www.fbi.gov/
The official website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, this has a wealth of information on the FBI, crime, crime prevention, crime investigation, and their most wanted lists. There are also places to submit crime tips, report internet crimes, apply for a job, find community resources and the addresses of FBI field offices.

www.findlaw.com/index.html
Subtitled “Find a Lawyer. Find Answers.”, this site is divided into 2 sections, for the public and for legal professionals. The public section of this site lets you browse topics for legal information. Topics include accidents and injuries, bankruptcy, civil rights, criminal law, family law, immigration, real estate, etc. While there are many “advertisement links” to attorneys, the amount of information is extensive. The list under Accidents and Injury Center ranges from Accutane to welding rods. The criminal law section offers an overview, definitions of 40 crimes, shows the stages of a criminal case, and has links to resources for victims and crime prevention. The section for legal professionals includes resources for law students, law research, practice tools, and legal news.

www.ncjrs.gov/
This site is a service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. It has information on corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice statistics, drugs and crime, international justice issues, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research and evaluation, and resources for crime victims. There is an alphabetical list of NCJRS publications, many that can be viewed full text online. The A-Z topical index makes it easy to find whatever topics are needed.

www.supremecourthistory.org/
The history of the Supreme Court is highlighted at this website. Included are the timeline of Justices, history of the Court, and homes of the Court. There are also explanations on how the Supreme Court works, with information on traditions, workload, aides and clerks, the role of the Justice, and appointments. There are links to audio oral arguments of ten sample cases, including Roe v. Wade and Texas v. Johnson, and 411 text documents of oral arguments from 1955 – 1993, from the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist courts. The Learning Center has information about cases that involve students, and activities and lesson plans on landmark cases.

www.heritage.org/research/crime/index.cfm
On this site The Heritage Foundation explores crime in America from a conservative viewpoint. Current and archived articles on this site encompass such topics as crime and violence, police, corrections and sentencing, criminal law and procedure, and constitutional law and legal reform.

www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/index.html
The University at Albany's School of Criminal Justice publishes the online Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture several times per year. The current issue as well as a complete archive of past issues of this peer-reviewed journal is presented.

www.forensicartist.com/index.html
The site covers the various facets of forensic art, giving a brief description of each. A Forensic Artist provides many services including composite drawing, three dimensional facial reconstruction, two-dimensional facial reconstruction, decomposition sketches and computer enhanced reconstructions, computer and Hand drawn image-enhancement and age progression.

www.crfc.org/americanjury/right_accused.html
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed." This site contains case studies and links to case law.

whyfiles.org/192forensic_anthro/index.html
Hundreds of unclaimed bodies are discovered by police every day. What scientists
can learn from them might surprise you. Visit the Body Farm for the latest in forensic anthropology.

www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/about_episode8.html
Read about an emerging crime investigation tool called brain fingerprinting, and how this development in forensic science may change the criminal justice system.

www.albany.edu/sourcebook/
The Source Book of Criminal Justice Statistics features over 600 data tables on a wide variety of criminal justice topics from over 100 sources. Among the statistics available are data on arrests, police, crime, courts, defendants, criminal justice expenditures and employment, sentences, drugs, corrections, prisoners, victimization, and public opinion. This site is a project of the State University of New York at Albany.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dna/
The use of DNA evidence has highlighted the unreliability of eyewitness accounts of crimes. This Web site, the online supplement to a PBS Frontline program, provides interviews, case studies and interviews to demonstrate the shaky nature of eyewitness accounts.

www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/crimescene/index.html
Learn about the most reliable witnesses to a crime--expert in their testimony and bulletproof in their account. Yet they never utter a single word. They are the animals, plants, and insects that are being recruited by a special breed of forensic scientists to solve the most seemingly impenetrable of crimes." Learn how scientists use plants and animals to solve crimes.