Criminal Law

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DSL LegalLinks: International Criminal Law
U.S. Government Resources: Criminal Justice

ABA: Juvenile Justice Center
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus

American Bar Association information on juvenile justice, including the National Juvenile Defender Center and the juvenile death penalty.

ASIL Guide to Electronic Resurces for International Law: International Criminal Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/crim1.htm

The American Society of International Law was created in 1906 and incorporated by an act of Congress in 1950, and has been granted Consultative Status to the UN. Its website focuses on internet sources but also includes CD-ROMs, library catalogs, and on-line subscription/commercial services.

Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
http://www.afda.org

Association of criminal defense attorneys who practice in the federal courts.

Australian Institute of Criminology
http://www.aic.gov.au

Government institute that studies crime and criminal justice in Australia. Page includes reports, statistics, papers, and research on a number of criminal topics.

Center for Sex Offender Management
http://www.csom.org/

Developed by the Department of Justice, the Center for Sex Offender Management assists state and local jurisdictions in sex offender management. Page provides resources, publications, and related links.

Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice: Juvenile Justice Information Center
http://www.cjcj.org/jjic/index.php

Part of the Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice, the JJIC provides information on youth crime and criminal justice, specifically for the counties of California.

Cornell Death Penalty Project
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawlibrary/death/

The Project sponsors two law clinics for Cornell students to assist death penalty cases. The site includes publications, cases, and legal research on the death penalty.

Crimes Against Children Research Center
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/index.html

The CCRC is a project of the University of New Hampshire that studies the victimization, reported and unreported, of children ages birth to 17 years. The site includes a fact sheet, publications, media archives, and related links.

Criminology Information Service & Library
http://www.criminology.utoronto.ca/library/

The Criminology Information Services & Library of the University of Toronto provides links to crime and criminology portals, journals, and other resources.

Cyber Crimes
http://www.cybercrimes.net/

Based on a CyberCrimes Seminar, this site explores issues surrounding crimes involving the use of one or more computers.

EISIL: International Criminal Law
http://www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=285514106&t=sub_pages&cat=21

Database of web links related to international criminal law, sorted by subject.

FBI: Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
http://foia.fbi.gov

This web site explains information about the FOIA, and provides electronic access to frequently requested FBI documents.

Federal Grand Jury Information
http://www.udayton.edu/~grandjur

Website that covers both state and federal grand juries, which includes information on both, and additionally, news on grand juries and a multimedia overview of an Ohio County grand jury.

Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
http://fjsrc.urban.org/index.cfm

The FJSRC maintains data on suspects and defendants at all levels of the federal criminal justice system. There is also a data dictionary, charts and tables, and access to the Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics, and annual report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

FindLaw: Journals for Criminal Law
http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/criminal.html

Findlaw list of relevant academic law reviews and journals on criminal law.

FindLaw: Resources for Criminal Law
http://findlaw.com/01topics/09criminal/index.html

Resources, guide pages, web guides, etc. on criminal law.

Florida State University: School of Criminology – Criminal Justice Links
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/cj-flowchart.html

Criminal justice flow chart with hot links to links on the various stages of the criminal justice system.

Hieros Gamos: Criminal Law
http://www.hg.org/crime.html

Extensive guide to criminal law by country, supranational organizations, publications, other bankruptcy associations, and other online resources.

LLRX: Criminal Law
http://www.llrx.com/cgi-bin/llrx.cgi?function=browsetopic2&id=41

List of research guides on LLRX.com that relate to criminal law.

Lyonette Louis-Jacques: International Criminal Court Resources
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/icc.html

Research guide to international criminal court resources in both print and the electronic media.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/index.html

The NAJCJD collects crime and justice data from state and federal agencies and other research projects and makes it available on their site, along with other related links and publications.

National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
http://www.ncianet.org/

The NCIA is a program that researches, trains and provides assistance in developing community-based alternatives for adults and juveniles in the court system. Their page has information on mental health, education, and criminal justice services.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://ncjrs.aspensys.com

The NCJRS is a large federally-funded database of information on criminal justice and substance abuse.

Office for Victims of Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/welcome.html

OVC provides funding for state agencies and training. Their website includes an archive of OVC publications, resources for international victims, and research and statistics on victims of crime.

Organized Crime and Corruption Bibliographic Database
http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/search.htm

York University project that includes a searchable bibliographic database on organized crime and corruption.

SEARCH
http://www.search.org

The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics attempts to coordinate criminal justice information between local justice agencies, with a webpage that includes news, publications, and information on conventions and events.

SexOffender.com
http://www.sexoffender.com/search.htm

Page that offers sex offender criminal backgrounds, state laws on computer crimes, sex offender registries, and cyberstalking, and further information on recidivism, prison statistics, Megan’s Law, and Code Amber.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, supported by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice, brings together data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 600 tables.

United Nations: Crime and Justice Information Network
http://www.uncjin.org/

UN website which provides links to the institutions of the UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme Network, and notes from the commission, UN Congress, and draft conventions meetings. Also available are UN standards and norms in PDF form, statistics and research, constitutions, treaties, laws, court decisions, and links related to criminal justice.

United Nations: European Crime Prevention Network
http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/eucpn/home.html

UN program developed to research crime prevention at the UN level. The page consists of crime prevention policies, EU member states crime profiles, effective crime prevention interventions, and research highlights.

United Nations: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
http://www.un.org/icty/

UN site for the ICTY contains legal documents, publications, indictments, proceedings, and the latest developments concerning the violations of international humanitarian law.

United Nations: Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute
http://www.unicri.it

UN research program that offers information on their projects, and publications and documents online.

U.S. Sentencing Commission
http://www.ussc.gov

The Commission is an independent agency in the judicial branch of government. It is charged with the ongoing responsibilities of evaluating the effects of the sentencing guidelines on the criminal justice system, recommending to Congress appropriate modifications of substantive criminal law and sentencing procedures, and establishing a research and development program on sentencing issues.

World Crime Justice Library Electronic Network
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~wcjlen/WCJ/

Rutgers online criminal justice library with links, statistical resources, bibliographies, periodicals, publications, etc.

World Justice Information Network
http://www.wjin.net/index.php

International criminal justice portal with news, publications, and links. Also available are news feeds and discussion boards.

This page was last updated: 08/26/2005
Please send questions, comments, and requests for additional information to
Gail Partin, gap6@psu.edu