Criminal Justice & Law: Find Web Sites

Stats on corrections, courts, crime, law enforcement

"The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) series was designed to achieve three primary objectives: to develop detailed information about the victims and consequences of crime, to estimate the number and types of crimes not reported to police, and to provide uniform measures of selected types of crime."

Extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice. NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Includes research, program information, gang related legislation by state and subject, and links to related agencies.

Founded as the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The Publications include many downloadable items. Most require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The FBI collects and makes available crime data for the United States. The data are available by state and jurisdiction as well.

United Nations data

Includes reports and facts under Issues and Work in the navigation menu. Maintained by Vera Institute, a private, non-profit organization devoted to encouraging just practices in public services.

Search cases in any court for free

Stanford site tries to clarify the term "fair use"; copyright law in the United States, and internationally.

FindLaw is the most popular Web site for legal reference. The "Legal Professionals Channel" is classified by type of legal practice area and is a good place to start searching for resources, including case law.

Includes links to all kinds of U.S. government documents - slip laws, CFR, Federal Register, U.S. Code. A service of the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Archive of verified statistics on gun violence in the U.S. Includes map visualizations

Presented by a nonprofit research organization, this site includes historical and current information on national, state, and local initiatives and referenda (I&R), and informative guides to the I&R and the recall process.

Regulations for the state of Oregon

Search for bills that are being introduced in the Oregon State Legislature; consult Oregon Revised Statutes or session laws

Archived year by year

Ordinances of the city of Salem, Oregon.

Resources on civil rights and civil liberties. Topics include Legal actions in progress, Center information, Klanwatch (including militia organizations and other "hate groups"), and Teaching tolerance.

Find governments at the state or local level

The official U.S. Government page with information on becoming a citizen. Includes relevant laws and regulations, as well as examination questions, a practice citzenship test, and history and government guides for the exam.

Servicios: Tarjeta Verde, Ciudadanía,Servicios para Familias, Trabajo en EE. UU.

Text of the U.S. Constitution. The text of each article and each amendment is accompanied by notes and commentary on its legal history and significance.

This office handles exclusive rights to inventions and trademarks.

A valuable resource for election history, and for debate on measures referred to voters, including those which subsequently became law.