Criminal Law
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
http://www.acjs.org
ACJS is an international organization that fosters professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice.
Access to Justice Network
http://www.acjnet.org
See what's happening in the world of law and justice in Canada. Includes extensive resource library, Canadian laws,and gives you an opportunity to get involved with legal and justice issues.
American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust
The criminal justice section works on solutions to issues involving crime, criminal law, and the administration of criminal and juvenile justice. Serves as a comprehensive resource for individuals interested in the criminal justice system.
American Board of Criminalists
http://criminalistics.com/
The ABC provides peer-reviewed certification programs in the fields of criminalistics as well as forensic biology,. drug chemistry, fire debris, and trace evidence. Certification based on assessment of competency using written examinations and proficiency testing.
American Probation & Parol Association (APPA)
http://www.appa-net.org
APPA is an international association which explores issues relevant to the field of community based corrections, including all levels of government, local, state, provincial & federal agencies. Active members are from United States and Canada.
American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
http://www.asisonline.org
ASIS is the preeminent international organization for professionals responsible for security, including managers and directors of security. ASIS is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and productivity of security practices through educational programs and materials.
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
http://www.asc41.com
International organization concerned with criminology, research, education, scientific, and professional knowledge regarding the prevention control and treatment of crime and delinquincy.
American Sociological Association (ASA)
http://www.asanet.org
Provides a unique set of services to its members and promotes the vitality, visibility and diversity of the discipline.
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org
An origanization dedicated to the campaign against the death penalty and oppose human rights abuses.
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
www.afda.org.
Members have access to a newsletter, research materials, a document library, info. about training, and legislative advocacy work. One day pass available for new users.
Buffalo School of Law - NY
http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/
Find a collection of materials on American and Foreign penal laws, codes, criminal procedure and legislation.
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA
The BJA supports innovative programs that strengthen the Nation's criminal justice system by assisting State and local governments, and communities through correctional services, technical assistance and training.
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
http://www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/forum/
This site catalogs cease and desist notices and presents analyses of their claims to help recipients resist " the chilling of legitimate activities ", as well as understanding when their activities are unlawful. In addition you will find legal backgrounders, news items, and pointers to statutes and case law.
Counterterrorism Group Profiles
http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=CTGroups&file=index
Lists the names and AKAs of various organized anti-terrorist groups, as well as their origins and specific functions.
Court TV
http://www.courttv.com
Information on top news, trials, and most wanted can be found on this cable station website.
Courts.Net
http://www.courts.net
Links to courts in all 50 states as well as Canada and Australia. Locate general information, court filings and online docket access.
Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm
A collection of crime and justice data from a variety of published resources available on the web. Data is presented in spreadsheets to facilitate its use in analysis, graphing and mapping. Files contain thousands of numbers and hundreds of categories, displayed by jurisdiction and time
Crime Spider
http://crimespider.com
This search engine searches for the best crime and law enforcement sites,then categorizes topics for easy finding. Some sites include cyberbrime, private investigation, industrial espionage and behavior profiling.
CrimeLynx
http://www.crimelynx.com
A Criminal Defense Practitioner's Guide through the Internet. Provides links in the areas of legal research, forensic & experts, investigation links and crime policy. A criminal justice center is also available.
Criminal Defense.com
http://www.criminaldefense.com/
A resource and exchange center for criminal defense professionals and the lay public. Site offers knowledge base, discussion forums, legal research links and a biweekly newsletter.
Criminal Defense Online
www.sado.org
This site has criminal defense bulletins; news group for defense attorneys; summaries of decisions on criminal law and procedure; newsletters; and links to other criminal law web sites.
Criminal Justice Resources on the Web
www.criminology.fsu.edu/cj.html
Extensive collection of criminal justice links on the internet. Browse links by subject or search the entire collection by keyword.
Criminal Law Resources on the Internet
http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/
A mass collection of links to criminal law materials from the U.S. and throughout the world, with an emphasis on criminal codes, criminal procedure codes, and enforcement codes.
