Criminal Justice

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.

(U.S. Department of Justice) The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

(U.S. Government Accountability Office) Based on a survey of experts associated with studying the costs of crime and a literature review, GAO found that there is no commonly used approach for estimating the costs of crime, and experts face multiple challenges when making estimates.

(The Ohio State University) A Collaborative Research Project on the History of Violent Crime, Violent Death, and Collective Violence

(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) The world's largest and most diverse gathering of policy-makers, practitioners, academia, intergovernmental organizations and civil society in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice.

(The United States Department of Justice) The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section pursues three overarching goals: to deter and disrupt computer and intellectual property crime by bringing and supporting key investigations and prosecutions, to guide the proper collection of electronic evidence by investigators and prosecutors, and to provide technical and legal advice and assistance to agents and prosecutors in the U.S. and around the world.

(Federal Bureau of Investigation) The FBI is the lead federal agency for investigating cyber attacks and intrusions.

(INTERPOL) At INTERPOL, we coordinate law enforcement operations, and deliver secure data sharing platforms, analysis and training in order to reduce cyber threats.

(FindLaw - Thomson Reuters) This webpage includes articles on cyber bullying, sexting, and a whole host of other crimes commonly committed online or with the help of computer networking technology.

(IBM) Cyberattacks are unwelcome attempts to steal, expose, alter, disable or destroy information through unauthorized access to computer systems.

(FindLaw - Thomson Reuters) This webpage contains articles that describe the development of the juvenile justice system, give basic information about the implications of a juvenile conviction, and offer examples of the most common types of juvenile crimes.

(Cornell Law School) Juvenile justice is the area of criminal law applicable to persons not old enough to be held responsible for criminal acts.

(Youth.gov) Youth under the age of 18 who are accused of committing a delinquent or criminal act are typically processed through a juvenile justice system.

(U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) Fact sheets, fliers and other resources are available to promote OJJDP publications, web pages, and other resources of interest.

(U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) Statistics relating to juvenile offenders in the United States.

(U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention) The NGC disseminates information, knowledge, and outcome‐driven practices that engage and empower those in local communities with chronic and emerging gang problems to create comprehensive solutions to prevent gang violence, reduce gang involvement, and suppress gang‐related crime.

(United Nations - Office on Drugs and Crime) Modern organized crime constitutes a global challenge that must be met with a concerted, global response.

(INTERPOL) Our Organized Crime unit works hand in hand with all of INTERPOL’s police services to identify major figures involved in transnational crime, the associated criminal networks and their activities.

(United States Department of Justice) This site is designed to provide information about OCGS and its activities, such as prosecutions, investigative support, case coordination/targeting, training, and policy and legislation assistance.

(Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute) Full of the U.S. RICO code as well as accompanying notes