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360degress
Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System
"360degrees grew out of our concern about the increasing numbers of incarcerated Americans. Since 1980, the prison population has quadrupled — there are over two million Americans behind bars today. Most of those sent to prison are black or Hispanic and poor...It is our hope that this site will challenge your perceptions about who is in prison today and why, that it will generate ideas, big and small, about how we can make positive changes in our communities."
The Alger Hiss Story
"This Web site recreates one of the most important legal cases in this country's history, often cited as a turning point in 20th century American thinking ... to be an authoritative portal for access to primary information about Alger Hiss, the Hiss case and the early Cold War years - including new scholarship, newly released official documents from various governments and government agencies, and the archival material, such as trial testimony, court and government records and commentary, collected in many libraries and online repositories ... to act as the digitized and online counterpart to the Alger Hiss Papers at the Harvard Law School Library. Acting in tandem with the Harvard collection, this Web site will post a complete summary of the charges against Alger Hiss and a comprehensive look at the case for the defense..."
Jeff Kisseloff, Managing Editor ["who worked with Alger Hiss to help prepare his coram nobis petition..."]
Canadian Access to Justice Network (ACNet)
Canadian law and justice resource materials
Canadian Department of Justice
Casebook: Jack the Ripper
Sections include: Victims ; Suspects ; Witness ; Ripper Letters ; Police Officials ; Press Reports ; Victorian London ; Message Boards ; Authors ; Dissertations ; Timeline.
Edited by Stephen P. Ryder
Columbine High School Shooting
[Columbine High School Shootings] - Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff
"The following listing will allow the reader to navigate through the report and obtain details for activities that occurred around the Columbine High School incident. [April 20, 1999]"
Sections include: Time Lines ; Crime Scene Diagrams ; Detailed Information ; Photographs ; General Information ; Audio ; Video.
- From CNN
Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff - Columbine High School Materials Released - (dead link)
"Following is a list of items pertaining to the Columbine High School Shootings of April 20, 1999 ordered released to the public by the courts."
Google Directory - Columbine High School - (dead link)
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CopSeek.com
Directory and Police Search Engine
Counter-Terrorism
"The origins of this web site lie in recommendations made by the Counter-Terrorism Training Coordination Working Group convened by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Office of Justice Programs to examine the counter-terrorism tools available to law enforcement and first responder communities."
DNA Interactive
"This site is dedicated to the moment on February 1953, when Jim Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double-helical structure of DNA - and to the scientists who breathed life into that structure."
Sections include: Timeline ; Code ; Manipulation ; Genome ; Applications ; Chronicle.
- The Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Library and Reference - (dead link)
- Crimes Against Children - (dead link)
- State Sex Offender Registry Websites - (dead link)
Gang Research.Net
"...is a website dedicated to providing quality research on gangs to students, academics, public officials, the media, and the general public. While most 'gang' websites either present the views of law enforcement or give unverified or questionable information, Gang research.net seeks to dispel stereotypes and present research, original documents, and helpful links...It is the repository for documents of the Chicago Gang History Project. The site also seeks to provide analysis of the role of gangs in the information age, the wars on drugs and terror, the salience of race in understanding gangs, and the nature of post-industrial violence."
By John Hagedorn, Dept. of Criminal Justice, University of Illinois-Chicago
[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] CNN.com Law Center - Ridgway Case
"Ridgway Confesses to 48 Killings in Green River Case" - Nov. 5, 2003
Includes: Video of Prosecutor Jeff Baird reading statement in court by Ridgway confessing to killing 48 women ; Legal Documents ; Ridgway's Statement.
[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] Green River Killings
"The Green River Killer is blamed for the slaying of 49 women between 1982 and 1984 in the greater Seattle area...On Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, Gary Leon Ridgway was arrested as a suspect in four of the killings..."
Sections include: Background Information ; Map ; Green River Victims ; Related Cases ; Suspect ; Charges ; Probable Cause ; The Victims [four women linked to Ridgway] ; DNA Evidence.
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Special Report
[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] Seattle Times - Green River Killings
"Green River killer Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty Nov. 5, 2003, to the murders of 48 women from 1982 to 1998, bringing to an end the largest unsolved murder case in the country."
Sections include: About the Case: The Victims ; Timeline ; Digging for Evidence ; Where Victims were Found ; Area of Disappearances ; Legal Documents: Summary ; Plea Agreement ; Second Amendment ; Statement of Defendant.
[Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway] - TIME.com - River of Death - (dead link)
"The Green River Killer may be the worst serial murderer in U.S. history. It's one cop's mission to stop him."
By Terry McCarthy
From the January 03, 2002 issues of Time Magazine
Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation (Swiss Banks)
CV-96-4849
"This is the official information website for the Holocaust Victim Assets Litigation against Swiss Banks and other Swiss Entities."
Institute for Criminal Justice Studies - Web Links - (dead link)
Sections include: Crime Prevention ; Law Enforcement ; Drugs & Crime ; Government ; Law ; Public Policy ; Research & Evaluation ; Internet Search Tools.
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Includes Latest Documents and News; Basic Legal Documents; Press Releases and Statements; Tribunal Cases; Bulletin; and Publications
International Victimology Website (IVW)
"a resource for all those interested in improving justice for victims of crime and abuse of power. Through IVW, the UN Center for International Crime Prevention, the Research and Documentation Center of the Netherlands Ministry of Justice and the World Society of Victimology aim to promote the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. "
[JFK Assassination] CNN.com - Witness to History
Surgeon Recalls Treating JFK as he Died
Article by Lila King, November 24, 2003.
[JFK Assassination] Duquesne University School of Law - Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law
[JFK Assassination] PBS - Frontline - Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (November 2003)
"An Investigative Biography of the Man at the Center of the Political Crime of the 20th Century."
Sections include: Oswald: Myth Mystery, and Meaning ; Twenty-Four Years ; Interviews ; Conspiracy: Cases For and Against ; Glimpses of A Life ; Links & Readings ; Teacher's Guide.
[JFK Assassination] The Warren Report - (dead link)
Includes : The Complete Report ; Selection of Testimonies ; Mrs. Marina Oswald Testifies Before the Commission ; Article on a Commission Member Who May have Changed His Mind.
From Bergen County [NJ] Education and Development Center
Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)
"...is a national organization of state Statistical Analysis Center directors as well as analysts, researchers, and practitioners throughout the justice system."
JUSTNET: Justice Technology Information Technology
- National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center
- Criminal Justice Links
Sections include: Agencies ; Corrections ; Counterterrorism ; Courts and Adjudication ; Criminal Justice Research and Statistics ; Forensic Science ; Fraud/Crime on the Net ; General Resources ; Government Resources ; Just for Fun ; Law Enforcement ; Security Threat Groups/Gangs ; University and College Programs.
NPR - Warrantless Wiretaps: A Guide to the Debate
"The Senate held hearings Feb. 6 [2006] on the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program. President Bush calls the program a vital tool in the war on terror. Critics call it a breach of civil rights -- and possibly illegal. NPR examines the controversy."
- National Public Radio
PBS - American Experience - The Murder of Emmett Till (January 2003)
Website companion to the TV broadcast
"The brutal killing that mobilized the civil rights movement."
Sections include: Confession: Read the killers' shocking admission of guilt ; Segregation: Chicago and Mississippi, then and now, through the eyes of teens ; Forum: Experts answer questions about civil rights and Emmett Till's story ; The Film ; Special Features ; Timeline ; People & Events ; Teacher's Guide.
PBS Frontline - A Crime of Insanity
"When a paranoid schizophrenic committed a violent crime, the legal and psychiatric worlds collided..."
Sections include: The Story of Ralph Tortorici ; An Overview of Insanity on Trial ; The Jailed and Imprisoned Mentally Ill ; Interviews ; Links & Readings ; Tapes & Transcripts ; Producer's Chat.
PBS Frontline - Drug Wars
A special Frontline series in collaboration with NPR [National Public Radio]
"From both sides of the battlefield, a 30-year history of America's war on drugs-a war with no rules, no boundaries, no end."
A fascinating, frank discussion of the $400 billion business.
The Redwood Highway
Crime, Law and Related Links on the Web
"There are links to the scientific study of crime, electronic and print publication, and the profession of criminology. It should be of interest to both professionals in the field and more casual web surfers."
By Patrick Jackson, Sonoma State University
The Sentencing Project
"...is designed to provide resources and information for the news media and a public concerned with criminal justice and sentencing issues. This site also includes news and information about the National Association of Sentencing Advocates (NASA), which The Sentencing Project sponsors, and professional information of use to its members.
Sexual Harassment Resources
Sections include: U.S. Government ; U.S. Military ; N.C. Government ; Important Supreme Court Decisions ; Educational Institutions ; Professional Organizations ; Other Sites
By Bob Gaines, Government Documents, Jackson Library, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
The Stanford Prison Experiment:
A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment
"...features an extensive slide show and information about this classic psychology experiment. What happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil, or does evil triumph? These are some of the questions we posed in this dramatic simulation of prison life conducted in the summer of 1971 at Stanford University."
By Phil Zimbardo, Psychology Dept., Stanford University
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
Includes UN Documents, Statistical Sources, Country Information, Laws, Treaties, & Constitutions
United Nations Office for Drug Control & Crime Prevention (ODCCP) - (dead link)
- U.N. Convention against Transnational Organized Crime - (dead link)
Palermo, Italy 12-15 December 2000
U.S. Department of Justice - See Criminology Digital Library
U.S. General Accounting Office
University of Alaska, Anchorage - Justice Center - (dead link)
- Focus on Gun Control - (dead link)
"...an educational resource on firearms and their regulation in Alaska and the United States. Though not exhaustive, the resources gathered here provide a foundation in understanding U.S. and Alaska law on firearms, statistics on firearms and crime, and the issues at stake in the gun control debate in the U.S."
Maintained by Melissa S. Green
University of Western Australia Law School - Crime Research Centre
"In addition to developing a statistical database, the Centre has been at the forefront of evaluative criminal justice research in Western Australia. The focus has been on producing research which is both scholarly and of relevance to the needs of professionals involved in the formulation, development and implementation of criminal justice policy."
Virginia Tech - In Memoriam: April 16, 2007
The White House
Widows' Law File (WLF) - (dead link)
"...a legal tool to assist all victimised Third World widows, their organisations and lawyers to secure their fundamental human rights in accordance with the law...aims to extend, clarify and build on the growing body of women's human rights jurisprudence by disseminating information on law and policy reform, case-law, and empowerment strategies."
Women's Law Initiative (English or Spanish)
"...to provide easy-to-understand legal information to women living with or escaping domestic violence."
Sections include: Info on Domestic Violence ; Info for Teens ; Info for Immigrants ; Safety Planning ; Internet Safety ; State Info ; National Links & Resources ; National News.
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