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Criminal Justice Information System Most links from this site are taken from 1) Frank Schmalleger's "The Definitive Give to Criminal Justice and Criminology on the World Wide Web", 2nd editio. 2) Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach, 3rd edition by Philip Reichel. Please note that plagiarism is a serious violation and could result and expulsion from school. To assure proper citation, please click on APA CITATION:

MAP OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -This will link you to a map as it appears in Schmalleger's book. Once there, click on any topic for further explanations and links.

National criminal justice reference service Links to references regarding criminal justice.

Query using a wildcard--use *. For example, correction* will produce words that have the root "correction" such as corrections and correctional.

Criminal Justice Statistical sites: Bureau of justice statistics-Sourcebook online brings together data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States including Law Enforcement, corrections Corrections, victims, etc., Bureau of justice statistics-DOJ statistics about crimes and victims, Bureau of justice statistics-The World Factbook of Criminal Justice provides narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of countries around the world, National archive of Criminal justice data preserves and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal agencies, state agencies, and investigator initiated research projects to users for secondary statistical analysis, Texas department of criminal justice links to Texas criminal justice system, Minnesota CJ statistics Links to Minnesota's criminal justice system, Juvenile justice facts and figures latest facts and figures on juvenile justice, delinquency prevention, and violence and victimization, Statistical analysis center-including Hawaii state agencies that collect, analyze, and disseminate justice data, DEA-state fact sheet -fact sheet on drug and drug abuse, State and local drug control policy-statistics on drugs per state, Juvenile justice reference service including missing children-links to essential topics regarding juvenile justice, Corrections/parole/probation, etc. fact sheet-correctional information of different topics, International fact sheet including money laundering,-links to international crime, Victims of crime-victims of crimes including restorative justice, New York State criminal justice-criminal justice stats of New York, New York selection crime indicator by county-contains information about reported crime, adult arrests, felony prosecutions, convictions and sentences for New York State counties and regions, California criime statistics-crime figures for the state of California, U.N. crime and justice info-sites relating to international cj info, Federal justice statistics-maintains the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database, which contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system, U.S. Census bureau-this include updated population, Fedstats-statistics of over 100 agencies including states-statistics of federal and state agencies, International crime statistics-statistics of other countries.

Courts and Law Related Sites: Cornell University's Legal Information Institute (LII) good for researching law and curt opinions, Court TV contains information about the network including full text of oral arguments for the many trials they cover, Courts.Net provides directory listings for courts across the United States, Federal Judiciary , home page of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Find Law links to state and federal court cases,U.S. Supreme Court Online round the clock access to the U.S. Supreme Court providing Court's decisions, argument calendar, schedules, rules, visitors' guides, etc..

Corrections Sites: Corrections Connections provides links to almost any correctional organization in the country and to all kinds of corrections information, Corrections (NCJRS) extensive source of information on criminal and juvenile justice, Corrections Corporation of America leading private sector provider of detention and corrections services to federal, state and local governments, Federal Bureau of Prisons Statistics on inmate information and links to federal prisons, National Institute of Corrections (NIC) provides assistance to federal, stste, and local corrections agencies working with adult offenders, Prison Zone Works of inmates including arts, writings and poetry, U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Here is a useful link for students in the CJ-Information system class. International Center for Prison Studies provides an interactive site with data on prison systems and incarceation rates in over 200 countries.

Forensics: CompuForensics provides information on the skills needed for safely locating and securing evidence at a crime scene as well as competently analyzing data, FBI Laboratory home page of the FBIs crime laboratory, Firearms ID introduction to forensic firearms identification, Forensic Dentistry lots of information about forensic dentistry along with case examples, Kuglick's Forensic Resource forensic and criminal law links.

Gangs: ATF Gang Resistance Eduation and Training Program (GREAT) covers training related to the GREAT Program, a school based gang prevention strategy taught to middle school students, Gang information focuses on Los Angeles gangs, graffiti, and mohicides, Gang Prevention Incorporated focuses on street gang training provided by a Chicago law enforcement, Gangs or Us designed to help people determine if street or prison gangs are operating in their community.

International Resources: Canadian Criminal Justice System resources dealing with Canadian law, courts, and corrections, Chinalaw information about Chinese law and the legal system in greter China, incuding Taiwan, HOng Kong, the People's Republic of China and Macau, Europol site of the European Police Office, Home Office of the United Kingdom statistics about crime, criminal justice, and other data about the UK, Osaka University faculty of Law and legal resource Japanese law related resource gide to international crime and justice data with links to more than 70 countries, Royal Canadian Mounted Police information about the Canadian police, Scotland Yard site of the British investigation agency, World Factbook of CJ system comprehensive full text report detailing criminal justice systems worldwide

U.S. Office of Counterterrorism Get the most recent information on terrorism.

Justice Statistics: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) primary source within the U.S. criminal justice statistics, Death penalty information center collection of information and statistics on and about the death penalty, Drug Enforcement Administration statistics and publication along with the agency's history, Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) most current as well as historical data of crimes compiled by local police reported to the FBI

Victimology: Office for Victims of crime U.S. DOJ site with information about crime victims and resources for crime victims, World society of Victimology includes electronic access to "The Victimologist".

Other: Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) provides access to a variety of documents, news, and reports on children's rights.