Prison History

Includes articles on the origin of prisons and features about specific prisons.
http://www.notfrisco.com/prisonhistory/

Crime and Punishment Through Time

Educational material from the History Channel UK, aimed at seeing how ideas about the nature and causes of crime and the suitability of punishments have changed throughout history.
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/classroom/gcse/crime_punishment1.htm

History of Policing, Legal Institutions, Criminology, and Crime

European University Institute Internet database providing information about ongoing research projects.
http://www.iue.it/OnlineProjects/HEC/Criminology/

A History of Violence

Essays and online forum about methods of torture, cruel justice, and other unpleasantries that humans have inflicted on each other. Invites submissions.
http://home.comcast.net/~burokerl/index.htm

History of the Howard League for Penal Reform

Includes a list of some milestones in the history of British penal reform.
http://www.howardleague.org/studycentre/fact1.htm

International Association for the History of Crime and Criminal Justice

Organization information and directory of upcoming conferences in the field.
http://www.h-net.org/~iahccj/

Crime and Punishment

Teaching resources from the UK's National Archives Learning Curve. Covers crime, prevention, and punishment in four eras: before 1450, 1450-1750, 1750-1900, and 20th century, using documents from the Public Record Office.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/candp/