| 360degrees: Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System |
| Picture Projects and National Public Radio (NPR) present a unique collection of first-person stories from inmates, correctional officers, lawyers, judges, parole officers, parents, victims, and more on the real criminal justice system. Prisoners' interviews and audio diaries available with Quicktime4. Other exceptional features include a timeline (601 to present) exploring the creation of prisons as know them today and suggestions for integrating this site into academic curriculums. |
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| Criminal Justice History Resources |
| Extensive list of resources from Northeastern State University. |
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| Dying Speeches and Bloody Murders: Crime Broadsides Collected by the Harvard Law School Library |
| Website with full text and images of more than 500 broadsides relating to public executions in 18th and 19th century Britain. |
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| Famous Trials |
| Prof. Doug Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School has put together information about famous trials in history from the trial of Socrates in 399 B.C. to the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995. Also included are the Nuremburg Trials, the trial of Charles Manson, the McMartin Preschool Trial, and the trial of LAPD Officers for the beating of Rodney King. Linder has included exerpts from transcripts, background information on the individuals involved and supplementary materials. |
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| GangRule.com |
| Biographies, historical events, and a searchable database related to the history of organized crime. |
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| Guide to Records of the New York State Department of Correctional Services |
| This guide serves as a link to finding aids of the records created by Correctional Services agencies in New York State. The records are held in the New York State Archives in Albany, N.Y. Included are lists of records by Correctional facility, including Sing-Sing. It is recommended that researchers call the New York State Archives to make a research appointment before visiting. |
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| History of Policing, Legal Institutions, Criminology, and Crime |
| This database provides easily accessible and systematic information about ongoing projects in the fields of the history of police, legal institutions, criminology, and crime. Its main purpose is to facilitate orientation and encourage collaboration in a quickly growing interdisciplinary field of historical research. |
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| Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930 |
| This rich site provides primary source access to a database with information on 11,000 homicides maintained by the Chicago Police Dept. Users can search the database by name, type of crime, date, etc. or browse descriptions of 25 of the more sensational homicides in Chicago, complete with links to newspaper articles, photographs, and court records. |
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| National Security Archive |
| An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act. |
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| New York City Police Museum |
| Official website of the museum. |
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| Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London |
| The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London can now be read and searched online. So far the accounts of 53,000 trials, from April 1674 to December 1799, are available in transcription and as page images. The site also includes historical background. |
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