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DCJ Program: Selected Websites
Library Resources in Criminal Justice
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How do I evaluate information on the Internet?
To determine if information found on the Internet is reliable and accurate, try the CAARP test:
Currency: The timeliness of the information.
Authority: The source of the information.
Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the information.
Relevance: the importance of the information for your needs.
Purpose: The reason the information exists.
Selected Websites
The websites listed below have been recommended by Saint Leo librarians and faculty:
- American Civil Liberties UnionNational organization advocating individual rights, by litigating, legislating, and educating the public
- Bureau of Justice StatisticsStatistics about crime and victims, drugs and crime, criminal offenders, and the U.S. justice system
- FedStats: Crime StatisticsProvides access to statistics and information produced by more than 100 U.S. Federal Government agencies
- FindLawFind a local lawyer and free legal information
- Innocence ProjectNational organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people
- INTERPOLOfficial site - International Criminal Police Organization - ICPO - Rapid access to official, controlled information
- Justice Research and Statistics AssociationNational nonprofit organization of state Statistical Analysis Center
- National Archive of Criminal Justice DataResources on criminology and criminal justice issues
- National Criminal Justice Reference ServicesFederally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide
- National Indian Law LibraryPublic law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law
- National Institute of CorrectionsProvides access to resources, targeted toward corrections practitioners and research
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice StatisticsStatistics on large number of crime and criminal justice topics in the United States,
- Statistical Abstract of the United StatesAuthoritative summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States
- FBI - Uniform Crime ReportingInternational Association of Chiefs of Police providing reliable, uniform crime statistics
- United States CourtsOfficial directory of official U.S. federal courts and their web sites
- The World Criminal Justice Library Electronic NetworkInformation on the member libraries of the World Criminal Justice Library Network, and includes an entensive list of links
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(800)359-5945
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Text: (852)678-4393
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