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Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
From the Office of Justice Programs, this site contains valuable data for corrections, courts, crime type, improvement programs, law enforcement, Indian Country Justice Statistics, and victims. Find data collections and data tools for analysis.
Bureau of Prisons Library
Resources covering the field of corrections and related fields of study including, criminology, sociology, psychology, and business.
Death Penalty Information Center State by State Database
State-by-State information database
National Institute of Corrections
An agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. Provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to federal, state, and local corrections agencies.
Public Safety Performance Project
An initiative of The Pew Center on the States, the project lhelps states advance fiscally sound, data‐driven policies and practices in the criminal and juvenile justice systems that protect public safety, hold offenders accountable and control corrections costs.
The Sentencing Project
Works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, and advocating for alternatives to incarceration.
Corrections Resource Guide
From the National Center for State Courts, this guide offers information and resources on capital punishment, corrections, criminal procedure and sentencing.

CimeStat
CrimeStat IV (version 4.02) is the most recent version of CrimeStat, a spatial statistics program for the analysis of crime incident locations.
Collaborative Justice
Site provided by the Center for Effective Public Policy. Offers information an resources on collaborative and community approaches to justice
Corrections.com
Award-winning daily news is at the core of our business, with the most comprehensive database of vendor intelligence in corrections.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Makes available all of the Office of Justice Program publications and reports. Topics can be browsed or search over 220,000 abstracts in the NCJRS Abstracts Database accessible from the Library section.
National Institute of Justice
esearch, development and evaluation branch of the U. S. Department of
Justice, the Institute fosters understanding of improving crime through science. Learn about funding and projects and find publications and reports.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Published by the Bureau of Justice and SUNY-Albany. The Sourcebook is an authoritative and comprehensive compilation of statistics representing all aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS)
A multi-disciplinary professional organization that provides leadership to advance science and its application to the legal system.
International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (IABPS)
An organization of forensic experts specializing in the field of bloodstain pattern analysis.
International Association of Identification
A professional forensic association represents a diverse, knowledgeable and experienced membership that are assembled to educate, share, critique and publish methods, techniques and research in the physical forensic science disciplines.
Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OASC)
Coordinates development of standards and guidelines for the forensic science community to improve quality and consistency of work in the forensic science community
Forensic Sciences
From the Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, this site offers an overview, an in-depth resources on the field of forensic sciences.

FBI Uniform Crime Reports
Annual publications from data compiled from local, state, tribal, college/university, federal law enforcement authorities.
Fraud, Law Enforcement and Crime-Related Agencies
Fom the U.S. Government’s main information gateway usa.gov, this is a comprehensive list of all agencies with links to their home pages.
Law Enforcement Resources
National Criminal Justice Reference Service page on resources including equipment, technology, statistics and training.
Law Enforcement Resources
From the Department of Homeland Security, page is designed to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement
Tribal Law Enforcement
From the Tribal Law & Policy Institute, Trial Court Clearinghouse this page provides an overview of facts and comprehensive links.

Transnational and National Organized Crime
This page from the Bureau of Justice Assistance includes resources concerned with transnational and national crime organizations.
Transnational Organized Crime
FBI page dedicated to organized crime globally.
Organized Crime
Resource page from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
Provides resources and funding for victims.