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The Atlantic Monthly

Prophetic Justice
"The United States is now prosecuting suspected terrorists on the basis of their intentions, not just their actions. But in the case of Islamic extremists, how can American jurors fairly weigh words and beliefs when Muslims themselves canít agree on what they mean?
By Amy Waldman, October 2006

French Lessons: The Importance of the Judicial System in Fighting Terrorism
U.S.-France Analysis, March 2003
By Jeremy Shapiro, Center on the United States and France

Campus Security Statistics Report - (dead link)
Campus security data analysis cutting tool website.
- US Dept. of Ed., Office of Postsecondary Education

Center for Demographics and Ecology
- University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Black Neighbors, Higher Crime?: The Role of Racial Stereotypes in Evaluations of Neighborhood Crime"
By Lincoln Quillian and Deval Pager ; CDE Working Paper No. 2000-03

Corporate Crime Reporter (CCR) - (dead link)
Companion website to the print publication.
"Corporate Crime Reporter is a legal print newsletter...The articles you see posted on this web site are only highlights from the print newsletter."

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - see also September 11

Library and Reference - (dead link)
- History of the FBI
Crimes Against Children - (dead link)
- State Sex Offender Registry Websites - (dead link)
Freedom of Information Act
- Alcatraz Escape (1962) - (dead link)
  1757 pages.
Handbook of Forensic Services - (dead link)
Internet Fraud Complaint Center - (dead link)
Uniform Crime Reports - (dead link)
- Crime in the United States 2005

Florida State University - Center for the Advancement of Human Rights

Victims of Human Trafficking Project Report (February 2004)
Florida Responds to Human Trafficking

Gang Research.Net
"...is a website dedicated to providing quality research on gangs to students, academics, public officials, the media, and the general public. While most 'gang' websites either present the views of law enforcement or give unverified or questionable information, Gang research.net seeks to dispel stereotypes and present research, original documents, and helpful links."
By John Hagedorn, Dept. of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois-Chicago

The Negro in Chicago
A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot
By The Chicago Commission on Race Relations, 1919

[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] CNN.com Law Center - Ridgway Case
"Ridgway Confesses to 48 Killings in Green River Case" - Nov. 5, 2003
Includes: Video of Prosecutor Jeff Baird reading statement in court by Ridgway confessing to killing 48 women ; Legal Documents ; Ridgway's Statement.

[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] Green River Killings
"The Green River Killer is blamed for the slaying of 49 women between 1982 and 1984 in the greater Seattle area...On Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, Gary Leon Ridgway was arrested as a suspect in four of the killings..."
Sections include: Background Information ; Map ; Green River Victims ; Related Cases ; Suspect ; Charges ; Probable Cause ; The Victims [four women linked to Ridgway] ; DNA Evidence.
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Special Report

[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] Seattle Times - Green River Killings
"Green River killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty Nov. 5, 2003, to the murders of 48 women from 1982 to 1998, bringing to an end the largest unsolved murder case in the country."
Sections include: About the Case: The Victims ; Timeline ; Digging for Evidence ; Where Victims were Found ; Area of Disappearances ; Legal Documents: Summary ; Plea Agreement ; Second Amendment ; Statement of Defendant.

[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] - TIME.com - River of Death - (dead link)
"The Green River Killer may be the worst serial murderer in U.S. history. It's one cop's mission to stop him."
By Terry McCarthy
From the January 03, 2002 issues of Time Magazine

Human Rights Watch Reports

2001
- No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons (April 2001)
- Beyond Reason: The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation
  March 2001, Vol. 13, No. 1(G)
2000
- Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the [U.S.] War on Drugs

International Journal of Digital Evidence (IJDE)
"...is a forum for the publication and discussion of theory, research, policy, and practice in the rapidly changing field of digital evidence."

International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg
The Nizkor Project

Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression
The Red Set
Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal : Proceedings Volumes
The Blue Set
The Trial of German Major War Criminals
Sitting at Nuremberg, Germany - British Transcripts
Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals

International Victimology Website (IVW)
"a resource for all those interested in improving justice for victims of crime and abuse of power. Through IVW, the UN Center for International Crime Prevention, the Research and Documentation Center of the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and the World Society of Victimology aim to promote the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. "

Victimology Research Database - (dead link)
Victim Services and Victimization Prevention Database - (dead link)

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
- Published by the School of Criminal Justice, University of Albany.

Justice Learning
"...is an innovative, issue-based approach for engaging high school students in informed political discourse. The web site uses audio from the Justice Talking radio show and articles from The New York Times to teach students about reasoned debate and the often-conflicting values inherent in our democracy. The web site includes articles, editorials and oral debate from the nation's finest journalists and advocates."
- A Collaboration of NPR's Justice Talking and The New York Times Learning Network.

Law and Contemporary Problems
Duke University School of Law

Milosevic on Trial - Video Archive
"This Internet video archive of the proceedings of the trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague is a joint effort of the Human Rights Project at Bard College and the International Center for Transitional Justice."

