The Harvard Kennedy School's program in criminal justice policy and management aims to enable government leaders to fulfill their obligations to ensure public safety and justice through action research and maintaining long-standing partnerships with practitioners and scholars.

Crime Solutions, from the U.S. Office of Justice Programs, uses rigorous research to determine what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice and crime victim services.

The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of the more than 215,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection.

The Vera Institute of Justice is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit center for justice policy and practice, combining expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.

The Center's goals are to reduce crime, aid victims, strengthen communities, and promote public trust in justice. Demonstration Projects shows examples of prototype courts including links to publications about the projects.

Useful sections include Inmate Matters, Policy/Forms and News/Information. The last of these has a lot of information under both Pulications and Research & Reports.

This organization aims to improve the quality of health care in correctional facilities.

Part of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the NIC provides training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development assistance to correctional agencies. The Library section has useful documents and web links.

Good source for information on restorative justice. International

The Sentencing Project "promotes reduced reliance on incarceration and increased use of more effective and humane alternatives to deal with crime."

The Commission's website contains the complete Rules and Procedures Manual, information on the Victim/Witness Program, a report on the history of the federal parole system and other information.

This sourcebook discusses best practices in youth violence prevention strategies.

The Coalition is a resource on delinquency prevention and juvenile justice issues.

From the website: "features the latest research about gangs; descriptions of evidence-based, anti-gang programs; and links to tools, databases, and other resources to assist in developing and implementing effective community-based gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies. Here you will find an analysis of the findings from nearly 15 years of data collected by the annual National Youth Gang Survey of 2,500 U.S. law enforcement agencies."

Contains information on programs run through the Office, funding opportunities, and links to many publications put out by the Office. There is also a statistics section which leads to facts and figures on juvenile crime and victimization.

The JDIA focuses on promoting change in the detention component of the juvenile justice system.

The Center focuses on information about problem-oriented policing and contains a large number of problem-specific guides to help police address specific crime and disorder issues.

The home page of the FBI.

COPS offers a description of community policing, information on funding opportunities and information on community policing topics and training.