Criminal Justice

Minnesota Information

• Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) - Minnesota crime data including the Minnesota Uniform Crime Reports.
• Council on Crime and Justice - A nonprofit group based in Minneapolis, Minnesota dedicated to using research, demonstration projects, and advocacy to address issues related to crime. Includes links to their Racial Disparities Research Reports.
• Death Penalty - Historical overview of the death penalty in Minnesota. Another good overview can be found on p. 18-19 of the Minnesota House of Representatives' Session Weekly publication from May 18, 2001.
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) - Located at the University of Minnesota. An electronic clearinghouse for resources about violence and abuse in general with an emphasis on sexual and domestic abuse.
• Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women - A unified advocacy group for battered women in Minnesota. The Minnesota Femicide Reports provide total numbers of women and children murdered each year.
• Minnesota Department of Corrections - Includes Statistics, and an Offender Locator.
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety - Provides access to statewide public safety data.
  • Amber Alert - Information on the program to alert the public when a child has been abducted by a stranger.
  • Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) - Minnesota crime data including the Minnesota Uniform Crime Reports.
  • CriMNet - Minnesota's effort to connect, share, and integrate all criminal justice data.
  • Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST).
  • Minnesota State Patrol.
• Minnesota Office of Justice Programs - Agency devoted to the improvement of criminal justice planning, grant administration, and victim services.
• Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission - Access to many reports and explanations on how the guidelines work.

Guns and Gun Control - Minnesota

• Citizens for a Safer Minnesota - Committed to ending gun violence in Minnesota.
• Firearm Carry Laws - A guide compiled by the staff of the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
• Firearms - Page created by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Includes Permit to Carry (Firearms) information, Permit to Carry Reports and Permit to Carry FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
• Firearms - Publications from the Minnesota House Research Department.
• Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance - Committed to the passage/retention of permissive concealed carry gun laws in Minnesota.
• Minnesota Summary of State Firearms Law - Overview of Minnesota laws and regulations related to firearms.

Minnesota Publications/Guides

• Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) - Access to the Minnesota Uniform Crime Reports.
• Council on Crime and Justice - They publish a number of Research Reports.
• Criminal Justice Statistics Center - Provides access to archived, historical Crime and Criminals publications.
• Institute on Race and Poverty (University of Minnesota) - Access to the Minnesota Statewide Racial Profiling Study.
• Minnesota House Research Department - Access to several of their Criminal Justice reports.
• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Guides.
  • Crime and Corrections in Minnesota.
  • Firearm Carry Laws.
• Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor - Access to several of their Criminal Justice reports.

National Information

• Corrections Connection Network News - An online resource for news and information in corrections. Includes a Links Library.
• Criminal Background Checks - A list, compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, that provides state contacts for background checks.
• Legal Information Institute - Information from Cornell University, provides links to federal, state, and international materials. Includes White-Collar Crime: An Overview and Criminal Law: An Overview.
• National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards (NACVCB) - Provides information on history, funding, eligibility, and compensation by state.
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - They provide access to State Legislation related to criminal justice issues.
• National Crime Prevention Council - Crime prevention tips, resources, and programs.
• Public Agenda - "A nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization based in New York City." Provides access to their Research Studies: Crime and Corrections.
• Racial Profiling - Data from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
• RAND - Access to several Criminal Law, Civil Law, and Public Safety related RAND reports.
• Sex Offender Management Policy in the States - Information from the Council of State Governments (CSG).
• StopHazing.org - A variety of information on hazing with access to State Anti-Hazing Laws.
• United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Criminal justice and crime prevention information on a global level.
• U.S. Department of Justice - Use the Department of Justice Agencies alphabetical list to see the organization of the Department and to learn about the purpose of each division. Or go straight to these divisions:
  • Center for Sex Offender Management Documents (CSOM) - A variety of reports on sexual offenders.
  • Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS).
  • Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section - Information on cybercrime.
  • National Institute of Justice (NIJ) - This research and development agency provides access to full text Publications.
  • National Sex Offender Public Website - Access to state sex offender registries.
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) - This office deals with juvenile justice issues.
  • Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) - This office is committed to justice and healing of all victims of crime. It provides access to a U.S. Resource Map of Crime Victim Services and Information.

Death Penalty

• Amnesty International Death Penalty - Facts and figures on the death penalty in the United States and throughout the world.
• Death Penalty - Links to a variety of data related to the death penalty, includes U.S.A. executions by year and state from the Death Penalty News and Updates website maintained by a member of the History Department at St. Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota.
• Death Penalty Information Center - Strong arguments to support the abolition of the death penalty, includes a variety of Reports. Also provides a History of the Death Penalty.
• Focus on the Death Penalty - A balanced look at issues related to the death penalty and a brief history of The Death Penalty in the U.S.
• Pro-Death Penalty.com - Pro-death penalty information and resources.
• The Death Penalty - Includes pro and con articles, as well as state comparisons.

