Criminal Justice

"Purpose: To provide people who are justice system-involved, correctional facility staff, public health professionals, community organizations, and anyone else with an interest in correctional health with resources."

Folksy website of University of Arkansas Professor of Criminal Justice; includes links to OERs (free textbooks).

Contains statutory mandatory minimum recruitment, selection and training standards for entry-level law enforcement officers in the state of Michigan.

Michigan Compiled Laws

Contains the jury instructions presently in use for criminal trials. The instructions are to "accurately inform jurors about the legal process in which they will participate and the law that they are to apply in an understandable, conversational, and unbiased manner."

"The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library hosts a collection of over 235,000 information resources on criminal justice subjects, including corrections, courts, drugs, law enforcement, juvenile justice, victims of crime, and related topics."

"The RAND Center for Quality Policing (CQP) provides research and analysis to improve the practices, policies, and technologies used in policing."

An aid for those who use the guidelines enacted by the Michigan Legislature. The guidelines apply to felony offenses except when the statute sets forth a mandatory penalty.

"This dynamic analysis tool allows you to examine National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data on both personal and property victimization, by select victim, household, and incident characteristics."

"Purpose: To provide people who are justice system-involved, correctional facility staff, public health professionals, community organizations, and anyone else with an interest in correctional health with resources."

"The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States...."

"The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement. It also provides information for students of criminal justice, researchers, the media, and the public."

A statistical snapshot of inmates including age, citizenship, ethnicity, gender, offenses, prison safety, race, and sentences imposed.

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"The Commission collects, analyzes, and distributes a broad array of information on federal sentencing practices."