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • Violent Crime Arrests (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • Arrests by Gender (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • Arrests by Race (FBI Uniform Crime Reports)
  • Prosecutions (Prosecutors in State Courts)
  • Convictions (Prosecutors in State Courts)
  • Incarceration: Extent in the U.S. (National Prisoner Statistics)
  • Sentences to Incarceration (National Judicial Reporting Program)
  • Prison Inmates (National Prisoner Statistics)
  • Jail Inmates (Annual Survey of Jails)

University & Research Websites:
(with extensive data resources)

• Florida State University
• California State University, Stanislaus
• Northeastern State University (Oklahoma)

Law Enforcement:

• Pennsylvania Homeland Security
• Pennsylvania State Police
• Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
• Federal Bureau of Investigation

Justice and the Courts:

• Vera Institute of Justice
• National Institute of Justice
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
• United States Department of Justice
• Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• National Association of Attorneys General

Corrections:

• Correctional Association of New York
• Classical Prison Experiment at Stanford University
• The Sentencing Project
• Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP)
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
• U.S. Crime Stats (Crime Clock)

Knowledge through Novelty Sites:

• Are You a Criminal? What's your Crime Theory? Find out here!
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• Famous mug shots