Morgan Quitno Awards
State and City Ranking Publications
Annual rankings include: Most Livable State ; Healthiest State ; Most Dangerous State ; Most Dangerous City.

National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)

MotherJones.com Special Reports

Debt to Society : The Real Price of Prisons

National Academic Press (free downloads)

2004
- Advancing the Federal Research Agenda on Violence Against Women
  Candace Kruttschnitt, Brenda L. McLaughlin, and Carol V. Petrie, editors, Steering Committee for the Workshop on Issues in Research on Violence Against Women, National Research Council, 2004.
2003
- Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence
  Mark H. Moore, Carol V. Petrie, Anthony A. Braga, and Brenda L. McLaughlin, Editors; National Research Council, 2003.
2001
- Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don't Know Keeps Hurting Us
  Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, Charles F. Manski, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, Editors, Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, 2001.
- Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice
  Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control, Committee on Law and Justice, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council, and Institute of Medicine, 2001.
- What's Changing in Prosecution?: Report of a Workshop
  Committee on Law and Justice, Philip Heymann and Carol Petrie, Editors, National Research Council, 2001.
1996
- The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence
  Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update, National Research Council, 1996.
1992
- DNA Technology in Forensic Science
  Committee on DNA Technology in Forensic Science, National Research Council, 1992.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
"...is a special topic archive of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. NACJD acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to electronic criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD Web site provides downloadable access to hundreds of criminal justice data collections free of charge."

National Clearinghouse for Justice Information and Statistics - (dead link)
"It provides impartial information on available software solutions, offers a comprehensive, interactive database of justice agency requests for proposal, promotes the development and exchange of public domain and shareware justice information systems, provides a national forum for sharing information among practitioners, and lists events and web links of interest to justice practitioners."

National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law

National Public Radio (NPR)

All Things Considered: Prison Diaries
"...For six months during the past year, five inmates, four correctional officers and a judge used tape recorders to keep audio journals. The diarists recorded the sounds and scenes of everyday life behind bars: shakedowns, new inmate arrivals, roll call, monthly family visits, meals at the chow hall, and quiet moments late at night inside a cell ... takes place inside two correctional facilities: Polk Youth Institution in Butner, NC and the Rhode Island Training School (for juveniles) in Cranston, RI. More than 245 hours of raw tape have been edited into five half-hour documentaries, produced by Joe Richman and Wendy Dorr of Radio Diaries."

The Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
The International Military Tribunal for Germany
Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946.
"Trial against H.W. Gˆring, R. Hess, J. von Ribbentrop, R. Ley, W. Keitel, E. Kaltenbrunner, A. Rosenberg, H. Frank, W. Frick, J. Streicher, W. Funk, H. Schacht, G. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, K. Dˆnitz, E. Raeder, B. von Schirach, F. Sauckel, A. Jodl, M. Bormann, F. von Papen, A. Seyss- Inquart, A. Speer, C. von Neurath, and H. Fritzsche, individually and as members of any groups or organizations to which they belonged."
"The proceedings are published in English, French, Russian, and German ... The documents admitted in evidence are printed only in their original language..."
- The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School

[O.J. Verdict] PBS - Frontline - The O.J. Verdict
Web companion to the October 2005 TV broadcast. Watch entire program online.
Sections include: Introduction ; Interviews ; Observations & Analysis ; "Whites and Blacks Live in Two Different Worlds..." ; Readings & Links ; Teacher's Guide.

Online Journal of Justice Studies - (dead link) (Electronic Journal)
"...is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to investigation and discussion of a broad range of justice issues from around the world."

PBS FRONTLINE - The Enemy Within (Watch Episode Online)
Companion website to the October 2006 broadcast.
Sections include: The Lodi, Calif. Case ; The Reality of a Terrorist Attack & U.S. Preparedness ; Interviews ; Teacher's Guide ; Readings & Links.

PBS - Frontline - Waco: The Inside Story
Sections include: Watch this Program Online ; Audiotapes ; Pictures ; FAQs ; Who's Who ; Chronology of the Siege ; Readings ; Viewer Reactions ; Videotapes and Transcripts.

PBS - Frontline - Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (November 2003)
"An Investigative Biography of the Man at the Center of the Political Crime of the 20th Century."
Sections include: Oswald: Myth Mystery, and Meaning ; Twenty-Four Years ; Interviews ; Conspiracy: Cases For and Against ; Glimpses of A Life ; Links & Readings ; Teacher's Guide.
Watch the full program online.

Preliminary Bibliography: Crimes of Honour - (dead link)
"This bibliography has been prepared under the auspices of the Project on Strategies of Response to Crimes of 'Honour' a joint project between CIMEL (Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law - (dead link)) and INTERIGHTS (International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights). It includes annotations of published material from books and journals followed by case summaries."

