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Government Agencies
Non-Government Organizations
Research: Statistics and Data
Research: Criminal Public Policy
Juvenile Justice Resources
Drug Policy Resources
Campaigns and Advocacy Groups
Professional Associations
Media Sites
Government Agencies
Administration of Children, Youth and Families
[http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/acyf/acyf.htm]
Part of the Department of Health and Human Services that administers federal programs affecting the positive development of children, including foster care and protective services.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
[http://www.bop.gov]
This site posts extensive data about the current prison population, including breakdown by gender, ethnicity, citizenship, and type of offense. The site also contains a weekly population report and contact number for the Department of Corrections in every state.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
[http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/]
Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
National Institute of Corrections
[http://www.nicic.org]
Includes publications on prisons, jails and community corrections.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
[http://drugabuse.gov]
Conducts research about drug abuse and addiction prevention.
National Mental Health Information Center
[http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov]
Federally sponsored information clearinghouse developed for users of mental health services and their families, the general public, policy makers, providers, and the media with detailed information on a variety of issues, including depression, school violence and suicide prevention.
Partners for Substance Abuse Prevention
[http://preventionpartners.samhsa.gov/]
A virtual meeting place for all organizations that want to become involved in the substance abuse prevention effort or want to enhance or expand their current substance abuse prevention activities, and other related problems such as crime, violence, academic failure, and teen pregnancy.
State Correctional Agencies
[https://www.nascio.org/stateSearch/displayCategory.cfm?Category=corrections]
Links to Correctional institutions in every state.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
[http://www.samhsa.gov]
The Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch
[http://www.uncjin.org/]
Responsible for crime prevention, criminal justice and criminal law reform, paying special attention to combatting transnational organized crime, corruption and illicit trafficking in human beings.
United States Department of Justice
[http://www.usdoj.gov]
Includes links and information on many issues including: prison and parole, immigration information, elder justice, safe communities, violence against women, youth violence.
United States House of Representatives
[http://www.house.gov]
Includes schedules of initiatives coming up for vote and committee hearings, records of Congressional voting and contact information for representatives.
United States Senate
[http://www.senate.gov]
Includes up to the minute news committee hearing schedules, Senate floor activity, and contact information for Senators.
United States Sentencing Commission
[http://www.ussc.gov]
Independent agency in judicial branch that conducts research, advises and determines crime and sentencing policies.
Non-Government Organizations
360 Degrees
[http://www.360Degrees.org]
A dialogue about the effects of crime and incarceration on, not only the people involved, but whole families and communities.
The American Civil Liberties Union
[http://www.aclu.org/issues.criminal/hmcj.html]
Includes a Know Your Rights section for people being charged with an offense, as well as legislative updates on criminal justice-related bills.
The Center for Community Alternatives
[http://www.communityalternatives.org]
Provides direct services, research and training to reduce reliance on incarceration.
The Center on Crime, Communities & Culture
[http://www.soros.org/crime/]
Organization's mission is to create a better understanding of and support for effective and humane responses to criminal behavior and victimization.
Centerforce
[http://www.centerforce.org]
Organization's mission is to strengthen individuals and families affected by incarceration through a comprehensive system of education and support.
Correctional Education Connections
[http://ceclibrary.org]
An interdisciplinary approach dedicated to reducing recidivism by building an awareness of the relationships between correctional education and chemical dependency treatment.
Criminal Justice Consortium
[http://www.idion.con/~cjc/]
Promotes less restrictive, more cost effective alternatives to imprisonment.
The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
[http://www.cjpf.org]
Provides information to the public about state and federal anti-crime proposals.
Death Penalty Focus
[http://www.deathpenalty.org]
A non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.
Family & Corrections Network
[http://www.fcnetwork.org/main.html]
Provides resources for and research about families of offenders.
The Fortune Society
[http://www.fortunesociety.org]
Staffed primarily by ex-offenders, this organization is dedicated to educating the public about prisons, criminal justice issues, and the root causes of crime.
John Howard Association
[http://www.johnhowardassociation.org]
Provides advocacy monitoring and research to promote fair and effective prisons and sentencing policies.
