Criminal Justice
Criminal Law

• American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section
• Anatomy of a Murder  --  A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System.
• American Civil Liberties Union--the foremost defender of the Bill of Rights, including rights against self-incrimination, illegal search and seizure, and cruel and unusual punishment.
• Criminal Justice Page--courtesy of Prof. Cecil Greek, generally considered a good starting point for criminal justice.
• Criminal Procedure Law: An Overview -- "The rules of criminal procedure are different from those of civil procedure, because the two areas (criminal and civil) have different objectives and results. In criminal cases, the state brings the suit and must show guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, while in civil cases the plaintiff brings the suit and must only show the defendant is liable by a preponderance of the evidence." Includes full-text documents.
• Critical Criminology File-- with links to crime statistics, info on prisons, death penalty, and more
• Evidence: A Legal Overview -- includes full-text documents
• Federal Rules of Evidence, Searchable
• Financial Crimes Enforcement Network--includes data on money laundering, news releases, info on how to follow the money trail.
• Forensic Psychiatry --maintained by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the law.
• Interlaw's 'Lectric Library-- Includes a legal dictionary, reference desk, text files of court cases, laws, articles.
• Psychology and the Law -- links
• State Laws on Obscenity, Child Pornography and Harassment--This site has a chart on state laws regarding obscenity, child pornography and harassment and some legal commentary on possible applications to the internet.
• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network.--a global crime prevention and criminal justice information network. Created in an effort to centralize the input from nongovernmental organizations and scientific institutions.