Federal Information

Website for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Includes information about careers in the CIA and resources like the World Factbook.

Official website of the Department of Justice. Includes information about the Attorney General, the DOJ Strategic Plan, and resources for reporting a crime or helping crime victims.

Official website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Includes information about what the bureau investigates, the FBI Most Wanted List, and other services.

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.

Official website of the Department of Homeland Security. Includes access to safety reports and the latest news and resources.

Part of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) "is responsible for implementing the Department's national strategies in combating computer and intellectual property crimes worldwide." Includes information on cyber crime and the latest documents and reports.

The SMART Office was authorized in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, which was signed into law on July 27, 2006. The responsibilities of the SMART Office include providing jurisdictions with guidance regarding the implementation of the Adam Walsh Act, and providing technical assistance to the states, territories, Indian tribes, local governments, and to public and private organizations. The SMART Office also tracks important legislative and legal developments related to sex offenders and administers grant programs related to the registration, notification, and management of sex offenders.

Produced by the FBI. Provides guidance and procedures for safe and efficient methods of collecting, preserving, packaging, and shipping evidence.

Includes guidelines manuals for federal sentencing practices.

Provides comprehensive National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database which indexes more than 170,000 criminal justice publications. Abstracts are substantial and the database is user friendly.

The United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics. The mission of the BJS is "to collect, analyze, publish and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government."

Includes execution statistics and characteristics of death-row prisoners from the BJS.

Maintains the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database, which contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system.

Provides a wealth of information on all aspects of criminal justice.

FBI - use this Syracuse University site to locate FBI staffing levels, enforcement actions, and the incidence of white collar crime by district. Free registration is required to use the site.

Provides crime statistics for 1995 to present. Publications on site include Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.