Criminal Records
- Arizona
http://www.adc.state.az.us/Isearch.htm
- Florida
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/InmateReleases/search.asp
- Georgia
http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryForm.jsp
- Illinois
http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/search/default.shtml
- Minnesota
http://info.doc.state.mn.us/PublicViewer/
Parole Records - New York
www.docs.state.ny.us
Search their current inmates or recently released prisoners. Usually reveals class and description of crime committed, date of conviction, length of sentence, housing facility, status of inmate (released or still incarcerated) and his or her parole hearing date.
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
This site covers indepth reports, history, special topics and related issues all involved with the death penalty.
Death Penalty Resource Page
www.romingerlegal.com/deathpenalty.htm
This site provides links to internet sites relating to the death penalty, and to a variety of resources from cases and brief banks to speeches and historical documents.
Department of Justice - Criminal Division
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminalfacing.htm
The Criminal Division developes, enforces and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws. It oversees criminal matters under more than 900 statutes and certain civil litigation about C.D. Look at topics of special interest and what's new.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
www.dea.gov
The home page of the D.E.A. Read about the history of the D.E.A. and view the latest news releases and congressional testimonies.
Drunk Driving Defense
www.drunkdrivingdefense.com
A referral service for a network of DUI lawyers throughout the U.S. for lawyers. Features a chart showing state by state contracts for obtaining driving records.
Family Watchdog
http://www10.familywatchdog.us/
By entering an address and state, this site provides interactive maps of the location of sex offenders. The map legend lists color coded boxes for sex offenders, rape, offenders against children, and sexual battery. Clicking on a colored square brings up a separate window that lists names, photographs, and addresses of sex offenders all over the nation.
FedCrimLaw
www.fedcrimlaw.com
With a subscription, access is gained to a database containing more than 6,000 full text federal court opinions dealing with criminal law. For non-subscribers, the free section provides excerpts from the newsletter and features such as "Crazy Cases," a collection of outrageous cases.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
www.bop.gov
Find public and inmate information, acquisitions and links to related topics.
Federal Grand Jury
www.udayton.edu/~grandjur
Site is devoted to educating people about what grand juries are and what they do, on both the state and federal levels. Site offers Q&A's, actual examples of documents and a transcript of grand jury proceeding. Even provides a multimedia presentation featuring photographs of a grand jury at work.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
http://fjsrc.urban.org
Online database contains comprehensive information about suspects and defendants processed in each stage of the federal criminal justice system.
Federal Rules of Evidence
www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html
From LII, a searchable database of the full text of the rules.
Federal Trade Commission Spam Complaint Site and Form
http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
Find information about the Federal Trade Commission's recent law enforcement actions against deceptive commercial email and spammers' responsibilities under the CAN-SPAM law. In the "For Consumers" section, you'll find tips on how to reduce the amount of spam email in your in-box.
Fill out the form to issue a complaint via their website: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
http://www.treas.gov/fincen/
Anti-money laundering agency fostering information collection, analysis and sharing, tech help, and implementation of Treasury authorities.
Find Law - Legal Subjects
http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/scripts/lc.pl?entry=CRIMINAL
+law&sites=findlaw.com
Provides thousands of legal sites, cases, codes, forms, articles, resources, law reviews, and much more.
The Global Bibliography of Prison Systems
http://www.uncjin.org/country/GBOPS/gbops.html
This bibliography provides practitioners, scholars and students with a comprehensive source for identifying information written about the prison system in many countries of the world.
Hieros Gamos
http://www.hg.org/crime.html
A large and comprehensive legal site with links to federal and state agencies, organizations, cases, laws, regulation codes, publications, resources and much more.
JUSTINFO : The Newsletter of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JUSTINFO.asp
Stay informed with this biweekly electronic newsletter. Includes new publications, grants and funding opportunities, and announcements. Links also available to full text.
LII - Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/criminal.html
University's library center summarizes the body of criminal law , discussing its agencies and sharing laws, cases, news and links.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/criminal_procedure.html
University's library center summarizes the body of criminal procedure , dicussing its agencies and sharing laws, cases, news and links.
