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Prof. M. L. Beshears

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Criminal Justice Resources
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Federal Government Agencies

U.S. Department of Justice

http://www.usdoj.gov/

The Department of Justice plays a major role in crime prevention, seeking punishment for the guilty, enforcing immigration and naturalization laws, and prosecuting and rehabilitating offenders. Selected agency websites of this department are described below:

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

http://www.fbi.gov/

As the investigative arm of the Department of Justice, the FBI site contains information on major investigations, historical information, Freedom of Information Act files, statistics, and the FBI's most wanted. A number of full-text publications are available.

Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

Data is compiled from the FBIs Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR), a national cooperative effort of city, county, and state law enforcement agencies that gather data on crimes. Definitions of Crime Index offenses are standardized for reporting purposes. The site includes Reports from 1995 to 2002 in PDF.

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the primary source for criminal justice statistics. It's mission is to collect, analyze, and publish information on crime, criminal offenders, victims, and the operation of justice systems at all levels. Data is available in varied formats: PDF, spreadsheets, HTML, and/or text.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/

This reference book contains varied statistical information about crime and criminal justice in the United States. All of the data is national in scope, with the inclusion of regional, state and city data where possible. Annotations provide the sources of data for each table.

Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1995

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvus95.htm

Survey report that provides detailed data on major, national victimization. Updated statistical data, covering 1996 to 2001, Criminal Victimization in the United States -- Statistical Tables, is available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvusst.htm

Crime & Justice Electronic Data Abstracts

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm

Aggregated data from a variety of sources, presented in spreadsheets. Files are listed by jurisdiction and time period. Includes county and state, as well as federal data.

Capital Punishment Statistics

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm#publications

Provides data on executions since 1930 and current prisoners on death row. Race and sex data are included.

World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm

Developed with BJS grants, this website provides descriptions of the criminal justice systems of 45 countries.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

http://www.ncjrs.org/

"NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide." It is a broad clearinghouse of criminal justice information. Topics covered include corrections, courts, drugs, crime, international crime and policing, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and more.

The NCJRS Abstracts Database

http://AbstractsDB.ncjrs.org/content/AbstractsDB_Search.asp

Contains searchable summaries of 180,000 criminal justice publications.

To search the NCJRS collection of 7,000+ full-text publications, go to the NCJRS Virtual Library. http://FullTextPubs.ncjrs.org/content/FullTextPubs.html

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/

A division of the Office of Justice Programs, the OJJDP provides leadership and resources to respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. To accomplish this, it supports states and local communities in establishing prevention and intervention programs and in improving the juvenile justice system. The website includes the Juvenile Offenders and Victims 1999 National Report (http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/violencvictsum.html#178257) and the OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book (http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/index.html), which provides basic statistical information on juvenile crime, victimization, and the juvenile justice system.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

The NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. This site provides full-text access to publications and the NIJ Journal.

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/index.htm

The DEA is currently the main agency for enforcement of federal drug laws and holds the responsibility for pursuing U.S. drug investigations worldwide. The site provides international, national, and state drug abuse reports, federal policies, including penalties, major operations, and list of fugitives.

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS)

http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/index.htm

Formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the BCIS is part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The website links to immigration forms, law, regulations, and field offices. Includes bureau news and a comprehensive glossary.

Federal Bureau of Prisons Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE)

http://www.bop.gov/orepg/oreindex.html

The ORE provides information related to the field of corrections by conducting social science research. Research projects and the accompanying reports are available in PDF.

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