CRJU 410 - Applied Criminal Justice- Ortiz: Online Resources

The CJCJ is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization promoting a balanced and humane criminal justice system through the provision of direct services, technical assistance, and policy analysis. In the past 20 years, CJCJ has pioneered some of the most innovative programs in the country for youth and adult offenders. These programs range from the Detention Diversion Advocacy Program for high risk juvenile offenders to the Supportive Living Program for adult parolees with histories of substance abuse.

A public website of the CIA containing many documents, reports, videos, and other information created or released for public dissemination.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in 1930 to provide more progressive and humane care for Federal inmates, to professionalize the prison service, and to ensure consistent and centralized administration of the 11 Federal prisons in operation at the time. Today, the Bureau consists of 115 institutions, 6 regional offices, a Central Office (headquarters), 2 staff training centers, and 28 community corrections offices.

The Institute on Race and Justice at Northeastern University, (IRJ) is an interdisciplinary academic center that engages in research and scholarship that examines the influence of race on important questions of social justice.

Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime. INTERPOL aims to facilitate international police co-operation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A division of the Feminist Majority Foundation, the National Center for Women & Policing (NCWP), promotes increasing the numbers of women at all ranks of law enforcement as a strategy to improve police response to violence against women, reduce police brutality and excessive force, and strengthen community policing reforms.

Established in 1972, NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. The NCJRS Web site provides publications, related links, Spotlights, events, library abstracts, and information on grants and funding.

NIJ is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. They provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the state and local levels.

The mission of the non-profit National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) is to provide training, investigative support and research to agencies and entities involved in the prevention, investigation and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime.

OJJDP collaborates with professionals from diverse disciplines to improve juvenile justice policies and practices. OJJDP sponsors research, program, and training initiatives; develops priorities and goals and sets policies to guide federal juvenile justice issues; disseminates information about juvenile justice issues; and awards funds to states to support local programming.

OVW (part of the DOJ) administers financial and technical assistance to communities across the country that are developing programs, policies, and practices aimed at ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Our website has updated information on recent events, information about OVW grant programs, OVW grantees and technical assistance providers, and other resources.

The Sentencing Project is a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration.

UNICRI was established in 1967 to support countries worldwide in crime prevention and criminal justice. UNICRI' s goals are to advance understanding of crime-related problems; to foster just and efficient criminal justice systems; to support the respect of international instruments and other standards; and to facilitate international law enforcement cooperation and judicial assistance.

World Criminal Justice Network (WCJLN) provides links of crime statistics and other criminal justice reports published by agencies, institutes, or organizations of each country.

The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) is an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice. ACJS promotes criminal justice education, research, and policy analysis within the discipline of criminal justice for both educators and practitioners.

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.

The International Sociological Association (ISA) was founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO. Its goal is to represent sociologists everywhere, regardless of the school of thought, scientific approaches or ideological opinion, and to advance sociological knowledge throughout the world.

The NCJA represents state, tribal and local governments on crime prevention and crime control issues. Its members represent all facets of the criminal and juvenile justice community, from law enforcement, corrections, prosecution, defense, courts, victim-witness services and educational institutions to federal, state and local elected officials.

Founded in 1951, the Society for the Study of Social Problems promotes research on and serious examination of problems of social life. The SSSP works to solve these problems and to develop informed social policy.

Transparency International, the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. TI’s mission is to create change towards a world free of corruption. Transparency International is a global network including more than 90 locally established national chapters and chapters-in-formation.