Basic Law Enforcement Training: Useful Links

Current and historical bills from the NC General Assembly. Search by attribute, bill number, chamber, committee, and more.

"[T]he United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics."

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data on the age, race, and sex of persons arrested for all crimes except traffic violations.

"The Criminal Justice Research Network on SSRN is an open access preprint server that provides a venue for authors to showcase their research papers in our digital library, speeding up the dissemination and providing the scholarly community access to groundbreaking working papers and early-stage research."

Searchable, open access, full-text articles on criminal law.

Official site of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction.

"InHomelandSecurity.com is a top online resource for breaking homeland security news and analysis, brought to you by American Military University."

"IACP is dedicated to advancing the law enforcement profession through advocacy, outreach, education and programs."

Job openings: NC state government jobs, America's Job Bank, and additional job search resources.

"The mission of the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is to facilitate research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data."

"Established in 1972, 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."

"Represents sheriffs, the office of sheriff, law enforcement and criminal justice professionals."

Official site for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

"Founded in 1976 as a nonprofit organization, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) is a police research and policy organization and a provider of management services, technical assistance, and executive-level education to support law enforcement agencies."

"POLICE Magazine is dedicated to providing law enforcement officers of all ranks with information that will help them do their jobs more efficiently, professionally, and most importantly -- SAFELY."

Searchable, open access, full-text articles on criminology.

A blog from the FBI.

Find other useful link related to criminology and criminal justice in BCC's Criminal Justice Technology Program Guide.