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Updated 11 January 2008
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This page was updated on
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Internet
Resources
Justice Information Center
The U.S. Department of Justice, National Criminal
Justice Reference Service offers publications and products on topics in
corrections, courts, crime, crime prevention, drugs, justice system,
juvenile justice, law enforcement and victims. Includes an A to Z topic
list.
Pennsylvania
Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Resource topics include public safety,
local governments, education & youth, research, and community programs.
Also includes employment opportunities.
Penn State University Criminal Justice Resources
University Libraries Resource Page
listing topics in criminology, government agencies, organizations and
research institutes, criminal procedures and the courts, forensic
science, and crime, delinquency and violence.
School of Criminal Justice
Subject Page
This site provides links to many criminal
justice sites from the University at Albany.
College of Criminology &
Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Links (Florida State University)
Links for research,
publications and resources. Topics include searchable law databases,
forensics, crime and crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, drug and
alcohol information.
Criminal
Justice Resources, Michigan State University Library
Jon J. Harrrison's
intensive collection of seventy links, covering a wide topical range in
the study of criminal justice.
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Death Penalty Information & Resources
Anti-Capital Punishment Resources from
the American Society of Criminology.
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
Includes state by state information,
death penalty fact sheet, execution database, resources, news, and
information on the issues relating to the death penalty. DPIC is a
non-profit organization.
Death Penalty Statistics
"These sites provide detailed information
on executions, death row populations, jurisdictions authorizing capital
punishment, capital offenses, Supreme Court death penalty cases, changes
in state statutes, and other information." From the Justice Center at
the University of Alaska.
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Innocence Project
Founded by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld
in 1992, the Innocence Project is a non-profit legal clinic and criminal
justice resource center. Their mission is to exonerate wrongfully
convicted persons "where post-conviction DNA testing can yield conclusive
proof of innocence".
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The Corrections Connection Network
Lists corrections news, organizations, policy,
events, careers, training,
and discussion.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
This website offers a directory and inmate
locator, information regarding prison facilities, employment information,
and prison news.
Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections
Includes information about county jails,
execution list, institution profiles, most wanted list, job
opportunities, Megan's law list, and research and statistics.
New
York State Department of Correctional Services
New York State prisons
and locations, inmate information, employment opportunities, research
reports
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History of Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice and Prison Reform
Listings of historical records and
special collections regarding criminal justice and prisons at the
University at Albany Library.
History of Criminology: The Pioneers
Listing of the major books in criminology, arranged by time period
from 1846 to the present.
Searching the Criminal Body: Art/Science/Prejudice, 1840's to Present.
Exhibit at the University at Albany, on
the history and images of biological criminology.
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Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice Committee
The Juvenile Justice Committee "develops
policies to further national juvenile justice reform", "tracks federal and state policy and
offers juvenile justice standards and full-text articles on juvenile justice issues". From the American Bar Association
Criminal Justice Section.
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
Juvenile justice
information, programs for at-risk youth, employment opportunities,
education programs, and state agency resources. By Florida State
University.
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Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges' Commission
Includes juvenile court standards,
directories, the rules of juvenile court procedure, the juvenile act,
and current newsletter.
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Law Enforcement
Community Policing Consortium
A partnership of five national police organizations which
provides research, training and technical assistance information.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pennsylvania State Police
United
States Marshal Service
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Indexes & Databases
The Miller Library does subscribe to a selection of bibliographic databases
via the Internet. Those databases most helpful for Criminal Justice Research
are listed below.
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FORENSICnetBASE
- Provides online access
to full-text references and books in forensics, criminal
justice, homeland security and law enforcement.
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History Reference Center
- Offers full text from more
than 750 history reference books and encyclopedias, and
nearly 60 history magazines. The database contains 58,000
documents; 43,000 biographies; 12,000+ historical photos and
maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video.
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National Criminal Justice
Reference Service
- Offers some full-text
access to criminal justice and forensic science issues.
NCJRS is sponsored by the US Department of Justice. Keystone
College does not have free access to all articles.
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NetLibrary
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Access to digital versions of
printed material such as books or journals, databases or any
digital content. Available 24/7.
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News-LexisNexis
- Over 350 newspapers and
broadcast transcripts from major networks including ABC,
CBS, Fox, NBC, & NPR.
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PsycArticles
- Offers full-text,
peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in
psychology.
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In addition,
the following databases are available on Internet sites:
Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database
This is an interdisciplinary, searchable database of 100,000 records on alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
Records cover the late 1960's to the present.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
A searchable database of articles,
reports, book chapters and books regarding child abuse, neglect and welfare issues.
Formerly the Child Abuse and Neglect Clearinghouse Database.
NCJRS Abstracts Database
Searchable database covering documents from federal, state and local governments
from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
PAVNET
Partnerships Against Violence Network - A searchable database of information on programs and funding on violence and youth-at-risk
with data from several Federal agencies.
PREVLINE (National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information)
A searchable database of several federal, state and private organizations
concerned with substance abuse.
Project Cork Institute
Database including articles and books on alcohol and substance abuse.
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CJ Letter
Criminal Justice Magazine
(selected articles)
Critical Criminologist (selected articles)
Electronic Journal of Sociology
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular
Culture
Sociological Research Online
Western Criminology Review
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Government Resources
New York State
Pennsylvania State
United States
Other
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Professional Associations
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Statistical and Data Resources
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistics on crime in the U.S. Includes
links to other government
and international sources.
Corrections Statistics
Contains statistical information about
adults in the correctional population, incarceration rates, census
results, and death reports.
Courts and
Sentencing Statistics
Contains statistical information about
conviction percentages, state court sentencing of convicted felons,
court surveys and court processing.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports
Includes Uniform Crime Reports, Hate Crime Statistics, Law Enforcement Officers Killed
and Assaulted, National Incident-Based Reporting System, Terrorism in the U.S. and other
reports.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
This site offers online analysis of law
enforcement, prosecution/court data, and incarceration data. Includes Compendium of Federal Justice Statistics,
and annual reports including Federal Criminal Justice Trends.
FedStats
Statistics from more than 100 agencies of the U.S. government.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
The ICPSR
provides access to the world’s largest archive of computerized social
science data. From the University of
Michigan.
Justice Research and Statistics Association
This site has information
on programs, research, publications, links to Statistical Analysis Center web sites and the JRSA databases on state criminal justice research and national firearms research.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
"The source for crime and justice data."
Provides data resource guides, identification for specific data
collections and assistance with using archived files. Research data available from ICPSR, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and National Institute
of Justice. Includes The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods,
and The Homicide Research Working Group.
Pennsylvania
Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Resource topics include public safety,
local governments, education & youth, research, and community programs.
Also includes employment opportunities.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Provides Sourcebook 2003, (31st
edition) and data tables about six U.S. criminal justice topics
including criminal justice characteristics, public opinion, crime &
victims, arrests & seizures, courts, processing & sentencing, and
parole, jails, prisons, & death penalty. Produced at the University at Albany.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Covers a broad range of statistics for
the entire United States from 1995 to 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes statistics
by topic and also an A to Z index.
Statistics and Research Sources (United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network)
Extensive links to criminal justice
statistic collections for the U.S. and international
sources.
United Nations
Surveys of Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems
The goal of this website is "to collect
data on the incidence of reported crime and the operations of criminal
justice systems with a view to improving the analysis and dissemination
of that information globally. The Survey results will provide an
overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the
criminal justice system so as to promote informed decision making in
administration, both nationally and cross-nationally."
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