Organizations

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms Enforces Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives and arson; site includes information about manufacturing and taxation of alcohol and tobacco
• Bureau of Justice Assistance Produces guides for public and law enforcement programs aimed at reducing and preventing crime
• Bureau of Justice Statistics Criminal justice data and publications
• Correctional Service of Canada National criminal justice agency, publications and statistics about correctional substance abuse treatment available
• Corrections Connection Gateway to public organizations and private companies serving the corrections industry; offers facility and inmate locator and special topics such as "Gangs in Prison"
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Government agency overseeing federal prisons; data and reports about correctional substance abuse treatment can be found here
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Site links to "Most Wanted," prevention information about drugs for children and young people, and Uniform Crime Reports
• Justice Information Center This clearinghouse is one of the largest repositories of criminal and juvenile justice information in the world
• National Criminal Justice Commission Report Card on Safety Ranks states in terms of public safety measures such as violence and use of criminal justice system
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Resources and publications on such topics as gangs, delinquency prevention, and missing and exploited children

Criminal Justice Resources

• Behind Bars: CASA Report National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University report examining the relationship between substance abuse and incarceration
• Boot Camp Drug Treatment and Aftercare Interventions An evaluation review from the National Institute of Justice
• Consensus Meeting on Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System A variety of reports examining effects of prison, family-based, and alternative programs for offenders
• Crime Statistics Links National, state, local, and international links
• Criminal Justice Links Comprehensive links to all aspects of criminal justice, compiled by Dr. Cecil Greek at Florida State University
• Defining Drug Courts U.S. Department of Justice publication defining the ten key components of effective drug courts
• Drugs & Crime Facts This Bureau of Justice Statistics site summarizes drug-related crime, law enforcement, court, and corrections data; the data are useful for policymakers, criminal justice experts, researchers, and the general public
• Hate Crimes This Center for Substance Abuse Prevention resource guide presents the data that are available on perpetrators and victims of hate crimes, as well as the potential relationship to substance abuse
• HIV in Prisons U.S. Department of Justice report
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service This extensive collection of documents covers the gamut, from juvenile crime statistics to drug use to gangs
• Prison Activist Resource Center "The source for progressive and radical information on prisons and the criminal prosecution system."
• Prison Privatization Research Site Research on private prisons at the University of Connecticut
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Extensive collection of statistics, based at The University at Albany
• State Alcohol Laws A searchable database covering labeling, retail sales, minimum age laws, DUI laws, and a wide variety of other state alcohol laws; developed by the Alcohol Epidemiology Program at the University of Minnesota
• Substance Abuse Treatment in Adult and Juvenile Correctional Facilities Recent report about prison treatment, conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Violence: An Overview of Its Relationship to Substance Abuse Literature, videos, classroom materials, and organizations reviewing this important connection; published by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention