Societal issues related to the punishment of crime (prison management, prison reform, capital punishment) and the prevention and prosecution of crime. Listings related to particular types of crime generally belong in other categories.
Seeks to bring into clear focus the racial, economic and political biases active in U.S. courts, prisons, jails and policing agencies, and to expand public opposition to the death penalty. http://www.quixote.org/ej/index.html
Information about the effects of a criminal record on such matters as voting rights, employment, pensions, and ability to obtain a license. http://www.stormloader.com/record
Gives a voice to criminal justice practitioners, academicians, students, crime victims, and interested citizens, covering police, courts, corrections, victims, crime causation, and the death penalty. http://talkjustice.com/
Information about the center, with resources and details of current projects, as well as information about the 2001 Ron Wiebe Memorial Lecture and Dialogue on Restorative Justice. http://www.sfu.ca/crj
Not-for-profit agency devoted to raising awareness about criminal justice and crime prevention. Resource links and sale of educational products. http://www.yhtp.org
CJPF provides information to policy makers and the public to promote innovative ideas about criminal justice issues, including sentencing, drug policy, and police policy. http://www.cjpf.org
Lists publications and links on corrections, courts, crime, drugs, international crime, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research, statistics, crime victims. http://www.ncjrs.org
Provides information about peacemaking in the U.S. criminal justice system and resources useful to those in interested in alternatives to the war on crime. http://www.westga.edu/~jfuller/peace.html
Offers information and assistance to help bring together criminal justice agencies and ordinary citizens to make communities safer. http://www.communityjustice.org/
Implements the powers and duties of the Attorney General in the presecution of New Jersey criminal matters for the administration of justice. Division encourages cooperation among all law enforcement agencies statewide. http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/index.htm
Information about problem-solving courts, such as drug courts, community courts and mental health courts, which seek to improve case outcomes for communities and litigants. http://www.problem-solvingcourts.org/
IRCP was founded in 1992. The intention of IRCP, The Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy, which is integrated in the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology of the Faculty of Law of Ghent University, is to conduct and promote intern http://www.ircp.be/uk/index.asp
A site dealing with the history of the Mafia in the USA. Contents include profiles of infamous mobsters with photographs, links to other crime sites. Includes the Gambino, Gotti, and Genovese families. http://glasgowcrew.tripod.com/index.html
A group of public servants, practitioners, evaluators, analysts and academics sharing information from a research focus. Includes membership details, conference information, list of member interest areas, and newsletters. http://www.acjrca.org/
Information exchange, networking and e-learning for people working in the community and criminal justice system. Includes news, press releases, job ads, publications, and discussion forum. [Registration required] http://www.cjp.org.uk/
International non-governmental organisation devoted to combating corruption. TI focuses on prevention and reforming systems. http://www.transparency.org/
Transparency International's web portal of resources crucial to key groups and individuals involved in anticorruption work and research: news, events, study courses, projects, contacts, and related links. http://www.corisweb.org/
