Criminology Links
The links chosen for this page are access points to such diverse areas and topics as the latest legislation or well-known TV programs. Use up-to-the-minute information to complement your research project.

• Crime in the Media
• Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
• Government Agencies
• Police & Intelligence Agencies
• Federal and Provincial Courts
• Corrections and Prisons
• Victims of Crime
• International Agencies & Information
• Crime and Entertainment
• Criminological Glossaries and Dictionaries

Crime in the Media

Crime in the Media

Canadian

• Canadian Supreme Court news
• Blue Line: Canada’s National Law Enforcement Magazine. It includes news briefs and feature stories related to law enforcement.
• Canadian Journal of Criminology. The site includes abstracts of articles.
• Crime Concern News Room. Contains news stories and articles about crime prevention in the north Toronto region.

United States

• Yahoo! News — Crimes and Trials Headlines
• Crime Magazine. "Crime Magazine is about crime — from prisons and parole to serial killers and assassinations, books and movies to unsolved murders and fugitives, from gangsters to cops."
• Atlantic Monthly: Crime. Includes archived articles on this topic.
• Crime & Justice page from Excite
• Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. The site of this academically-oriented journal written by prisoners about prison includes full-text articles.

Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice

Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice

Law:

• Access to Justice Network (ACJNet) provides Canadian law and justice resource materials. It includes text documents and links to related sites, which you can browse (under Browse ACJNet: A Quick Start) by subject and location (e.g., Young Offenders, Manitoba). It also has a listing of several law-related directories (Canadian law firms, law societies, crime prevention organizations, etc.). There’s also tons of legislative materials and much more.
• Full text of the Criminal Code of Canada is available at this site.
• Duhaime’s Canadian Criminal Law Centre. The webmaster of this site describes it as "Canada's one-stop shop for the best plain language articles on Canadian criminal law."
• First Line: Criminal Law Information. This site offers well-organized information about the Canadian criminal legal process. It also includes links to criminal lawyer firms and law publishers, information on legal aid, useful links, and more.
• A list of resources on Canadian law and government, by province
• The Fair Justice Society advocates community and provincial reform to the legal Justice System in Canada regarding family violence, including homicide and provides support to victims of such crimes.
• Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The site includes details of all decisions and active cases since 1990.
• The Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption. The site features information about the centre, as well news releases, the Organized Crime and Corruption Bibliographic Database, links, and more.

Theory:

• This site — "an educational resource for the learning and teaching of theoretical criminology" — offers detailed descriptions of various theories of crime, biographies of major theorists, an interactive timeline, an extensive glossary, and much more.
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. This alphabetically-organized resource includes many articles related to the theory and history of crime and justice.

Crime prevention:

• National Crime Prevention Centre. This site provides details of the national strategy on crime prevention and of all initiatives and programs supported by NCPC (locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally).
• International Centre for the Prevention of Crime. This site offers descriptions of existing crime prevention practices or models, an analysis of the successes and benefits of crime prevention, and much more.
• Canadian Crime Prevention Centre. The site includes a listing of upcoming crime prevention conferences and brief crime prevention tips.

Youth justice:

• Youth justice information from the Department of Justice Canada. Contains news releases and full text of relevant legislative acts.
• The Great Young Offenders Act Debate. You can read the full text of Bill C-68, read what others have said about it, and add your own comments.
• The Young Offenders and Corrections issue of Forum on Corrections Research (January 1995). Contains full-text articles on this subject.
• "Youth at Risk: A Review of Ontario Young Offenders, Programs and Literature that Supports Effective Intervention." Details the findings of a research project completed in 1993.
• The Juvenile Information Network. This U.S.-based network is "intended to encourage communications among juvenile justice professionals and to foster the development of new reform programs in systems at the state and local levels."
• Correctional Boot Camps: A Tough Intermediate Sanction. A set of articles published in 1996 discussing U.S. boot camps.
• A brief description of a military-style boot camp in the U.S.
• Information on the Massachusetts Boot Camp Program.
• About Face Youth Boot Camp in Conover, North Carolina.

Government Agencies

Government Agencies

Federal:

• Department of the Solicitor General Canada. This site provides an overview of the justice and law enforcement systems in Canada and information about the department. It also includes current law- and crime-related information, such as news stories, press releases, speeches, and documents. Of special interest are quizzes and slide shows (under Public Education).
• Department of Justice Canada. Contains information about the department, an overview of the Canadian justice system, news stories, and complete laws of Canada.
• Law Commission of Canada. The purpose of this commission is "to study and keep under systematic review, in a manner that reflects the concepts and institutions of the common law and the civil law systems, the law of Canada and its effects, with a view to providing independent advice on improvements, modernization and reform that will ensure a just legal system that meets the changing needs of Canadian society and individuals in that society." The Web site offers discussion papers, reports, speeches, articles, and more.
• Tabulated justice and crime statistics from Statistics Canada. This page includes detailed statistics on crime by type of offence and location, statistics on victims, suspects, and criminals, as well as justice-related spending, courts, and police. Most data provided is for years 1993 to 1997 inclusive.

Provincial:

• Alberta Justice
• British Columbia: Ministry of the Attorney General
• Links to justice-related Manitoba government sites
• New Brunswick: Department of Justice
• Newfoundland and Labrador: Department of Justice
• Northwest Territories Justice
• Nova Scotia Department of Justice
• Ontario: Ministry of the Attorney General
• Price Edward Island Community Services and Attorney General
• Links to Quebec legal institutions
• Saskatchewan Justice

Police & Intelligence Agencies

Police & Intelligence Agencies

• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.). Includes a wealth of information on various R.C.M.P.- and government-supported initiatives, among them the Federal Policing Program, the R.C.M.P. Organized Crime Initiative, community policing programs, and much more. The "Wanted by the R.C.M.P." list is at http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/html/graphics/wanted/list.htm
• Community, Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services (CCAPS), an R.C.M.P. branch. This site provides information about this branch of the R.C.M.P., and also offers a number of online and downloadable learning resources (under Information Resources), as well as crime prevention tips and information (under Crime Prevention and Victim Services in Services).
• Criminal Intelligence Service Canada. Contains annual reports on organized crime.
• Canadian Association of Police Boards
• The National Police Services (NPS) is "a combined effort of all Canadian law enforcement agencies to share information and resources in their never ending fight against crime." Their site includes information on crime fighting, stolen property search information, and more.
• Links to Canadian police agencies and Canadian university police and security agencies, as well as other related sites (from the University of Toronto).
• CopNet is a Canadian-based site that provides information and links to official law enforcement agencies (around the world and in Canada) and to other relevant organizations and sites (by region and by topic). It also supports the online International Donut Shop where police officers can share their experiences.
• Canadian Police Information Network. CPInet site includes numerous articles and press releases.
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Federal and Provincial Courts

Federal and Provincial Courts

• An overview of the court system in Canada, from the Department of Justice Canada.
• Supreme Court of Canada. Includes information about the court and full text of judgements.
• Federal Court of Canada
• Alberta courts
• British Columbia superior courts
• Newfoundland and Labrador courts
• Nova Scotia courts
• Ontario courts
• Prince Edward Island courts
• Quebec courts

Corrections and Prisons

Corrections and Prisons

• Correctional Service of Canada. This site contains the CSC’s mission statement, performance report, a listing of correctional institutions across Canada.
• Forum on Corrections Research. Full text of articles from this online journal.
• National Parole Board. The site contains detailed information on the parole system in Canada.
• The John Howard Society of Canada "is a federation of provincial/territorial and local Societies comprised of people whose goal is to understand and respond to problems of crime, to work with people who have come into conflict with the law, to review, evaluate and advocate for changes in the criminal justice process and to engage in public education on matters involving criminal law and its application." The site offers information about the society and all its programs and branches.
• The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS). The site offers information on the association and its role in advocating female prisoners’ rights.
• Directory of community-based residential centres in Canada provides a listing (by region) of these correctional centres.
• The Corrections Connection. "The largest online resource for news & information in corrections"; U.S. based.
• "Towards a Just, Peaceful and Safe Society: The Corrections and Conditional Release Act — Five Years Later" consultation paper.
• Alberta Correctional Education Association. Includes information about the Association.
• Prince George Youth Custody Center. Located in Prince George, British Columbia, the centre "is a secure facility providing a range of programs to allow youths to make maximal constructive use of their time while in custody."

Victims of Crime

Victims of Crime

• Victims of Crime site. This Canadian site offers information and advice on what to do if you are the victim of a crime.
• Canadian Crisis Centres. Includes contact information (by province), from the Suicide Information & Education Centre.
• A listing of Canadian Crime Victim Compensation Boards, from the The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) in Washington, D.C.
• CAVEAT: Canadians Against Violence. "CAVEAT’s mission is to contribute to the creation and maintenance of a just, peaceful society through public education, changes to the justice system, and ensuring the rights of victims." The site includes information about the organization and its initiatives.
• Anonymous Sexual Abuse Recovery (Canada). The site includes forums, articles, links, and more.
• Child Find Canada. Includes photographs of missing children, safety information, and useful links.
• Child CyberSEARCH Canada. Includes an extensive database of missing children, a listing of Canadian missing children agencies, resources for parents, discussion of many cases, useful links, and much more.
• Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Abuse (CSICA). Includes information about the Society and its programs.
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Includes information on victim services.
• Victim-Assistance Online is a "non-profit organization serving the world victim assistance / victimology community." The site includes a great number of useful links.

International Agencies & Information

International Agencies & Information

• International Court of Justice
• United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)
• The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems, from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. This site includes detailed descriptions of justice systems in 42 countries, in addition to general country information.
• Crime Stoppers International. The site includes information on their programs and contact numbers for various branches in different countries.
• The United Nations Online Crime and Justice clearinghouse (UNOJUST) is "both understood as an Internet-based information system, and a capacity-building technical assistance program."
• World Criminal Justice Library Network. This site includes information about the organization and links to libraries (including those specializing in criminology or criminal justice) around the world, upcoming conferences, criminal justice periodicals, and more.
• Interpol. Includes detailed information about the organization, as well as press releases and links to articles and papers.
• International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy. The site offers details about the centre and numerous publications on the subjects of aboriginal justice, domestic violence, organized crime, juvenile justice, and more.
• Amnesty International. The site contains news releases, reports, details of recent AI campaigns, links, and more.

Crime and Entertainment

Crime and Entertainment

• Links to everything you’ve always wanted to know about James Bond
• America’s Most Wanted
• NYPD Blue
• The People’s Court
• Information on and links to sites about Law and Order.
• The Columbo Episode Guide by Stephen Burns.
• A fan page of Homicide.
• 21 Jump Street: an Episode Guide, by Alan Morton and John Lavalie with Gustavo Gontijo.
• CHiPs Online

Criminological Glossaries and Dictionaries

Criminological Glossaries and Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Law Terms
• Dictionary of International Law
• Dictionary of Law

 

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