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Bureau of Justice Statistics
The federal Bureau of Justice statistics collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
Crime in the United States
Crime in the United States is the annual publication in which the FBI compiles volume and rate of crime offenses for the nation, the states, and individual agencies. This report also includes arrest, clearance, and law enforcement employee data.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
In addition to providing access to Crime in the United States and Uniform Crime Statistics, the FBI website provides a host of other statistics, serves as a portal to each of the state-based sexual offender registries and offers a wealth of historical materials on notorious criminals and famous crimes.
The Innocence Project
Founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, the Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
The National Criminal Justice Reference service is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice. It offers justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
National Sex Offender Public Website
This resource was created through a cooperative effort between jurisdictions hosting public sex offender registries ("Jurisdictions") and the federal government and is offered free of charge to the public. These Jurisdictions include the 50 states, U.S. Territories, the District of Columbia, and participating tribes.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
U.S. Census Bureau
United States Supreme Court

eBooks

The Greatest Criminal Cases
This text presents short summaries of high-profile legal proceedings from the late 19th century through recent times and includes key landmark cases in which the court established the parameters of probable cause for searches, the features of due process, and the legality of electronic surveillance.

Gun Politics in America by Harry L. Wilson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781440837296
Publication Date: 2016-06-01
This work offers the most complete collection of primary documents on the subject of guns and gun politics, giving readers a comprehensive, unbiased understanding of the complex and often-surprising evolution of gun ownership, gun culture, and gun politics in the United States.

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The Borden Murders by Sarah Miller
Call Number: 345.744 MIL
ISBN: 9780553498080
Publication Date: 2016-01-12
Guilty? by Teri Kanefield
Call Number: 364.973 KAN
ISBN: 9780544148963
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Call Number: 921 STE
ISBN: 9780812994520
Publication Date: 2014-10-21
Manson by Jeff Guinn
Call Number: 921 MAN
ISBN: 9781451645163
Publication Date: 2013-08-06
Examines the life of Charles Manson in relation to his times, the late 1960s, and how he was able to convince a large number of followers to commit murders for and with him.
Nobody: casualties of America's war on the vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and beyond by Marc Lamont Hill; Todd Brewster (Foreword by) An analysis of race and class by examining a growing crisis in America: the existence of a group of citizens who are made vulnerable, exploitable and disposable through the machinery of unregulated capitalism, public policy, and social practice [and] ... shows how this Nobody class has emerged over time and how forces in America have worked to preserve and exploit it in ways that are both humiliating and harmful"
Call Number: 306 HIL
ISBN: 9781501124945
Publication Date: 2016-07-26