CJ 400: Women and Crime - Hendrix-Sloan

The Criminal Justice Section has primary responsibility for the American Bar Association's work on solutions to issues involving crime, criminal law, and the administration of criminal and juvenile justice.

ACA serves all disciplines within the corrections profession and is dedicated to excellence in every aspect of the field--from professional development and certification to standards and accreditation, from networking and consulting to research and publications, and from conferences and exhibits to technology and testing.

BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

The Office of Justice Programs’ CrimeSolutions.gov uses rigorous research to determine what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services.

Links to a variety of criminal justice-related webpages, courtesy of the Institute for Intergovernmental Research.

Categorized criminal justice-related links, many specific to Minnesota, courtesy of the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.

The NACJD facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data.

The NCJA represents state, tribal and local governments on crime prevention and crime control issues, with members representing all facets of the criminal and juvenile justice community, from law enforcement, corrections, prosecution, defense, courts, victim-witness services and educational institutions to federal, state and local elected officials.

Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. NCJRS services and resources are available to anyone interested in crime, victim assistance, and public safety including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program meets the need for reliable, uniform crime statistics for the nation, and the FBI is tasked with collecting, publishing, and archiving those statistics.

Provides narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of 45 countries around the world.