360degrees
http://www.360degrees.org/
Flash and non-flash sites available: Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System -- Collection of taped audio diaries gathered from inmates, correctional officers, lawyers, judges, parole officers, parents, victims, and others whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system. As you listen to each individual's story, you can take a 360-degree tour of the individual's personal space--the jail cell, office, living room, or other environment in which the person spends most of his or her time. --Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
American Jail Association (AJA)
http://www.corrections.com/aja/index.shtml
AJA is a "national, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting those who work in and operate our nation's jails. AJA is the only national association that focuses exclusively on issues specific to the operations of local correctional facilities." Networking, resources, and training. |
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/correct.htm
Site tracks and makes available to the public statistics concerning adult correctional populations, jail facilities, trends, and other information pertinent to crime and correctional institutions in the United States. Also covers capital punishment, probation, and parole.--Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
Clarence Darrow Home Page
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/DARROW.HTM
A biographical site devoted to "this sophisticated country lawyer, this hedonistic defender of the poor and downtrodden, this honest, devious man," Clarence Seward Darrow. Users will also find illustrated outlines of his famous defenses of Leopold and Loeb, Bill Haywood, and John Scopes in the renowned "monkey trial" of 1925. |
Corrections Connections
http://www.corrections.com/
This site is a weekly news source and online community for corrections professionals. Here, you can find articles about corrections institutions, a buyer's guide covering more than 1,000 industry products and services, hundreds of job openings, open discussion forums, and more. the directory features categories including Education, Food Service, Health Care, International, Juvenile, Privatization, Student, and Technology. This one-stop site provides everything a corrections professional needs laid out in an easily accessible format, making it Kraynak's choice for Best of the Best jail site. --Kraynak, Best of the Internet |
DOJ: U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/
This is a portal to DOJ publications, information, and activities. The site features material about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), fugitives and missing persons, and information for individuals and communities on topics such as civil rights and liberties violations, immigration, and domestic and youth violence. Includes information about the organization of the DOJ, press releases, reports, speeches, testimony, and related material. Also includes information for children. Searchable. --lii.org |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/
Learn all about the FBI. Read the FBI's Most Wanted Fugitives list, see what investigations are underway, learn about the Freedom of Information Act, and more. |
Indiana Sheriffs' Sex Offender Registry
http://www.insor.org/insasoweb/
The site contains data that was formally on the Sheriffs’ Sex Offender
Registry and data that was maintained in the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender
Directory. Based on information submitted, a person whose name appears in
this Registry has been convicted of a sex offense or a violent offense or
has been adjudicated a delinquent child for an act that would be a sex offense
or violent offense if committed by an adult. You must acknowledge posted
information before entering the site. |
Juvenile Justice Committee
http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=CR200000
This American Bar Association (ABA) committee "is an active voice in promoting changes in the juvenile justice system." The site includes information on the application of the death penalty to juveniles, as well as links to related news and organizations. |
National Institute of Corrections
http://www.nicic.org/
The NIC is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of
Prisons, that "provides training, technical assistance, information services,
and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections
agencies." The site features a searchable library of publications on topics
such as administration, facilities, funding, offender management, and personnel.
Also provides statistics, bibliographies, and related material. Searchable.
--lii.org [link is not working 4/22/07, but it checks out as the right URL
on the Federal Bureau of Prisons site so must be a temporary problem] |
NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/
Search Library Abstracts, Full-text Publications, and Events Calendar; Browse
Topics: Corrections, Courts, Drugs and Crime, International, Juvenile Justice,
Law Enforcement, Victims of Crime, Statistics, and more. Spotlight features
on topics like Identity Theft. |
Prentice Hall's Cybrary: The World's Criminal
Justice Directory
http://talkjustice.com/cybrary.asp
Impressive link directory created and maintained by Frank Schmalleger,
Ph.D.; search, browse, or see Top 100 Picks. Copyright 2006 Pearson Prentice
Hall. |
Secrets of the Spies
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/spies/framesource.html
This interactive feature about spies and espionage contains a timeline about secret codes, profiles of famous double agents, a brief glossary, and a short list of films featuring codes and spies. Also contains links to related features on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and on polygraphs. From CBS News. |
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
From the Department of Justice: The 30th Edition of Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 600 tables. Currently this site presents Sourcebook 2002, the 30th edition. The print and CD-ROM versions of Sourcebook 2002 will be available from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service in the next few months; see the What's new page for ordering information for this and past editions of Sourcebook. |
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