JusticeWorks Community
[http://www.justiceworks.org]
Educates, organizes and mobilizes a national partnership of religious and secular grassroots groups to advocate for just and humane criminal justice policies for women.
The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
[http://igc.org/ncia]
Mission is to create a society in which all persons who come into contact with human service or correctional systems are provided an environment of individual care, concern and treatment.
Penal Reform International
[http://www.penalreform.org]
Helps establish reform programs in different countries and regions.
The Sentencing Project
[http://www.sentencingproject.org]
Provides resources and information for the news media and public concerned with criminal justice and sentencing issues.
Research: Statistics and Data
ACLU Criminal Justice Page
[http://www.aclu.org/issues.criminal.hmcj.html]
Includes fact sheets on criminal justice.
BJS Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts
[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm]
Spreadsheets available with aggregate data.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/]
This is the main resource for statistics provided by the US Department of Justice.
Demography and Population Studies
[http://demography.anu.edu.au/VirtualLibrary/]
Links to servers with detailed demographic data.
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center
[http://fjsrc.urban.org/]
Database for federal criminal justice system, includes downloadable datasets for more in-depth information.
FedStats: statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies
[http:///www.fedstats.gov/]
A clearinghouse for government information on the web, includes data from over 100 federal agencies.
Justice Statistics and Research Association
[http://www.jrsainfo.org/]
Links to state analysis centers, which collect, analyze and disseminate criminal justice information on the state-level.
Key Crime & Justice Facts at a Glance
[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance.htm]
Source is the Department of Justice, shows major trends in crime.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
[http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/]
Combines information from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
National Criminal Justice Reference Services
[http://www.ncjrs.org/]
Federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control.
National Institute of Justice
[http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/]
This is the research and development branch of the Justice Department. Many reports are available online.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
[http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/]
Extensive research and statistics on trends in juvenile crime and prevention.
US Bureau of the Census
[http://www.census.gov]
White House - Social Statistics Briefing Room
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/crime.html]
Provides specific information about crime in the United States.
Research: Criminal Justice Policy
About.com: Civil Liberties
[http://civilliberty.about.com/]
Articles and discussions on variety of civil liberties issues from death penalty to privacy rights.
About.com: Crime and Punishment
[http://crime.about.com/]
Covers all aspects of the system from the criminal mind to police detention to trial and punishment.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
[http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/jdai/]
Funds and conducts research about model systems of reform in juvenile justice.
The California Criminal Law Observer
[http://www.silicon-valley.com/criminal.html]
Provides information about California's Three Strikes Law.
The Cato Institute
[http://www.cato.org]
Promotes American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations. Site includes extensive library of research, articles and monographs.
Data Center
[http://www.datacenter.org]
An independent non-profit research center that provides strategic research and documentation services.
The Hoover Institution
[http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/]
A think tank on the campus of Stanford University, dedicated to research in domestic policy and international affairs.
The Hudson Institute
[http://ccp.hudson.org/index.cfm]
The Hudson Institute has a Crime Control Policy Center, featuring community and neighborhood policing, new methods in juvenile justice, and police accountability.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
[http://www.icpsr.umich.edu]
Maintains a vast archive of social science data and analysis.
The Independent Institute
[http://www.independent.org]
Mission is to transcend the partisanship and politicization of public policy research.
Koch Crime Institute
[http://www.kci.org/]
Provides states and communities with better solutions to the problems of crime and violence.
The Manhattan Institute
[http://www.manhattan-institute.org/]
Mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.
National Consortium On Violence Research (NCOVR)
[http://www.ncovr.heinz.cmu.edu/docs/home.htm]
A research and training center specializing in violence research.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
[http://www.nccd-crc.org/]
Promotes effective, humane, fair and economically sound solutions to family, community and justice problems.
National Crime Prevention Council
[http://www.ncpc.org/]
Enables people to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur.
Police Foundation
[http://www.policefoundation.org/]
Conducts research about police behavior, policy and procedures.
Public Agenda Online
[http://www.publicagenda.org]
Conducts policy analysis, dedicated to citizen education.
The Rand Institute
[http://www.rand.org/crim/]
Conducts research and policy analysis related to crime, sentencing, drugs and violence prevention. Many reports are available online.
