Criminal Studies

The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) is an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice.

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is a multidisciplinary professional organization that provides leadership to advance science and its application to the legal system.

Founded in 1870 as the National Prison Association, ACA is the oldest association developed specifically for practitioners in the correctional profession.

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.

The International Association for the Study of Organized Crime (IASOC) is a network of academics, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the study of organized crime and illegal enterprise. It is run by the Secretariat of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

The United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics.

Evaluations of actual crime prevention, court, and corrections programs (domestic and international) with effectiveness ratings. From the U.S. Department of Justice.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security focuses on threats ranging from international to environmental. Resources available on terrorism, human trafficking, border control, natural disasters, and more.

Most wanted lists, crime news, statistics, and organizational information from the FBI.

Statistics of juvenile crime from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Online learning module from the Open Learn on definitions of, attitudes toward, and attempts to explain crime.

Detailed reports and analysis of topics in criminal justice, such as jail overcrowding, community policing, identity theft, drug use, and production trends, and so on. From the Department of Justice.

North Carolina crime and justice information, including issue summaries, crime prevention and reporting tips, most wanted, news, job postings, and employee training and education standards.

Data about criminal justice in the United States. More than 600 tables of statistics on topics including correctional facilities, police and sheriffs' departments, judges, nature and distribution of known offenses, attitudes.

United States crime and justice information from our national Department of Justice.

National Crime Statistics, "UCR Handbook" and special reports from the FBI.

Information on international crime concerns, such as drug trafficking, terrorism, money laundering, and human trafficking from the UN.

The DEA's website includes drug fact sheets, drug schedules, and federal trafficking penalties, plus prevention resources and information about the organization.