Criminal Law and Justice Research Guide

The Manual is "designed as a quick and ready reference for United States Attorneys, Assistant United States Attorneys, and Department attorneys responsible for the prosecution of violations of federal law. It contains general policies and some procedures relevant to the work of the United States Attorneys' offices and to their relations with the legal divisions, investigative agencies, and other components within the Department of Justice."

Provides access to publications such as: sentencing guidelines manuals, sentencing statistics, and research reports.

Publication from the United States Department of Justice Office of the Deputy Attorney General, providing an overview of the federal death penalty system.

The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

Compiles comprehensive information describing suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system. The Federal Criminal Case Processing Statistics (FCCPS) tool is an interface that can be used to analyze federal case processing data. Users can generate various statistics in the areas of federal law enforcement, prosecution/courts and incarcerations, and based on title and section of the U.S. Criminal Code. Data are available for the years from 1998 to 2019. This tool includes offenders held for violating federal laws. It excludes commitments from the D.C. Superior Court.

Annual reports on those executed by state.

The Sourcebook "brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States.

The mission of the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is "to facilitate 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.

A joint project of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) that publishes caseload data from the courts of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

"Our mission is to be the voice of America’s prosecutors and to support their efforts to protect the rights and safety of the people by providing its members with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to ensure justice is attained."

"The National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) engages all public defense professionals into a clear and focused voice to address the systemic failure to provide the constitutional right to counsel, and to collaborate with diverse partners for solutions that bring meaningful access to justice for poor people."

"Founded in 1920, the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association has over 9,000 members including prosecutors, private defense counsel, appellate and trial judges, law professors, correctional and law enforcement personnel, law students, public defenders, and other criminal justice professionals."

The Web site provides access to reports, analyses and comments written by Cato's legal scholars covering topics such as 4th Amendment (search and seizure), criminal procedure, federal sentencing guidelines, prosecutorial abuses, etc.

The Criminal Law Reform Project seeks to end harsh policies and racial inequities in the criminal justice system.

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

Think Tank Search is a custom Google search of more than 700 think tank websites. For the purposes of this search, think tanks are defined as institutions affiliated with universities, governments, advocacy groups, foundations, non-governmental organizations, and businesses that generate public policy research, analysis, and activity.

The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization whose mission is to reduce society’s reliance on incarceration as a solution to social problems.

A non-profit journalism association that reports on criminal justice inequities and incarceration in the U.S.

The Web site is "a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide." The Web site provides access to many Government publications by topic.

Death penalty section of the Amnesty International web site. Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

Provides state-level incarceration data for all 50 states

Collects data on policing practices and criminal justice in the U.S.

The Death Penalty Information Center is a national non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.