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American
Civil Liberties Union. www.aclu.org/
This site contains links to issues on criminal justice, police
practices, prisons, prisoners’ rights and more.
Amnesty
International-USA. www.amnesty-usa.org/
This organization works to abolish the death penalty, torture and
other cruel treatment of prisoners.
Bureau
of Justice Statistics.
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
This site is the primary source for criminal justice statistics.
BJS collects, analyzes, publishes and disseminates information
on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime and the operation of
the justice systems at all levels of government.
California District Attorneys Association. http://www.cdaa.org/
California
State Attorney General. http://caag.state.ca.us/
California
Criminal Law. http://www.silicon-valley.com/records.html
This site includes information about clearing criminal
records.
California
Criminal Law Observer. http://www.silicon-valley.com/criminal.html
This site contains the “Three Strikes Law” code sections from
the California Penal Code and also Proposition 184.
California
Penal Code. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
This site links to the Penal Code as well as all the California
Codes.
CourtTV.
http://www.courttv.com/
This database has information on trials, legal help, “most
wanted,” criminal library and more.
DocuSearch.
http://www.docusearch.com/cria.html
Countywide criminal arrest records at $49.00 a search:
find, locate, track down anybody.
Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/
Fourth
Amendment: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/
Bars unreasonable searches.
Fifth
Amendment.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment05/
Prohibits forced self-incrimination.
Findlaw
Criminal Law Sources. http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/09criminal/index.html
Hieros Gamos.
Criminal Law Research
Center.
http://www.hg.org/crime.html
Justice
Information Service. http://www.ncjrs.org/
The Department of Justice National Criminal Justice Reference
Service.
Military
Justice. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/
Uniform Code of Military Justice and Correctional Facilities, Chapters
47 and 48.
National
Archive of Criminal Justice Data. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
This site acquires, processes and provides access to
computer-readable criminal justice data collections free of charge.
Office
of Criminal Justice Planning (California).
www.ocjp.ca.gov/
OCJP formulates and implements statewide criminal justice policy through
comprehensive planning and program funding.
It also links to other criminal justice resources.
The
Other Side of the Wall. http://www.prisonwall.org/
This site contains articles on prisons and prisoners, criminal
justice, and other features such as a reading list and a Prisoner’s
Dictionary.
The Pardon
Resource Center. http://www.silicon-valley.com/pardonme/index.shtml
Twelve steps to a federal pardon. Also includes a link to the California Pardon Center.
Pass
Your Drug Test. http://www.passyourdrugtest.com/
Outlines
the drug laws for all 50 states: http://www.passyourdrugtest.com/mjlaws.htm
Penal Codes
by Topic: http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/web/cover.htm
Compare penal codes by topic, side-by-side on a split screen
Title 18:
Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/
Another
source http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
U.S. Department of Justice.
http://www.usdoj.gov/
Links to reports, manuals, documents, and topics from consumer fraud to
crime victims.
Prison
& Parole Information: http://www.usdoj.gov/prisoninfo.htm
Links to Federal Prison Facilities, State Prisons, County Sheriff
Departments and Jails, and other links.
U.S.
Parole Commission. http://www.usdoj.gov/uspc
Links to U.S. Parole Commission Rules & Procedures Manual.
U.S. Sentencing Commission.
http://www.ussc.gov/
WashLaw Web.
www.washlaw.edu/
This site links to all court circuits and all states codes and
information.
WashLawWeb Criminal Law & Evidence. http://www.washlaw.edu/subject/evidence.html
Research
Guide-5
Mora Prestinary
May 1999
July 2003, Revised
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Law Library
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