Useful Links

Professional Associations

American Society of Criminology (ASC)

American Criminal Justice Society (ACJS)

Societies

European Society of Criminology
http://www.esc-eurocrim.org/

American Academy of Forensic Sciences
http://www.aafs.org/

American Bar Association
http://www.abanet.org/

American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/

American Correctional Association
http://www.aca.com/

American Jail Association
http://www.aja.org/

American Probation and Parole Association
http://www.appa-net.org/

American Society of Victimology
http://www.american-society-victimology.us/

British Society of Criminology
http://www.britsoccrim.org/

Canadian Society of Criminology
http://www.ccja-acjp.ca/

International Association of Chiefs of Police
http://www.theiacp.org/

National Sheriffs’ Association
http://www.theiacp.org/

Southern Poverty Law Center
http://www.splcenter.org/

Police Executive Research Forum
http://www.policeforum.org/

European Institute for Crime Prevention & Control (affiliated with the United Nations)
http://www.heuni.fi/

Death Penalty Information
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/

International Society of Criminology
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/societe.internationale.de.criminologie/

The Law & Society Association
http://www.lawandsociety.org/

Government Website References

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/

FBI Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Crime and Victim statistics and NCVS survey
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm

World Factbook of Criminal Justice Information
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm

Bureau of Justice Statistics site for cross national statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cnscj.htm

Problem-oriented policing/problem solving
http://popcenter.org/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/ 

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

National Institute of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/

United States Census
http://www.census.gov/

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cia.gov/

National Security Agency
http://www.nsa.gov/

Homeland Security
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/index.html

US Customs and Borders Protection
http://www.cbp.gov/

The United States Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Commission for Racial Equality (UK)
http://www.cre.gov.uk/
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/

Home Office (UK)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Home Office Publications
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/

Scotland Yard (Metropolitan Police)
http://www.met.police.uk/

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/html/rcmp2.htm

American Declaration of Independence of 1776
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/

The Constitution of the United States
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html

Home Office UK Crimes & Victims
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/

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