Criminal Justice: Websites

"This is the current and official copy of the Justice Manual (JM). The JM was previously known as the United States Attorneys’ Manual (USAM). It was comprehensively revised and renamed in 2018."

Includes links to the Uniform Crime Reporting statistical dataset

News and basic information regarding the Criminal Division

NIJ is the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Includes "What we do" sections on the Death Penalty; Detention; International Justice; Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants; Torture; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Council on Criminal Justice works to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and build consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all.

Articles, research, and commentary from the well-known libertarian think tank

A wealth of statistics, research, and basic information about the death penalty

The Commission acts as the principal policymaking body of the United Nations in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice.

The "United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics," including data on corrections, courts, and specific crimes

Annual report of crime statistics from the NC Bureau of Investigation

Includes "data from over 2,700 curated studies or statistical data series," courtesy of the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan