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Evaluating Websites

When using websites you will need to determine whether or not a particular resource fits the requirements of your assignment.

The user should consider these five criteria when evaluating websites:

1. Authority
2. Accuracy
3. Currency
4. Relevance
5. Purpose

View the document Evaluating Websites for more details.

360 degrees
Picture Projects and National Public Radio (NPR) present a unique collection of first-person stories from inmates, correctional officers, lawyers, judges, parole officers, parents, victims, and more on the real criminal justice system.
CIA Studies in Intelligence
Federal Bureau of Prison
National Criminal Justice Reference Site
A federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
Office of Juvenile Justice & Deliquency Protection
Office for Victims of Crime
THOMAS
from the Library of Congress. A collection of legislative resources, including bills, bill status, committee reports and websites, the Congressional Record, Presidential nominations, treaties, and other material.
USA.gov
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
U.S. Department of Justice
Responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.
U.S. Department of State
Responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Marshals Service
U.S. Sentencing Commision

American Law Online
Provides links to freely accessible online sources of law for the United States and Canada.
CrimDoc
Housed in the Univ. of Toronto Centre of Criminology Library, this file is composed of institute, association, and government publications, as well as unpublished papers, working papers, research reports, etc.
Crime in New York 1850-1950
This digital collection offers access to primary materials documenting nearly a century of investigation, arrest, judgment and incarceration of many famous and unknown criminals in New York City.
Federal Law
Contains the U.S. Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, and decisions from the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals from Cornell University's Legal Information Institute.
Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World
Annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.
Legal Information Institute at Cornell
National Security Archive
An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act.
New York State Department of Correctional Services
Victim Law
Database about victims rights and protections that includes Constitutional provisions, statutes, court rules, administrative code provisions, case summaries, and attorney general opinions.