360 Degrees: Perspectives On The Criminal Justice System
http://www.360degrees.org/
A collection of stories from inmates, correctional officers, lawyers, judges, parole officers, parents, victims, and others whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.

American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust
With its unique interdisciplinary membership, the criminal justice section takes primary responsibility for the ABA's work on solutions to issues involving crime, criminal law, and the administration of criminal and juvenile justice.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
http://www.aclu.org
The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights -- litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.

American Society of Criminology (ASC)
http://www.asc41.com
World Wide Web site of the American Society of Criminology. The A.S.C. is the pre-eminent organization of academic, theoretical, and applied criminology in the United States. The site has many links of criminological interest.

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
This site is the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice, it is the United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics.

Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org
This site serves a non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. The site has publications and an audio conferencing capability.

Corrections Connection
http://www.corrections.com
Voted a Microsoft "Outstanding Criminal Justice Site," the Corrections Connections provides links to almost any correctional organization in the country, and to all kinds of corrections information. The Corrections Connection contains over 10,000 links to corrections-related sites and literature.

Criminal Law Links
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/09criminal/
Criminal Defense and Criminal Justice section of this leading legal portal site.

Critical Criminal Justice Issues: Task Force Reports from the American Society of Criminology
http://cjcentral.com/task.pdf
Report and recommendations to Attorney General by a respected organization of scholars and practitioners (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
This site contains a wealth of information on the death penalty.

Department of Justice Home Page (DOJ)
http://www.usdoj.gov
The Department of Justice goal is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the U.S. according to the law, provide Federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime, seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior.

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
http://www.usdoj.gov/dea
The D.E.A.'s official home page. Lots of publications available, along with a history of the D.E.A.

Dumb Laws
http://www.dumblaws.com
Dumb laws from all states and a wide variety of foreign jurisdictions are included. The full text of many laws cited is available.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
http://www.fbi.gov
The home page of the FBI. The FBI uphold the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal law; protects the United States from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities; provides leadership and law enforcement assistance to international, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Find Law
http://www.findlaw.com
One of the leading law reference sites online.

Florida State University's Criminal Justice Resource Site
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/
One of the oldest criminal justice resources on the web, this site consists mostly of links to other sites.

JUSTINFO: The Newsletter of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JUSTINFO.asp
Stay informed about new publications, grants and funding opportunities, and other news and announcements by subscribing to JUSTINFO. This free service will be e-mailed to you on the 1st and 15th of every month.

Law News Network
http://www.law.com
Law News Network is the national daily newspaper for and about the legal profession. A service of American Lawyer Media, Law News Network describes itself as the most current and comprehensive legal news source anywhere.

Law.com
http://www.law.com
An excellent site for lawyers, students, and business and government officials to learn more about the law. Plenty of legal resources, a legal dictionary, a careers service, and state-specific databases are available.

MegaLinks in Criminal Justice
http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/
A very comprehensive site where you can find just about anything related to crime and law enforcement.

National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ)
http://www.ncjj.org/
A research center providing information on juvenile and family justice systems, with a view to improving such systems. Includes a 50 state comparison of juvenile justice systems.

National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/crime/crime71.html
A site dedicated to probation, parole, sentencing, prison and court issues.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
http://www.health.org
The NCAD acts as an information services facility (English, Spanish, TDD capability) equipped to respond to the public's alcohol, tobacco, and drug (ATD) inquiries. They have publications and research material.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
http://www.ncjrs.org
The U.S. Dept. of Justice's site that focuses on international, juvenile and drug crimes. There is a database search engine and catalogs.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij
Sponsoring agency of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. The National Institute of Justice is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Science and Technology and Sentencing and Adjudication Program.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
Provides information on grants, news, conferences, and publications.

Preventing Crime, What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising
http://cjcentral.com/sherman/sherman.htm
On-line copy of a report sponsored by the National Institute of Justice dealing with a review of crime prevention efforts in the U.S. A "must read" for those with an interest in crime prevention programs.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
Home of the on-line version of the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics -- the largest compilation of criminal justice statistics available anywhere. The Sourcebook site is run by the State University of New York at Albany, and is updated continuously.

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov
Good starting point for research about federal law enforcement and crime data.

U.S. Supreme Court -- full text of cases:
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct

U.S. Supreme Court online
http://www.supremecourtus.gov
Round the clock access to the U.S. Supreme Court! This site provides public access to the Court's decisions, argument calendar, schedules, rules, visitors' guides, building photos and bar admission forms. Although dockets have also been available by phone, this is the first venture onto the Internet for the nation's highest court. It has decision texts available online by noon on the day they are announced (which always occurs at 10 a.m. ET).

Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
The most recent Crime Reports collected by the FBI and made available to the public.

Vera Institute of Justice
http://www.vera.org
Working in collaboration with government, the Vera Institute of Justice designs and implements innovative programs that encourage just practices in public services and improve the quality of urban life.

Victims’ Information
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/VictimsOfCrime.asp
Extensive collection of information about victims of crime.

(*adapted from Cybrary's Top 100 Criminal Justice Sites)