Scientific Testimony - An Online Journal (ejournal)
"...publishes articles, news reports and commentary about the use of scientific evidence in legal proceedings. It also offers an archive of information useful to lawyers, forensic scientists and expert witnesses."
Edited and published by faculty and students of the Department of Criminology, Law & Society, University of California, Irvine.

Tutorials
- A Beginner's Primer on the Investigation of Forensic Evidence
  By Kim Kruglick
- DNA Testing: An Introduction for Non-Scientists - An Illustrated Explanation
  By Donald E. Riley, Ph.D.

Shielded from Justice
Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States
"This report examines common obstacles to accountability for police abuse in fourteen large cities representing most regions of the nation."
- Human Rights Watch

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
"...brings together data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States, which are displayed in over 600 tables."
Bureau of Justice Statistics

Surveillance & Society (ejournal)
"...the fully peer-reviewed transdisciplinary online surveillance studies journal."
Also includes a moderated Discussion Forum and an interactive Surveillance Studies Resource Base.

TechBeat (ejournal)
"Our goal is to keep you up to date with technologies currently being developed by the NLECTC system, as well as other research and development efforts within the Federal Government and private industry."
- National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)

Toolkit To End Violence Against Women
"To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The recommendations contained in the Toolkit were reviewed by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking ... Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or environment and includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims."

Trial & Error - (dead link)
Chicago Tribune Special Report on prosecutor misconduct that won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
Syracuse University

Criminal Terrorism Enforcement in the U.S. During the Five Years Since the 9/11/01 Attacks
"A comprehensive and sometimes surprising portrait of the handling of criminal cases in the United States against individuals identified as international terrorists during the five years after 9/11/01 has emerged from an analysis of hundreds of thousands Justice Department records by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)."
Criminal Enforcement Against Terrorists (12/03/01)
"Latest data on criminal enforcement against terrorism... federal prosecutors reject most agency referrals... recent referrals focus in four geographic areas."

Uniform Code of Military Justice
"Congressional Code of Military Criminal Law applicable to all military members worldwide."

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
Includes UN Documents, Statistical Sources, Country Information, Laws, Treaties, & Constitutions

Data on the Sixth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (1995-1997)

United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime

Afghanistan Opium Survey 2006
UNODC - World Drug Report - (dead link)
"It provides one of the most comprehensive overviews of illicit drug trends at the international level."

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

National Review Board, John Jay & Audit Reports
- The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons (March 2004)
  A Research Study Conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, March 2004.
- Press Conference for Release of Sex Abuse Studies [video]

U.S. Courts - Federal Judiciary

Federal Judiciary Library
Sections include: Publications ; Statistical Reports ; Forms.

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Postsecondary Education - (dead link)
- Campus Security Statistics Report - (dead link)
  Campus security data analysis cutting tool website.

U.S. Department of Justice

Publications & Documents
- AG Annual Reports - (dead link)
- Legal Documents
- U.S. Attorneys' Manual
King Report
United States Department of Justice Investigation of Recent Allegations Regarding the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Released June 9, 2000
Bureau of Justice Assistance
- "Creating a New Criminal Justice System for the 21st Century:
  Findings and Results From State and Local Program Evaluations" [.pdf]
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
- Data for Analysis
  - Data Online
    - Crime & Justice Data Online - (dead link)
      Includes: Crime Trends from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports ; Homicide Trends ; Law Enforcement Management Statistics.
  - Spreadsheets
  - Datasets & Codebooks
- Capital Punishment Statistics
  Sections include: Summary Findings ; BJS Publications ; Selected Statistics
- Defense Council in Criminal Cases
Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)
- Cybercrime
  Sections include: Computer Crime ; Intellectual Property Crime ; Cybercrime Documents ; General Information ; Legal and Policy Issues.
Crime Mapping Research Center - Publications - (dead link)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- New Trafficking Trends in Rural America
  Congressional Testimony, April 11, 2002
- Intelligence Reports - (dead link)
  - Drug Trafficking in the United States - (dead link) (September 2001)
- Afghanistan Country Brief - (dead link)
  Drug Situation Report, September 2001
- Statistics - (dead link)
  Includes: Overview ; Drug Statistics ; Drug Law Enforcement Statistics ; Drug Survey Data

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) - (dead link)

Laws, Regulations, and Guides - (dead link)

Immigration and Nationality Act - (dead link)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)

"Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women" [.pdf]
Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey
Toolkit To End Violence Against Women
"To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The recommendations contained in the Toolkit were reviewed by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking ... Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or environment and includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims."

National Institute of Justice
Office of Justice Programs - (dead link)

Drug Courts Program Office - (dead link)
Violence Against Women

Office of Legal Counsel

Memoranda and Opinions
"The Attorney General has directed the Office of Legal Counsel to publish selected opinions for the convenience of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government, and of the professional bar and the general public...The opinions on this web site include some that have previously been released to the public, opinions as to which the addressee has agreed to publication, and opinions to Department of Justice officials that the Department has determined may be released."