Criminal Justice Links
The links below are divided into three sections, criminal justice research, criminal justice agencies and other criminal justice resources. The research links will assist you in finding more information about criminal justice research and the style of writing used in communicating research results and papers in criminal justice. The agency links will help you in finding more information about the various criminal justice career opportunities available to our graduates. Not all agencies may be included. Further, on occasion links may become inoperable or inaccessible as the site has been deleted or moved. You may report bad links or suggest additional links to: purdyp@uhd.edu
Criminal Justice Research
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a service provided by the Department of Justice. NCJRS is a great tool for finding information about criminal justice research including research reports and statistics.
American Psychological Association (APA) Format Sites
Below are just a sampling of some web sites to assist you in writing in APA format.
APA Style Site 1 (best)
APA Style Site 2
APA Style Site 3
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County Constable: State of Texas
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Harris County Constable Office Pct. #4
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County Constable: Outside of Texas
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Municipal Agencies: State of Texas (alphabetized)
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Pasadena Independent School District Police Department
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Pampa Police Department
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Paris Junior College Department of Public Safety
Pearland Police Department
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Plano Police Department
Port Arthur Police Department
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Queen City Police Department
Raymondville Police Department
Rice University Police Department
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Roanoke Police Department
Round Rock Police Department
Rowlett Police Department
Saint Edwards University Police Department
Sam Houston State University Police Department
San Antonio Police Department
San Antonio ISD Police Department
San Benito Police Department
San Marcos Police Department
Seagoville Police Department
Seguin Police Department
Shenandoah Police Department
Smithville Police Department
Southlake Department of Public Safety
South Padre Island Police Department
Southern Methodist University Police, Dallas
Southwest Texas State University Police Department
Spring Branch ISD Police Department
Stephen F. Austin University Police Department
Stephenville Police Department
Sugar Land Police Department
Taylor Police Department
Temple Police Department
Texas A&M Police Department
Texas A&M-Commerce Police Department
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas Christian University Police Department
Texas City Police Department
Texas Women's University Police Department
The Colony Police Department
Tomball Police Department
Trinity University Department of Campus Safety
Tyler ISD Police Department
Tyler Junior College Police Department
Tyler Police Department
University of Dallas Office of Campus Safety
University of Houston Police Department
University of North Texas Police Department
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
University of Texas at Arlington Police
University of Texas at Austin Police Department
University of Texas at Dallas Police
University of Texas at El Paso Police Department
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Police Department
University of Texas Pan American Police Department
University of Texas at San Antonio Police Department
University of Texas Southwest Medical Center At Dallas
Van Alstyne Police Department
Victoria Police Department
Vidor Police Department
Waco Police Department
Waller Police Department
Watauga Department of Public Safety
Waxahachie Police Department
Webster Police Department
Weslaco Police Department
West Texas A&M University Police Department
Westworth Police Department
Wharton Police Department
White Oak Police Department
Winnsboro Police Department
Woodway Department of Public Safety
Wylie Police Department
Municipal: Outside of Texas
Atlanta Police Department
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Federal
United States Probation Service – Southern District of Texas
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United States Pretrial Service – Southern District of Texas
US Sentencing Commission
County/State
Harris County Community Supervision and Corrections Department
Harris County Juvenile Probation Department
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Institutional Corrections
Federal
Federal Bureau of Prisons
State
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Courts
Harris County Courts
Other CJ Resources
Institute for Criminal Justice Studies
Adoption and Foster Care
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
Children's Bureau
Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA)
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC)
National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning
National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption
Alcohol Abuse
National Institution on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Child Abuse and Neglect
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
Child Abuse Prevention Network
Childhelp USA
National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse
National Children's Alliance
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (CASA)
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Exchange Club Foundation for the Prevention of Child Abuse
National Resource Center on Child Maltreatment
Prevent Child Abuse America
Data and Statistics on Juvenile Crime
Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Justice Research and Statistics Association
National Archives and Records Administration
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
U.S. Government Printing Office
Delinquency and Crime Theory
Criminological Theory
Criminological Theory on the Web
Drugs
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
National Institution on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Education and Child Welfare
Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD)
Black Administrators in Child Welfare
Children's Bureau
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Department of Education
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
National Indian Child Welfare Association
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHC)
National Resource Center for Information Technology in Child Welfare
National Resource Center for Organization Improvement
National Resource Center for Youth Development
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS)
Technical Assistance and Training Coordinating Contract
Family Issues
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
AVANCE Family Support and Education Program, Inc.
Military Family Resource Center (MFRC)
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY)
National Child Care Information Center
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice
National Resource Center for Community-Based Family Resource and Support Programs (FRIENDS)
Office of Family Assistance
Family and Social Services
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
ARCH National Resource Center for Respite and Crisis Care Services
Child Care Bureau (CCB)
Children and Families
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Department of Labor (Women's Bureau)
Family and Youth Services Bureau
Office of Community Services
Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)
Family and Youth Services Bureau
Gangs
Criminal Justice Resources - Gangs
Gang Crime Prevention Center
Gangs in Los Angeles County
National Youth Gang Center (NYGC)
Texas Gang Investigators Association
Juvenile Justice Programs and Services
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Department of Justice
Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
NDIC Home Page
Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Texas Youth Commission Home
Law Enforcement and Judicial Agencies
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
Institution for Law and Justice
National Institution of Justice
Texas Attorney General
Legal Research
GSU College of Law - Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
MegaLaw Legal Research, Case Law, Supreme Court
MSU Libraries Criminal Justice Resources Guide
National Archives and Records Administration Home Page
Medical and Health Issues
Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse
National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center (NSRC)
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS)
World Health Organization
Prevention Programs
Head Start Bureau
National Crime Prevention Council
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
PAVNET Online
Research on Juveniles and Juvenile Crime
ABA Center on Children and the Law
Bureau of Justice Assistance Clearinghouse
Children's Defense Fund
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse / NCJRS
The 'Letric Law Library's Constitutional Law & Rights Topic Area'
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Special Topics
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Administration for Native Americans
American Humane Association
American Society of Criminology
An Essay on the Trial by Jury, Chapter I...Lysander Spooner, 1852
Criminal Justice MegaLinks
Crime and Deviance
Criminal Justice Policy Council
Criminology Associations
COURTTV.com
Death Penalty; Capital Punishment; Punishment
Department of Agriculture (DOA)
Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs
Dr. Frank Schmalleger's Cybrary of Criminal Justice Links
Famous Trails - UMKC School of Law-Prof. Douglas Linder
FindLaw United States Case Law
Juvenile Delinquency Chapter Outlines - Agnew
National Self-Help Clearinghouse
Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)
The Origins of Prisons
THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet
UMSL Department of Sociology Homepage
Westlaw Campus
Women's Bureau Clearinghouse
Violence and Victim
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
Officer for Victims of Crime Resource Center
Violence Against Women Office (VAWO)
Harris County Crime Victim Information - Victim Resources
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