Shelden Says
[http://www.sheldensays.com]
This criminal justice site, developed by CJCJ's Senior Fellow, provides a perspective on crime, justice and related topics that is rarely provided in the mainstream media.
The Urban Institute
[http://www.urban.org/content/IssuesInFocus/CrimeinAmerica/index.htm]
Extensive research on crime and justice issues, including analyses of whether current crime reduction policies are effective.
Vera Institute of Justice
[http://www.vera.org]
Reports are available about crime and victimization, policing, the judicial process, sentencing and corrections, and institutions for youth. There is also an extensive links page.
Juvenile Justice Resources
Activism 2000 Project
[http://www.youthactivism.com/]
A national clearinghouse which encourages youth to participate in public policy decision-making on health, educational, environmental, crime and other community problems.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
[http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/jdai/]
Funds, researches and evaluates model systems of reform in juvenile justice.
Boot Camps For Troubled Teens
[http://www.boot-camp-boot-camps.org/]
A comprehensive guide to boot camps and options for struggling teens.
Building Blocks For Youth
[http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/]
A comprehensive effort to protect minority youth in the justice system and to promote rational and effective juvenile justice policies.
Child Welfare League of America
[http://www.cwla.org]
The nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization that is committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm.
Choices for Youth
[http://www.preventviolence.org/main.html]
Public education campaign created to inform policymakers, opinion leaders and the general public about the need to increase California's investment in programs to prevent violence against youth.
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
[http://www.ncsu.edu/cpsv]
Serves as a resource center and "think tank" for efforts that promote safer schools and foster positive youth development.
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
[http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/]
Provides informed assistance to groups committed to understanding and preventing violence, particularly adolescent violence and those that experience violence across the life course.
Center for Young Women's Development
[http://www.cywd.org]
A San Francisco based non-profit that provides employment and leadership training opportunities to young women that have been involved with the juvenile justice system.
Chapin Hall Center for Children
[http://www.chapine.uchicago.edu]
An independent policy and research center based at the University of Chicago. Conducts research about children's needs, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged children.
The Children's Defense Fund
[http://www.childrensdefense.org/]
Provides a voice for children in America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves.
Children's Legal Protection Center
[http://www.childprotect.org/]
A non-profit public interest law organization that works to protect disadvantaged children across the U.S., focusing upon those who are apart from their families and living in foster care or juvenile justice systems.
Children and Family Justice Center
[http://www.law.nwu.edu/depts/clinic/cfjc/index.htm]
A holistic children's law center, a clinical teaching program at Northwestern Law School, and a research and policy center engaged with the Juvenile Court of Cook County.
Children Now
[http://www.childrennow.org/]
Uses research and mass communications to make the well being of children a top priority across the nation.
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
[http://www.childrennow.org/]
Membership organization that serves as a national resource on delinquency prevention and juvenile justice issues.
Fight Crime, Invest in Kids
[http://www.juvjustice.org/]
A national anti-crime organization led by police chiefs, prosecutors, and crime survivors.
Georgia Alliance For Children
[http://www.gac.org/]
A private non-profit organization in Atlanta, GA currently engaged in a statewide campaign to reform Georgia's Juvenile Justice System.
The Girls Study Group
[http://girlsstudygroup.rti.org/]
An interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners working together to better understand female delinquency and to identify effective prevention and reduction strategies, funded by OJJDP and supported by RTI International.
Juvenile Justice Information Center
[http://www.cjcj.org/jjic/index.php]
A project of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, provides comprehensive information and statistics on a range of California's juvenile justice issues.
Juvenile Justice Program Evaluationr
[http://www.jrsa.org/jjec/]
A tool designed to assist juvenile justice practitioners, policymakers, and state agency administrators with the assessment and evaluation of programs and initiatives.
Juvenile Law Center
[http://www.jlc.org/]
A non-profit, public interest law firm that advances the rights of children involved with public agencies by working for the reform and coordination of the child welfare, juvenile justice, and public health care systems.
The National Center for Children in Poverty
[http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/]
Located at Columbia University's School of Public Health, the center conducts research on low-income children and families.