Los Angeles Police Department(LAPD)
www.lapdonline.org
Lots of information and links about one of the worlds largest police agencies.
MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB)
http://www.tkb.org
The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT). The TKB is a one-stop resource for comprehensive research on domestic and international terrorism, with information on terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders. The TKB features a suite of sophisticated analytical tools, available free of charge to researchers, policymakers, journalists, emergency response personnel, and the general public.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
This Archive houses more than 550 data collections relating to criminal justice. Search by keyword, subject or title. An abundance of useful reports and studies relating to sentencing, probation, jury selection and more.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
http://www.criminaljustice.org/public.nsf/FreeForm/PublicWelcome?OpenDocument
Serves as a public forum on criminal justice matters and as a private online service for NACDL members. Includes news releases, legislative alerts and selected full text articles from current and past issues of NACDL magazine. Features a members only section of criminal law links.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
www.missingkids.com
Information about missing children, abuse and exploitation. Can search for child photos, get on the live hotline, also has exploited child unit.
National Center for State Courts
http://www.ncsconline.org/
Provides support, assistance and leadership to the state courts.
National Center for Victims of Crime
www.ncvc.org
On-line resource center for victims, includes toll free help line, virtual library, links and public policy news and issues.
National Criminal Justice Reference Center
www.ncjrs.org
Site of U.S.Department of Justice that focuses on Juvenile, drug and international crime. Includes resource database.
National District Attorneys Association
www.ndaa.org
General information about the NDAA and its publications and programs.
National Institute of Justice(NIJ)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij
The research, evaluation, and development bureau whose mission is to develop knowledge that can help prevent and reduce crime and improve the criminal justice system.
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
www.nlada.org
Membership to this organization includes civil and criminal lawyers representing indigent clients. Obtain a full text of Indigent Defense, or the black letter standards which covers assignment of counsel, training administration and other matters.
National Rifle Association(NRA)
www.nra.org
National Rifle Association's home page. Find quick links to politics and legislation, maps, NRA membership information and programs.
National Youth Gang Center(NYGC)
www.iir.com/nygc/
Information on youth gangs and effective responses to them. NYGC assists state and local jurisdictions in the collection, analysis and exchange of information on demographics, program strategies and legislation.
New York Police Department
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/home.html
Find lots of information about this large organization and its efforts.
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc
Advocating for the fair treatment of crime victims, the OVC provides funding to state victim assistance and programs. Find information on training and technical assistance, grants, and resources for US and International victims.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
This site provides resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. Find information on grants, funding, news, conferences and programs.
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
ONDCP establishes policies, priorities, and objectives for the nation's drug control program. Counterdrug enforcement, drug abuse education, prevention and treatment are some of the goals of this government office.
Parents of Murdered Children (POMC)
http://www.pomc.com
National organization that provides emotional support for survivors of homicide victims. Assistance is also provided in dealing with the criminal justice system.
Partnerships Against Violence (PAVNET)
http://www.pavnet.org
This "virtual library" has information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from seven different federal agencies. Violence prevention professionals can communicate and share resources through the Pavnet mail group.
Police Guide
http://www.policeguide.com/CTgroups.html
Ranked the most popular law enforcement site in the world, this site has a search engine that can link you to over 238 separate web pages.
