Judicial Subject Guide to Resources on the Internet

Websites

U.S. Department of Justice (http://www.usdoj.gov) offers historical information, statistics, research, and reports from the U.S. Attorney’s Manual (http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/index.html) to Uniform Crime Reports (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm).

Bureau of Justice Statistics (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs) statistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

Law Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usjudic.html) historical information on the federal judiciary system with U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals opinions, guide to locating federal courts, and information on the federal court procedure.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/index.html) preserves and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal agencies, state agencies, and investigator initiated research projects to users for secondary statistical analysis with support from Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).

National Criminal Justice Reference Center (http://www.ncjrs.org) provides information on corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs, drug policy, gangs, international resources, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research & evaluation, & victims with coverage from 1970 to the present.

National Institute of Justice (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij) the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues.

Office of Justice Programs (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov) links and information on Department of Justice’s bureaus and offices and list of publications and statistics.

U.S. Courts (http://www.uscourts.gov) information and links to U.S. Courts and publications and reports, statistical reports, and periodicals from the U.S. Courts Library (http://www.uscourts.gov/library.html).

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions (http://www.fedworld.gov) search full text of 7,407 U.S. Supreme Court Decisions from 1937 to 1975.

Publications

Crime in the United States (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#cius) available at the State Library in print 1991 to 2003 editions, SuDoc: J 1.14/7:

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics (http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook) available at the State Library in print 1991 to 2002 editions, SuDoc: J 29.9/6:

Law Enforcement Bulletin (http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/leb.htm) available at the State Library in print April 1994 to March 2001, SuDoc: J 1.14/8: (Note: Converted to electronic only publication in April 2001).