Domestic Abuse and Sex Crimes

• Center for Sex Offender Management Documents (CSOM) - A variety of reports on sexual offenders.
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) - Located at the University of Minnesota. An electronic clearinghouse for resources about violence and abuse in general with an emphasis on sexual and domestic abuse.
• Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women - A unified advocacy group for battered women in Minnesota. The Minnesota Femicide Reports provide total numbers of women and children murdered each year.
• National Sex Offender Public Website - Access to state sex offender registries from the United States Department of Justice.
• Parents for Megan's Law - Provides access to sex offender registries by state.

Gangs

• National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations (NAGIA) - Organization dedicated to the sharing of anti-gang information.
• National Gang Center - Information on youth gangs and effective responses to them. It includes Resources such as gang-related legislation by state.
• Solutions to Address Gang Crime - Information from the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program of the United States Department of Justice.

Guns and Gun Control

• ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Online - United States law enforcement agency charged with oversight of Firearms Enforcement.
• Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence - Includes the Brady Campaign State Scorecard related to state gun legislation.
• National Rifle Association of America - An active pro-gun organization.
• Violence Policy Center - This group works to reduce firearms violence in America. Provides links to Pro-Gun Special Interests and National Organizations Working to Reduce Firearms Violence.

Hate Crimes

• The Leadership Conference - Information on Hate Crimes and other civil rights issues. This site also links to the ADL(Anti-Defamation League) Online which has compiled information on Hate Crimes Laws.
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) - Enter the term hate crimes in the search box to find numerous publications.
• Teaching Tolerance - A group dedicated to finding solutions to hate and intolerance.
• Hate Crime Statistics - Data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Identity Theft

• Center for Identity Management and Information Protection (CIMIP) - A national collaborative based at Utica College, dedicated to research and studies related to identity theft.
• ID (Identity) Theft - Information from the Federal Trade Commission.
• Identity Theft and Identity Fraud - Information from the United States Department of Justice.

Juvenile Justice

• Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice - Organization dedicated to alternatives to prison for juvenile offenders.
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Access to their Juvenile Justice page.
• National Gang Center - Information on youth gangs and effective responses to them. It includes Resources such as gang-related legislation by state.
• National Juvenile Defender Center - Organization dedicated to juvenile justice issues.
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) - This office deals with juvenile justice issues.

Law Enforcement Directories

• Official Directory of State Patrol and State Police - Links to State Patrol/Police sites, maintained by retired Senior Sergeant Terry Martin, of the Vermont State Police.
• USACOPS - Lists of police departments and sheriff offices. Includes law enforcement officers in Minnesota by geographic location.

Sentences and Reentry

• American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) - Information on probation, parole, and community-based corrections.
• Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice - Organization dedicated to alternatives to prison for juvenile offenders.
• Justice Center, Council of State Governments (CSG) - Creating strategies to address public safety and reentry issues. Their Justice Reinvestment project is working on strategies to reduce recidivism.
• National Reentry Resource Center - A program from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
• Sentencing and Corrections - Policy information compiled by the Vera Institute of Justice.
• The Sentencing Project - A group involved with alternative sentencing programs. They provide Statistics by State that includes voting disenfranchisement numbers. Also provides information on State Recidivism Studies.

Statistics

• Bureau of Justice Statistics - The primary source for United States criminal justice statistics.
• Corrections Connection Network News - Criminal Justice Stats - Statistics from an online resource for news and information in corrections.
• FedStats - Statistics of general public interest compiled by the United States Federal Government. Use the A to Z Topics index to access the crime statistics. This site also provides a link to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime and Justice Electronic Data Abstracts.
• Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) - "A national organization of state Statistical Analysis Center directors as well as analysts, researchers, and practitioners throughout the justice system." This site provides access to Infobase of State Activities and Research (ISAR) which provide abstracts of various criminal justice and firearms related reports, publications, surveys, and other similar research.
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data - NACJD facilitates and encourages research in the field of criminal justice through the preservation and sharing of data resources.
• Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) Campus Security Statistics - Reported campus crime statistics for over 6,000 United States colleges and universities.
• U.S. Department of Justice - Use the Department of Justice Agencies alphabetical list to see the organization of the Department and to learn about the purpose of each division. Or go straight to these divisions:
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics - Provides access to Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online.
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation - Provides access to Uniform Crime Reports which includes Hate Crime Statistics. It also provides the full text of recent issues of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons - Includes abstracts and full text of a selection of recent reports by the Office of Research, and facts about prisons, inmates, and staff.
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service - The most extensive clearinghouse in the world for sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice. Use their Topical Index to find statistics on a variety of topics. Also provides access to NCJRS Abstracts Database which contains summaries of over 190,000 criminal justice publications.

• See also Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco.
• See also Law and Legislation.

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