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| American Sociological Association, Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance | ||
| This is the website of the ASA's section on deviance. Check out the archived newsletters to see what's hot in the sociological study of deviance. ( http://www.asanet.org/sectioncld/ ) | ||
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| The Federal Bureau of Investigation | ||
| This site contains many useful resources on criminal deviance, including statistics from the Uniform Crime Report and publications on white-collar crime. ( http://www.fbi.gov/ ) | ||
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| Interpol | ||
| This is the site of Interpol, the international police force. The site contains resources and information on many issues of criminal deviance on a global scale. ( http://www.interpol.int/ ) | ||
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| National Criminal Justice Referral Service | ||
| The National Criminal Justice Referral Service is an information clearinghouse of research and position papers regarding crime, juvenile justice, and drug policy. This site is sponsored by a partnership of federal agencies dealing with crime and drug policy. ( http://www.ncjrs.org ) | ||
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| Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention | ||
| OJJDP works with states and local communities to develop effective, coordinated juvenile justice prevention and intervention efforts. OJJDP focuses on juvenile justice efforts that will hold offenders accountable, and it provides treatment and rehabilitation options tailored to individual juveniles and their families. ( http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org ) | ||
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| National Youth Gang Center | ||
| The National Youth Gang Center (NYGC) is a project of the Institute for Intergovernmental Research. The NYGC is a resource center for information about intervention strategies, research, and legislation relating to gangs and gang activity. ( http://www.iir.com/nygc ) | ||
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| United States Drug Enforcement Administration | ||
| The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) enforces controlled-substances laws and regulations. This enforcement includes the apprehension of individuals and groups involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States. ( http://www.usdoj.gov/dea ) | ||
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| National Institute on Drug Abuse | ||
| NIDA supports and conducts interdisciplinary research on drug abuse; it also provides a network for dissemination and implementation of research findings in the areas of drug abuse, addiction prevention, treatment, and policy. ( http://www.nida.nih.gov ) | ||
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| Criminological Theory | ||
| This site contains useful summaries of theories of social control, as well as links to primary texts on theories of deviance. ( http://home.comcast.net/~ddemelo/crime/crimetheory.html ) | ||
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| American Society of Criminology | ||
| The American Society of Criminology is an association of practitioners, academics, and students engaged in criminology study, research, and education. ( http://www.asc41.com/ ) | ||
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| Social Science Information Gateway: Sociology of Law and Crime | ||
| This gateway provides links to sociological articles, reports, journals, and organizations involved in sociological analysis and research into crime and law. ( http://sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/sociolaw.html ) | ||
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| The National Organization for Women | ||
| The National Organization for Women's website is a good source of information on violence against women. ( http://www.now.org/issues/ ) | ||
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| National White-Collar Crime Center | ||
| This site contains many resources for students interested in studying white-collar crime, as well as career opportunities for those interested in law enforcement. Check out the events in your area. ( http://www.nw3c.org/ ) | ||
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| The Corporate Crime Reporter | ||
| This site contains reports on private and public corruption, links to news reports on corporate crime, and government documents pertaining to various aspects of corruption. ( http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/ ) | ||
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| National Whistleblower Center | ||
| This site contains links to breaking and ongoing news related to whistleblowers. It also provides valuable information on laws that are designed to protect whistleblowers. ( http://www.whistleblowers.org/ ) | ||
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| Art Crimes | ||
| Art Crimes is a gallery of graffiti art from cities through the world. This site represents an effort to preserve this form of graffiti art (as opposed to gang tagging). The site includes photos, interviews with artists, and blackbook sketches. ( http://www.graffiti.org ) | ||
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| The Forensic Science Society | ||
| The Forensic Science Society is a multidisciplinary organization of researchers and applied scientists dedicated to the application of Science to the cause of Justice. ( http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk ) | ||
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| Prison Policy Initiative | ||
| This organization conducts research and advocacy on incarceration policies, with the aim of showing the racial, economic, and gender disparities between the prison population and the larger society. You can access a wealth of data, including incarceration rates by race and state. ( http://www.prisonpolicy.org/index.shtml ) | ||
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| Restorative Justice Online | ||
| This website, maintained by the PFI Centre for Justice and Reconcilliation, explores the use of "restorative justice"-a community based crime-response model traditional in many cultures-to heal the impact of wrong-doing on victims, perpetrators, and communities in a number of modern national contexts. ( http://www.restorativejustice.org/ ) | ||
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| Federation of American Scientists: Project on Government Secrecy | ||
| This FAS project chronicles the use of secrecy in covering up the misdeeds of the U.S. government. It also examines the prosecution of violations of government secrecy laws. ( http://www.fas.org/sgp/ ) | ||
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