The purpose of this guide is to help college students in Criminal Justice programs find information on the Internet. These sites can successfully be used by both undergraduate and graduate students.

Police Officer's Internet Directory
http://www.officer.com/
Although written for the police professional, this site will be very useful to anyone needing criminal justice information. The criminal justice resource directory links to US federal and constitutional law sites, law libraries, and criminal justice resources by state. Criminal justice issues by topic include computer laws,hate crimes, terrorism, prison issues, and firearms law. Links to international and foreign criminal justice issues are also provided

Corrections Connection
http://www.corrections.com/index.html
This site is the online network for corrections and criminal justice professionals and other looking for information in this field. Links to official Federal, State, County, Community, and International corrections pages; Bulletin Board where questions on topics like community outreach, inmate education, legal issues, legislation, and health care are posted; Juvenile Information Network; Technology Network; American Correctional Association; American Jail Association, and much more.

INTERPOL: International Police Organization
http://193.123.144.14/interpol.com/referencelibrary.htm
This official site provides basic information about the structure and purpose of INTERPOL and furnishes links to product suppliers for law enforcement and criminal justice. Basic information is provided on currency counterfeiting; organized crime; vehicle theft; terrorism; DNA profiling; art theft; fingerprinting and drug trafficking, all from an international perspective. Current and previous press releases are included. An interesting feature is a collection of images of the "most wanted" stolen works of art. This site is available in English, French and Spanish.

International Law resources
http://www.un.org/law/
Includes sections on the International Court of Justice; the law of the sea; codification, development, and promotion of international law; international treaties; international trade law; and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control
http://heuni.unojust.org
Affiliated with the United Nations, HEUNI is the European link in the network of institutes operating within the framework of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program.

United Nations Online Crime and Justice Clearinghouse (UNOJUST)
http://www.unojust.org
Provides links to services of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program and associated UN institutes.

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network
http://ifs.univie.ac.at;~uncjin/uncjin.html
Includes links to the UN Institutes of the crime program; UNOJUST; UN documents; the UN itself; statistical sources; country-specific information; and international laws, treaties, and member-country constitutions.

International Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ijs.htm
Criminal justice datasets that are published online or are available to researchers worldwide are listed here under these headings:
The United Nations
Social Science Data Archives
International Web Sites
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

Bureau of Justice Statistics The World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm
This factbook, developed under a BJS grant, provides narrative descriptions of the criminal common template so that comparisons of similar functions in different countries can be easily made. They were completed in mid-1993, although the most recent data available for inclusion were sometimes for a year or two earlier.

International Aspects of Computer Crime
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/
With the explosive growth of the Internet worldwide, computer crimes increasingly are prone to have international dimensions. Some of the challenges faced by law enforcement on the international front include: harmonization of countries' criminal laws; locating and identifying perpetrators across borders; and securing electronic evidence of their crimes so that they may be brought to justice. Complex jurisdictional issues arise at each step. The Department of Justice is working with foreign governments through many channels to address global threats related to computer crime.

The Guide to Law Online
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/worldlaw.html
This site, prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), is an annotated hypertext guide to sources of information worldwide on government and law available online without charge. It includes links only to the most useful and reliable sites for legal information available for each of the world's nations, although none of these sites have yet qualified for full GLIN recognition for the completeness, accuracy and officially certified authenticity of the legal texts they provide. As such sites come online, they will be linked directly to the GLIN database and will additionally receive special recognition in the Guide.

United Nations International Drug Control Programme UNDCP
http://www.undcp.org/index.html
The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, which consists of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme and the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention, is established to enable the Organization to focus and enhance its capacity to address the interrelated issues of drug control, crime prevention and international terrorism in all its forms. ST/SGB/1998/17

Infolaw Information for Lawyers Limited's Gateway to the UK Legal Internet
http://www.infolaw.co.uk/
An extensive directory of legal resources in the United Kingdom, including government agencies, law schools, legal associations, and law publishers.

Office of International Criminal Justice
http://oicj.acsp.uic.edu/spearmint/public/oicj/about.cfm
In collaboration with individual governments, and private corporations, OICJ's charter is to foster better understanding of the world's criminal justice systems, assist agencies seeking to establish more humane, effective, and efficient criminal justice services and to provide opportunities for international cooperation.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/html/rcmp2.htm
(RCMP) works with communities to ensure the safety of all Canadians. It enforces federal laws, provides contract policing to most provinces, many municipalities and First Nations communities. The RCMP participates in peacekeeping efforts and supplies world-leading expertise in areas like forensics and criminal intelligence to Canadian and international police.

United Kingdom CJ Links
http://www.met.police.uk/
This metropolitan police service website of Scotland Yard offers an index, news, history, education, and crime prevention for England.