Criminal Justice: Websites

ACJS promotes criminal justice education, research, and policy analysis within the discipline of criminal justice for both educators and practitioners.

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

BJA's mission is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities

CJCJ provides direct services, technical assistance, and policy analysis that work in unison to promote a balanced and humane criminal justice system designed to reduce incarceration and enhance long-term public safety.

The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) archives and disseminates data on crime and justice for secondary analysis.

NCJJ is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is effective justice for children and families through research and technical assistance.

The National Center for Victims of Crime is a nonprofit organization that advocates for victims' rights, trains professionals who work with victims, and serves as a trusted source of information on victims' issues.

The NCJA represent all facets of the criminal and juvenile justice community, including law enforcement, corrections, prosecution, defense, courts, victim-witness services and academic research, as well as federal, state, and local elected officials.

NIJ provides objective and independent knowledge and tools to inform the decision-making of the criminal justice community to reduce crime and advance justice, particularly at the state and local levels.

The National Juvenile Court Data Archive houses the automated records of cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction.

Rape Victim Advocates is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the healing and empowerment of sexual assault survivors through non-judgmental crisis intervention counseling, individual and group trauma therapy, and medical and legal advocacy.

ACA is the oldest association developed specifically for practitioners in the correctional profession

The American Jail Association (AJA) is a national, nonprofit organization that supports the professionals who operate our Nation's jails.

The APPA is an international association composed of members from the United States, Canada and other countries actively involved with pretrial, probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both criminal and juvenile justice arenas.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is responsible for the custody and care of federal inmates

The Journal of Prisoners on Prisons has been a prisoner written, academically oriented and peer reviewed, non-profit journal, based on the tradition of the penal press.

The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, and advocating for alternatives to incarceration.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission is an independent agency in the judicial branch of government created in response to widespread disparity in federal sentencing, ushering in a new era of federal sentencing through the creation of the Commission and the promulgation of federal sentencing guidelines.