Websites

Students of criminal justice will find a great deal of useful information on the Web. Bear in mind, however, that most websites are created and posted without first being evaluated by an expert (or team of experts) in the field. So please be careful—websites can vary in quality and reliability. Fortunately there are guides available to help you choose. One excellent guide is Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask, a site created and maintained by Joe Barker at the University of California-Berkeley Library: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html.

The following is a selection of reputable websites used by students of criminal justice:

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.org/
Devoted exclusively to criminal justice related information, the site is subdivided into specific topic areas including: corrections, courts, drugs and crime, international, juvenile justice, law enforcement, victims of crime, etc. Links to selected full-text documents as well as to other Web-based resources are provided for each topic area.

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
The Bureau of Justice Statistics compiles statistical information on crime and victims, criminal offenders, courts and sentencing, corrections, etc. A number of BJS publications are accessible via the Web site

ODCCP: United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
http://www.odccp.org
This site provides links to criminal justice-related information provided by international organizations and various countries throughout the world.