The National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice
[http://www.edjj.org/]
A collaborative program designed to develop more effective responses to the needs of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system.
National Dropout Prevention Center
[http://www.dropoutprevention.org/]
Serves as a research center and resource network for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to reshape school and community environments to meet the needs of youth in at-risk situations so these students receive the quality education and services necessary to succeed academically and graduate from high school.
National Resource Center for Safe Schools
[http://www.safetyzone.org/]
Publications, resources, funding opportunities, news and more on issues of school safety and school violence prevention.
National Youth Gang Center
[http://www.iir.com/nygc/]
Assists state and local jurisdictions in the collection, analysis, and exchange of information on gang-related demographics, legislation, literature, research, and promising program strategies, and coordinates activities of the OJJDP Youth Gang Consortium—a group of federal agencies, gang program representatives, and other service providers.
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
[http://www.safeyouth.org/home.htm]
A central source of information on prevention and intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against children and teens.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
[http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/]
Extensive research and statistics on trends in juvenile crime and prevention.
Pacific Center for Violence Prevention
[http://www.pcvp.org/]
A project of the Trauma Foundation, works to prevent youth violence in California.
The Safe and Responsive Schools Project
[http://www.indiana.edu/~safeschl/]
A model project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, dedicated to enabling schools to develop a broader perspective on school safety and violence prevention.
Schools Not Jails
[http://www.schoolsnotjails.com]
An activist organization committed to educational justice.
Search Institute
[http://www.search-institute.org/]
Advances the well-being of adolescents and children by generating knowledge about child and adolescent development.
The Youth Law Center
[http://www.youthlawcenter.com/]
A non-profit, public interest law office that works to protect abused and at-risk children.
YouthFacts
[http://youthfacts.org]
YouthFacts is dedicated to providing factual information on youth issues such as crime, violence, sex, drugs, drinking, social behaviors, education, civic engagement, attitudes, and media.
The Zero Tolerance Handbook
[http://www.zerotolerancehandbook.org]
Resource for information about the zero tolerance juvenile justice policies.
Drug Policy Resources
Drug Action Network
[http://www.DrugActionNetwork.com]
A non-profit organization based in Southern California working to end recreational substance prohibition.
Drug Policy Alliance
[http://www.drugpolicy.org]
Formerly the Lindesmith Center, advocates for alternative approaches to drug policy and treatment that focus on minimizing the adverse effects of both drug use and drug prohibition.
The Drug Reform Coordination Network
[http://www.drcnet.org]
Brings together a variety of perspectives to analyze drug policy.
DrugSense
[http://www.drugsense.org]
Organization that promotes drug policy education.
Harm Reduction Coalition
[http://www.harmreduction.org]
Committed to reducing drug-related harm among individuals and communities by initiating and promoting local, regional, and national harm reduction education, interventions, and community organizing.
Legalization of Drugs - Myths and Facts
[http://www.sarnia.com/groups/antidrug/argument/myths.html]
Created by the Family Resource Council.
Marijuana Policy Project
[http://www.mpp.org]
Works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana.
National Drug Strategy Network
[http://www.ndsn.org]
Provides information about the many developments that affect international drug strategies.
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
[http://www.norml.org]
Dedicated to ending marijuana prohibition.
NCADI-National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
[http://health.org]
Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
[http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/]
Department within the Executive Branch focused on drug policy and information.
Partnership for a Drug-Free America
[http://www.drugfreeamerica.org]
Brings together private and public agencies to help kids and teens reject substance abuse by influencing attitudes through persuasive information.
Public Opinion Research and Analysis on Drugs from Public Agenda
[http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=illegal_drugs]
Provides a clear explanation of the facts and policy alternatives, and a detailed profile of public thinking about illegal drugs.
Research Institute on Addictions
[http://www.ria.org]
Based at the State University of New York in Buffalo, conducts research about addiction and: etiology, prevention, and treatment; social, psychological, and neurophysiological aspects; and health and medical aspects.
Campaigns and Advocacy Groups
Close Cheltenham Now!
[http://www.closecheltenham.org]
A citizen's campaign to close a youth prison in Maryland.
