Law Enforcement
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- Don't know where to start? Try:
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Basic Sources
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- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
- A federally sponsored clearinghouse for criminology and criminal science information.
- NCJRS Material
- UM Libraries' guide to finding NCJRS material.
Agencies
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- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Bureau of Prisons
- Department of Justice
- Department of Justice Agencies
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- U.S. Attorney General
- U.S. Marshalls
- U.S. National Central Bureau of INTERPOL
- U.S. Sentencing Commission
Data and Statistics
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- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Federal Sentencing Statistics
- Provides access to sentencing statistics by state, district, and circuit.
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
- Access to electronic criminal justice data and data sets available for download from the University of Michigan. UMCP faculty, students and staff may access the data by contacting the Office of Academic Computing Services in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS). Members of BSOS may access the data for free; others must pay a fee.
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
- Statistics on crime and criminal justice from the Bureau of Justice Statistics covering 1994 to the present.
- Statistical Briefing Book
- Provides access to statistical information from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention on juvenile offending, victimization of juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system.
- Uniform Crime Reports
- Statistics on crime in the United States from 1995 to the present, including Crime in the United States and other annual publications.
Publications
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- CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room
- Provides an overview of access to CIA information, including electronic access to previously released documents in response to Freedom of Information Act requests, and also details citizens' rights and application processes related to those requests.
- FBI FOIA Electronic Reading Room
- Provides an overview of access to FBI information, including electronic access to previously released documents in response to Freedom of Information Act requests, and also details citizens' rights and application processes related to those requests.
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
- An index of criminal justice resources, including government and research reports, journal articles, and books, published since 1970. Links to full text documents where available. [Full-text publications are also available through the Publications/Products page.]
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