Criminal Justice
Corrections:
Bureau
of Justice Statistics: Probation and Parole Statistics
"Probationers include adult offenders whom courts place on community
supervision instead of incarceration. Parolees include those adults
conditionally released to community supervision whether by parole board
decision or by mandatory conditional release after serving a prison term.
They are subject to being returned to jail or prison for rule violations
or other offenses."
[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pandp.htm]
Corrections
Connections
"The Corrections Connection came online in February 1996 as the first
weekly news source committed to improving the lives of corrections professionals
and their families. Our intention was to create an open forum where practitioners
could exchange ideas and utilize best practices, resources, case studies
and new technologies."
[http://www.corrections.com/]
Federal
Bureau of Prisons
"It is the mission of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to protect society
by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based
facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure,
and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist
offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens." This site provides access
to policies, an inmate locator, as well as an electronic version of the
annual State of the Bureau report.
[http://www.bop.gov/]
Courts and Law:
Federal
Judicial Center
"The Federal Judicial Center is the research and education agency
of the federal judicial system. It was established by Congress in 1967
(28 U.S.C. §§ 620-629), on the recommendation of the Judicial
Conference of the United States. The many specific statutory duties of
the Center and its Board fall into a few broad categories: conducting
and promoting orientation and continuing education and training for federal
judges, court employees, and others; developing recommendations about
the operation and study of the federal courts; conducting and promoting
research on federal judicial procedures, court operations, and history."
[http://www.fjc.gov/]
Federal
Rules of Evidence
"These rules govern the introduction of evidence in proceedings,
both civil and criminal, in Federal courts. While they do not apply to
suits in state courts, the rules of many states have been closely modeled
on these provisions."
[http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/]
FindLaw
"FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the
most comprehensive set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals,
businesses, students and individuals. These resources include Web search
utilities, cases and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented
tools, such as a secure document management utility, mailing lists, message
boards and free e-mail."
[http://www.findlaw.com/]
Legal
Information Institute
Developed by Cornell University’s Law School, this website publishes
electronic versions of core materials in numerous areas of the law both
online and packaged for download. It includes such resources as the decisions
of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, the U.S. Code and Constitution,
important statutes and related materials, internation treaties, a directory
of U.S. Law Schools, and current awareness e-mail bulletins. The LII also
serves as an organizer of legal material held elsewhere on the Internet,
organized by topic and by type of document.
[http://www.law.cornell.edu/]
The
United States Supreme Court
This is the official site of the United States Supreme Court. It provides
current docket information, various opinions, rules of the court, and
press releases.
[http://www.supremecourtus.gov/]
United
States Code
"This version is generated from the most recent official version
made available by the US House of Representatives. For exact information
about the currency of any particular title as it is published by the House,
see the listing on the House server. The date of any text appearing on
this site appears in italics at the upper right in every Code section."
[http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/]
United
States Sentencing Commission
"The United States Sentencing Commission is an independent agency
in the judicial branch of
government. Its principal purposes are: (1) to establish sentencing policies
and practices for the
federal courts, including guidelines to be consulted regarding the appropriate
form and severity
of punishment for offenders convicted of federal crimes; (2) to advise
and assist Congress and the
executive branch in the development of effective and efficient crime policy;
and (3) to collect,
analyze, research, and distribute a broad array of information on federal
crime and sentencing issues,
serving as an information resource for Congress, the executive branch,
the courts, criminal justice
practitioners, the academic community, and the public." This site
provides access to the Commission's guidelines manuals and amendments,
federal sentencing statistics, reports to Congress, annual reports and
statistical sourcebooks, research projects, and working group reports.
[http://www.ussc.gov/]
Death Penalty:
Death
Penalty Information Center
"The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization
serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues
concerning capital punishment. The Center was founded in 1990 and prepares
in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for journalists,
and serves as a resource to those working on this issue. The Center is
widely quoted and consulted by all those concerned with the death penalty."
[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/]
Forensics:
National
Forensics Science Technology Center
"The National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC) is a not-for-profit
corporation established in 1995 by the American Society of Crime Laboratory
Directors (ASCLD). The ASCLD board members envisioned a company that would
be independent of their organization and able to provide quality systems
support, training and education to the forensic science community in the
United States."
[http://www.nfstc.org/]
WWW
Virtual Library: Forensic Toxicology
"Forensic Toxicology is, quite literally, the use of toxicology in
courts of law. This is most often understood to mean the analysis of alcohol,
drugs, and poisons in body fluids and the interpretation of those analytical
results for the benefit of the courts. "
[http://home.lightspeed.net/~abarbour/vlibft.html]
Law Enforcement:
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
This is the official site for the Bureau. It provides a history and an
overview of FBI responsibilities and investigations, information about
terrorism/counterterrorism, news articles, official Bureau reports and
publications, and the FBI's ten most wanted fugitives list (as well as
various other alerts, information requests, and fugitve lists).
[http://www.fbi.gov/]
North Carolina Information:
Constitution
of North Carolina
Online version of the Constitution of North Carolina.
[http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/stgovt/preconst.htm]
North
Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
"The State Bureau of Investigation is a division of the Department
of Justice under the direction of Attorney General Roy Cooper....The SBI
assists local law enforcement with a wide variety of investigations, including
homicides, missing persons cases, robberies, and property crimes. However,
involvement in these cases is limited to the request of the local department
that maintains original jurisdiction over the case. The SBI has statewide
jurisdiction and also assists other state agencies in the apprehension
of criminals."
[http://www.ncsbi.gov/]
North
Carolina Court System
Links to all North Carolina courts (except Federal courts in North Carolina).
[http://www.nccourts.org/Default.asp]
North
Carolina Department of Correction
Provides access to policies and procedures, information about facilities,
statistics, an inmate search feature, and information concerning parole.
[http://www.doc.state.nc.us/]
North
Carolina General Statutes
Online (not official) and searchable version of the North Carolina
General Statutes. The Statutes on the North Carolina General Assembly
web site are updated through the 2004 session (including the 2004 Extra
Session).
[http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/Statutes/Statutes.asp]
North
Carolina State Data Center
"The North Carolina State Data Center (SDC) is a consortium of state
and local agencies established in cooperation with the US Bureau of the
Census to provide the public with data about North Carolina and its component
geographic areas."
[http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/ncosbm/facts_and_figures/state_data_center.shtm]
Statistics and Demographics:
Bureau
of Justice Statistics
Data on the U.S. murder rate, drug use, and crime rates, and reports on
such subjects as violence against women, capital punishment, drugs and
crime, guns used in crimes, and prison populations.
[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html]
FedStats
"FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical
information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the
Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic
and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety,
foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official
statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without
having to know in advance which agency produces them."
[http://www.fedstats.gov/]
National
Archive of Criminal Justice Data
"The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) preserves
and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal agencies,
state agencies, and investigator initiated research projects to users
for secondary statistical analysis. Founded in 1978 as part of the Inter-university
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the NACJD is supported
by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Institute of
Justice (NIJ) in the U.S. Department of Justice. "
[http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/]
National
Criminal Justice Reference Center
"NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance
abuse information to support research, policy, and program development
worldwide."
[http://www.ncjrs.org/]
Uniform
Crime Reports
"The UCR Program is a voluntary city, county, state, tribal, and
federal law enforcement program that provides a nationwide view of crime
based on the submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout
the country."
[http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm]
United
Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
Provides statistical data, related to crime, from countries all over the
world.
[http://www.uncjin.org/]