Crime Victims Bureau
[http://www.doristate.com]
Works to protect the rights of victims, primarily through the passage of tough on crime legislation.
Critical Resistance
[http://www.criticalresistance.org]
Seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC).
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
[http://www.endabuse.org]
Works to end domestic violence by developing pioneering prevention strategies in the justice, public education, child welfare, and health fields.
Families to Amend California's 3-Strikes
[http://www.facts1.com]
A state-wide California organization with the purpose of amending the California 3-Strikes law.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
[http://www.facts1.com]
A state-wide California organization with the purpose of amending the California 3-Strikes law.
Homies Unidos
[http://www.homiesunidos.org]
A gang violence prevention and intervention organization based in San Salvador and Los Angeles.
John Howard Association
[http://www.john-howard.org]
This 103-year old prison reform non-profit organization in Chicago brings about fair and effective correctional programs that are responsive to the needs of both offenders and the general community.
Movement Strategy Center
[http://www.movementstrategy.org]
Movement building intermediary that engages youth and adults across issues and regions - through a collective visioning and mapping process that encourages collaboration and joint strategizing in order to develop stronger, more effective movements for democracy, equity and social change.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
[http://www.ncadp.org]
The only fully staffed national organization exclusively devoted to abolishing the death penalty.
The Prevention Institute
[http://www.preventioninstitute.org/]
Advocates for prevention by developing methodology and strategy to strengthen and expand primary prevention practice.
Southern Center for Human Rights
[http://www.schr.org/]
Challenges discrimination against people of color, the poor and the disadvantaged in the criminal justice and corrections systems of the South, raises public awareness of these issues, and works with community groups and individuals to improve the criminal justice and corrections systems and develop constructive, humane, and non-violent solutions to crime.
Stop Prisoner Rape
[http://www.spr.org]
Committed to combating the rape of male and female prisoners and to helping survivors of jailhouse rape.
Professional Associations Related to Criminal Justice
American Bar Association-Criminal Justice Section
[http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/home.html]
American Civil Liberties Union
[http://www.aclu.org]
American Correctional Association
[http://www.aca.org/]
American Jail Association
[http://www.corrections.com/aja/]
American Judges Association
[http://www.ncsc.dni.us/aja/]
American Probation and Parole Association
[http://www.appa-net.org]
California Correctional Peace Officers Association
[http://www.ccpoa.org]
California Narcotic Officers Association
[http://www.cnoa.org]
International Association of Chiefs of Police
[http://www.theiacp.org/]
National Association of Attorneys General
[http://www.naag.org]
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
[http://www.nadcp.org]
National Association of Sentencing Advocates
[http://www.sentencingproject.org/nasa/index.html]
National Association of Sentencing Commissions
[http://www.ussc.gov/states.htm]
National Association of State Budget Officers
[http://www.nasbo.org]
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
[http://www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/]
National District Attorneys Association
[http://www.ndaa-apri.org/]
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
[http://www.noblenatl.org/]
Prison Fellowship International
[http://www.pfi.org]
Western Governors' Association
[http://www.westgov.org]
Western Society of Criminology
[http://www.sonoma.edu/cja/wsc/wscmain.html]
Media Sites
Center for Media and Public Affairs
[http://www.cmpa.com/]
Provides analyses of contemporary media coverage and the controversies that surround them; a liberal media watchdog group.
Current Capital Punishment Legal Literature
[http://web.austin.utexas.edu/law_library/punishment/]
The "Current Capital Punishment Legal Literature" website is a resource for
keeping informed about current articles related to capital punishment law.
Join Together Online
[http://www.jointogether.org]
Daily news and extensive resource database on substance abuse and gun violence prevention.
Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
[http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/index.html]
A scholarly record of research and opinion on the intersection of crime, criminal justice, and popular culture.
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons
[http://www.jpp.org]
A prisoner written, academically-oriented journal.
Media Research Center
[http://www.mediaresearch.org]
A conservative media watchdog group.
Prison Legal News
[http://www.prisonlegalnews.org/Visitors/index.cfm/]
Prison Legal News is an independent 48-page monthly publication that reports, reviews, and analyzes court rulings and news related to prisoner rights and prison issues.
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