Criminal Justice Resources :

Comprehensive Sites


C J Ed
http://www.cjed.com/
This web page is maintained by Dr. Philip Reichel of the University of Northern Colorado.
(Last checked 10/06/09)

Crime Spider Page
http://www.crimespider.com/
Crime spider crawls the web to find the best sites related to crimes such as homicides, serial murders, missing persons, unsolved mysteries, law enforcement, criminalistics, criminology, behavioral sciences, profiling, DNA, and crime prevention.
(Last checked 10/06/09)

CrimeLynx
http://www.crimelynx.com
The CrimeLynx site was developed in 1996 by a criminal defense lawyer and is geared to criminal law practitioners, policy makers, forensic scientists, and expert witnesses. The site includes more than 100 crime-related links, spanning crime scene investigation, DNA, pathology, wrongful convictions, prosecutorial misconduct, and famous criminal trials. It also has legal research links covering criminal statutes, Justice Department criminal guidelines, online legal libraries, and treaties and other international documents.
(Last checked 10/06/09)

Criminal Justice Mega-Sites : The Best Links on the Web
http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/linklist.htm
Includes links to top pages by criminal justice professors, comprehensive sites, research sites, police , courts, corrections, criminal justice publishers, web journals, discussion, and professional association links. Courtesy of Tom O'Connor, Austin Peay State University.
(Last checked 10/06/09)

Dr. Cecil Greek's Criminal Justice Links (Florida State University)
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cj.html
An excellent collection of criminal justice resources courtesy of Dr. Cecil Greek, Florida State University. The resources are broken out into the following categories:

  • Criminal Justice Books,
  • Federal Criminal Justice Agencies,
  • International Criminal Justice Sources,
  • Criminal Justice Information,
  • Crime & Crime Prevention,
  • Juvenile Delinquency,
  • Drug and Alcohol Info,
  • Police Agencies & Resources,
  • The Courts : Due Process and Civil Liberties,
  • Obscenity, Censorship, and the Communications Decency Act,
  • Prisons, the Death Penalty, and Community Corrections,
  • Searchable Law Databases,
  • Other Law Sites on the Web,
  • Criminal Justice Education (including Forensics),
  • On-line Criminal Justice Discussion Groups & E-Journals,
  • Criminal Justice Images
  • Criminal Justice and the Media,
  • Criminal Justice Photos, and
  • OJ Trial Photos.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Dr. Frank Schmalleger's Cybrary of Criminal Justice Links
    http://talkjustice.com/cybrary.asp
    The World Wide Web criminal justice site directory -- with listings for over 12,000 criminal justice and justice-related sites. Sites are categorized into many different areas, and are fully searchable. The Cybrary Top 100 provides a list of the 100 most useful criminal justice sites on the Web today. The Cybrary bills itself as "The World's Criminal Justice Directory."
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Justice Research Association's Criminal Justice System Image Map
    http://talkjustice.com/cjimap.htm
    From the classic flowchart, Sequence of Events in the Criminal Justice System, link to over 12,000 scholarly and professional sites and resources on crime, juvenile offenders, prosecution, more.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
    http://www.ncjrs.gov
    NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. Included on the website are extensive publications on Corrections, Courts, Crime, Crime Prevention, Drugs, the Justice System, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, and Victims.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Prentice Hall's Cybrary of Criminal Justice Resources
    Also listed as Dr. Frank Schmalleger's Cybrary of Criminal Justice Links
    http://talkjustice.com/cybrary.asp
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Public Agenda Online Crime Topics
    http://www.publicagenda.org/category/tags/-crime
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    The Redwood Highway: Crime, Law, and Related Information Links (Western Society of Criminologists)
    http://www.sonoma.edu/cja/info/default.shtml
    A collection of web links provided by the Western Society of Criminologists.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Sam Houston State University
    College of Criminal Justice
    Criminal Justice Links
    http://www.cjcenter.org/resources/links.html
    Extensive compilation of web links.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Tom O'Connor's MegaLinks in Criminal Justice
    http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/
    An extensive directory of online resources related to criminal justice topics compiled by Tom O'Connor, Austin Peay State University. Categories covered include: crime analysis, criminology, current events information, course syllabi, employment, juvenile, law, community policing, traditional policing, prison, reform, internet security, and shareware. Includes an essay on teaching criminal justice and tips on writing criminal justice term papers.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    University of Cambridge
    Institute of Criminology
    Radzinowicz Library
    Criminology Links
    http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/library/links/crime_prevention.html
    Categories include: Computer Crime, Corruption, Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice Studies, Criminology, Drugs, Forensics, Government, Human Rights, Justice, Courts & Law, Juveniles, Libraries, Mental Health, News, Police, Prisons, Probation & Parole, Restorative Justice/Mediation, Social Studies, Victimology, and Women & Criminology.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Vera Institute of Justice
    http://www.vera.org/
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    World Criminal Justice Library Electronic Network
    http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ewcjlen/WCJ/index.htm
    Very impressive collection of links compiled by librarians and CJ specialists. Provides sections on reference sources, statistics, links arranged by country, etc.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
    http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm
    Provides basic information about crime and criminal justice in various countries. Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

    Yahoo's Crime Links
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/
    Extensive collection of web links, constantly revised.
    (Last checked 10/06/09)

     

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