| American Civil Liberties Union |
| The ACLU web site has special sections on criminal justice and death penalty issues. Included are briefing papers and other online documents. |
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| American Correctional Association |
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| Correctional Association of New York |
| The Correctional Association of NY seeks to create a more fair, efficient and humane criminal justice system, and has been granted the authority by the NYS Legislature to inspect prisons and to report its findings and recommendations for improvements to policy makers and the public. |
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| International Association of Chiefs of Police |
| Includes information about the organization as well as full text of their extensive collection of publications. |
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| PARC - Police Assessment Resource Center |
| PARC provides resources, advice, and assistance to all those who have responsibilities to their communities or constituents to deal with the consequences of police misconduct. Originally set up by the Vera Institute of Justice in NYC, PARC is a separate organization headquartered in Los Angeles and has provided support to court-appointed police monitors in LA; Wallkill, NY; and Portland, OR. The site archives PARC's own reports and reports of police misconduct commissions such as the Mollen Commission and the Christopher Commission. |
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| Rand Corporation |
| The Rand Corporation does research on issues relating to the national security and public welfare of the United States and their reports in the criminal justice area are frequently cited. Click on publications to search abstracts of their reports or to read the full text of some major studies. |
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| Vera Institute of Justice |
| The Vera Institute of Justice, based in New York City, conducts research on public policies in criminal justice. Many of their publications are available online in PDF format here.
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