Public Defenders' Offices
California Federal Defenders Office
www.fdsdi.com
Colorado Office of the Public Defender
www.cofpd.org
Connecticut Federal Public Defender
www.fpdct.org
District of Columbia Public Defender Office
www.dcfpd.org
Florida Public Defender Northern District
http://publicdefender.cjis20.org/
Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council
www.gpdsc.com
Idaho Federal Defenders Office
www.fdewi.org
Illinois Public Defender - Appellate
http://www.state.il.us/defender/oipda.html
Indiana Public Defenders Office
www.state.in.us/pdc
Maryland Public Defenders Office
www.md-fd.org
Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services
http://www.mass.gov/cpcs/index.htm
Missouri Public Defender Western District
http://mow.fd.org/index.shtm
Montana Public Defenders Office
www.fdom.org
Nebraska Public Defenders Office
www.fpdne.org
New Hampshire Public Defender
http://www.nhpd.org/
New Jersey Public Defenders Office
www.fpdnj.org
New York Office of the Appellate Defender
www.appellatedefender.org
North Carolina Public Defenders Office Middle District
www.fpdmdnc.org
Pennsylvania Public Defenders Office
Middle District
www.pamd-fpd.org
Western District
http://www.fpdpaw.org/
South Dakota Public Defenders Office
www.fpdsd.org
Washington Public Defenders Office
www.fdewi.org
Washington College of Law
http://www.wcl.american.edu/ocs/publicdefenders.cfm#int
West Virgina Public Defenders Office Southern District
www.fpdsdwv.org
Wyoming Public Defenders Office
www.cofpd.org
RAND Drug Policy Research Center
http://www.rand.org/multi/dprc
Responsible for conducting research to help community leaders and public officials develop more effective strategies for dealing with drug problems.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Home page to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, information on many areas of this organization.
Sex Crimes / Offender Searches
- US Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website
http://www.nsopr.gov/
Coordinated by the Department of Justice, this website is a public registry of sex offenders nation-wide. It is a cooperative effort between the federal government and the state agencies that host public sex offender registries.
- Arizona
http://www.azsexoffender.com/
- Delaware
http://www.state.de.us/dsp/sexoff/index.htm
- Florida
http://www3.fdle.state.fl.us/sexual_predators/
- New York
http://www.parentsformeganslaw.com/
- South Carolina
http://www.doc.sc.gov/InmateSearchDisclaimer.jsp
- Texas
http://records.txdps.state.tx.us/soSearch/default.cfm
Sex offender and inmate databases providing information such as description of the crime, time the perpetrator served, status of his or her sentence and identifying tattoos or birthmarks, home address and pictures.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
Sourcebook 2000, is an on-line version (28th) of the largest compilation of criminal justice statistics available. This site is run and continuously updated by the State of New York at Albany.
Stop Prisoner Rape
http://www.spr.org/index.asp
National non-profit organization that seeks to end sexual violence committed against men, women, and youth in all forms of detention. Find recent news, reports and support groups.
Supreme Court Opinions from the Legal Information Institute
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/bulletin/
LII of Cornell Law School provides a free current awareness service via e-mail, distributing the syllabi of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions in bulletin format within hours after their release.
Terrorism Research Center
http://www.terrorism.com
Dedicated to the research of all aspects of terrorism, information warfare and critical infrastructure protection, many on-line resources available.
Texas CrimeStoppers Resource Listing
http://www.howardnations.com/states/texas/crimestoppers.html
Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/
Find out how to request information about incarcerated offenders, such as dates of incarceration, which is useful to rebut claims of loss of consortium.
Texas Dept. of Public Safety Criminal Records Database
http://records.txdps.state.tx.us
A superior source of information for criminal history with in the state of Texas. Provides enough detailed information to subpoena any located criminal records. Class C moving violations are excluded, fee for search under $5.00.
TRAC - Syracuse University
http://trac.syr.edu/
Administered by Susan B Long, a Syracuse University professor, the site provides non-partisan, comprehensive statistics and data on federal law enforcement, staffing and spending.
Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
This page provides the most recent Crime Reports collected by the FBI and made available to the public.
United Nations
http://www.ohchr.org/
Webpage to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, this site focuses on the functioning of the United Nations system in the field of human rights. Find educational information as well as recent issues, publications and press releases.
U.S. Sentencing Commission
www.ussc.gov
Valuable for anyone who practices criminal law. Highlights are the complete text of the Sentencing Guidelines Manual, and a library of the commission's research and reports on such matters as mandatory sentencing and drug policies.
Vera Institute of Justice
http://www.vera.org
Working with government officials, non-profit organizations and community residents in the U.S. as well as other countries, Vera designs and tests innovations that make the justice system more efficient, fair, equitable and respectful.
Zeno's Forensic Page
http://forensic.to/forensic.html
An up to date and complete list of resources for forensics, including a list of various research organizations. Site offers sections for forensic sciences, forensic medicine, and forensic psychiatry.
