Criminal Justice

Provides information on topics such as fingerprinting information, information on criminal background checks, and crime statistics.

Provides information on criminal history records, identity theft, policy development, and other topics of interest to those working in criminal justice.

Administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, this organization researches, develops, and evaluates the criminal justice system in the United States.

Resources related to training and research in law enforcement, criminal justice, juvenile justice, and homeland security.

This is an electronic clearinghouse of information on crime and justice around the world.

to facilitate research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data.

NAPO is a coalition of police unions and associations from across the United States that serves to advance the interests of America's law enforcement officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education.

The Knowledge Resources available from the COPS Office provide essential information in the form of best practices for law enforcement, Problem-Oriented Policing Guides addressing crime-related problems, and publications composed by subject matter experts within the federal government, academics, and law enforcement leaders that offer free publications on topics ranging from bullying in schools to computer mapping.

NSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice and public safety fields.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 20,000 members in over 100 different countries. IACP's leadership consists of the operating chief executives of international, federal, state and local agencies of all sizes.

PERF is a national membership organization of progressive police executives from the largest city, county and state law enforcement agencies. PERF is dedicated to improving policing and advancing professionalism through research and involvement in public policy debate.

The "SCOTUSblog is devoted to covering the U.S. Supreme Court comprehensively, without bias and according to the highest journalistic and legal ethical standards. The blog is provided as a public service."

Find past, current, and upcoming cases under the "Merits Cases" option in the top left corner.

This program serves youth, young adults, families, schools and communities throughout the United States at-risk of academic failure, dropping out of school, delinquency or becoming chronic offenders

NJDC provides support to public defenders, appointed counsel, law school clinical programs and non-profit law centers to ensure quality representation in urban, suburban, rural and tribal areas. NJDC offers a wide range of integrated services to juvenile defenders, including training, technical assistance, advocacy, networking, collaboration, capacity building and coordination.

This center assists the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice.

Juveniles in crisis—from serious, violent, and chronic offenders to victims of abuse and neglect—pose a challenge to the nation. Charged by Congress to meet this challenge, OJJDP collaborates with professionals from diverse disciplines to improve juvenile justice policies and practices.

The Division of Juvenile Justice provides education and treatment to California’s youthful offenders up to the age of 25 who have the most serious criminal backgrounds and most intense treatment needs. Most juvenile offenders today are committed to county facilities in their home community where they can be closer to their families and local social services that are vital to rehabilitation.

Featuring works by esteemed criminologists and forensic practitioners, this unparalleled e-library boasts an ever-growing number of essential references in crisis management and negotiation methods, arson and homicide investigation, expert witnessing, and forensic pathology.

The ACFS is a multi-disciplinary professional organization that provides leadership to advance science and its application to the legal system.

Supports the justice and defense communities through innovative forensic science research, programs, evaluation of the latest forensic technologies, forensic science education and laboratory quality reviews.

This is a guide on investigating electronic crime dealing with common situations encountered during the processing and handling of digital evidence.

This guide describes the need for investigators to have fundamental knowledge about identifying, preserving, and collecting DNA to help solve cases. This NIJ brochure also discusses CODIS (COmbined DNA Index System), an electronic database of DNA profiles that can identify suspects.

The Forensic Science Society is an international professional body with members in over 60 countries.