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Professional Studies
Criminal Justice & Legal Studies Resources
The following sites may be used for information on the topics of law and
criminal justice. You may choose General Legal Resources,
Criminal Justice Resources, or WWW
Law/ Criminal Justice Sites, Criminal Justice
Faculty Pages, Guides to Research, Electronic
Indexes/Databases
General Legal Resources
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Human Rights Web Page
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Includes legal and political documents, issues, debates, discussion, and
biographies related to the Human Rights Movement.
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Indian Affairs: Laws
and Treaties, a historically significant, seven volume compilation
of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American
Indian tribes.
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International and U.S. Legal Material
from Cornell University. Includes constitutions, statutes, and other legal
documents from foreign countries as well as the United States.
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Law Forum Law forum is
a directory of law firms, legal support services, legal resources, legal
employers and aspiring attorneys with web sites. This online directory
was created to highlight those law firms and individuals who have recognized
the importance of the Internet as a powerful communications tool.
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State Statutes
from Cornell University
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Supreme
Court Justices from Cornell University
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Supreme Court Opinions
from Cornell University (hypertext)
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Thomas: Legislative Information
from Library of Congress. Includes full text legislation from 104th and
105th Congresses, as well as links to other legislative material.
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U.S. Code from Cornell
University.
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West Publishing The leading publisher
of legal materials, this site provides information on their online
services, products, and West's
Legal Directory for locating lawyers and law firms.
 Criminal
Justice Resources
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Amnesty International Gopher server providing
information on their mandate, statistics, and Amnesty International programs
in the U.S., as well as numerous international documents related to the
protection of human rights and opposition to the death penalty.
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Association of Retarded Citizens
Access to Justice Initiative Resource list of programs and materials
on accommodations for people with cognitive disabilities who come into
contact with the law enforcement and court systems.
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Child Support Enforcement
from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes fact sheets
and program descriptions arranged by state and topic.
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Cop Net and Police Resource List
from the Institute for Law and Justice. Links to official sites of Police
Agencies and other sites of interest related to law enforcement.
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FBI contains some interesting sites:
FBI's Most Wanted and Uniform
Crime Reports
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FTC's Top 10 Consumer
Fraud Complaints of 2001 [.pdf]
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Justice Department Includes information
from DOJ organizations, such as the
Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Drug
Enforcement Administration, as well as publications and documents such
as National Criminal Justice Reference
Service.
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Partnerships Against Violence (PAVNET)
Information about violence and youth-at-risk with data/statistics from
7 different federal agencies.
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PREVLINE: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol
and Drug Information
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Information service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes research and
statistics on substance abuse, the RADAR
Network (Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resources Network),
and a network publications page.
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Rand Corporation's Criminal
Justice Program is divided among three mutually supportive centers:
Criminal Justice Center, Drug Policy Research Center and Public Safety
Center.
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"Resource Guide
on Racial Profiling Data Collections Systems: Promising Practices and Lessons
Learned" -- DOJ [.pdf]
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Sexual Victimization
of College Women -- DOJ [.pdf] The Department of Justice has released the report
"Sexual Victimization of College Women," which offers "a comprehensive
look into the prevalence and nature of sexual assault occurring at American
colleges."
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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice
Statistics represents a unique, 25-year partnership between The School
of Criminal Justice at the University of Albany and the US Bureau of Justice
Statistics.
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United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime at the University of Vienna Electronic clearing-house
for the international exchange and dissemination of information on crime
prevention and criminal justice issues. Includes links to world constitutions,
court decisions, and research sources.
WWW Law/Criminal Justice
Sites
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Academic Info. An annotated
subject directory tailored to a college audience. Link to Law
& Government Gateway
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Criminal Justice
Links from Florida State University
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The FindLaw Guide to Internet Legal Resources.
Includes links to resources in over 30 practice areas, state specific,
federal and international materials, case law and codes, law schools and
law student resources, legal associations, legal forms, law firms, law
reviews, etc.
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FindLaw Court Forms
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Law Library Resource Xchange
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Legal Information Institute from
Cornell University
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The Oklahoma State Courts Network
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State
Resource Center The State Resource Center is one of the categories
of LexisOne's free Legal Internet guide, a collection of 20,000 links organized
into 32 categories. For each of the fifty states, the State Resource Center
provides extensive lists of links to statewide offices, the state's legal
branches, its counties, its rules of court, important legal forms, and
more. The site remedies the maze of many state government Web sites, making
it easier to find legal materials.
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Virtual Law Library from
Indiana University
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Cari
L. Brown's Home Page from Northeastern State University includes A
Legal Assistant's Guide.
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Charles L. Dreveskracht's
WEB SITE from Northeastern State University. Includes Comparative
Criminal Justice Resources, Criminal
Justice History Resources, Criminal
Justice Research Resources and Native
American Criminal Justice Resources.
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Michael Wild's Home Page
from Northeastern State University contains links to his Favorite
Internet Sites.
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Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Home Page, Northeastern State University.
Guides to Research
Electronic Indexes/Databases
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