Research

Arizona Revised Statutes
http://www.azleg.gov/arstitle/

Criminal Justice Digital Library
http://www.academicinfo.net/crimjustlibrary.html

Justice Technology Information Network
http://www.nlectc.org/

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Justice Research and Statistics Association
http://www.jrsa.org

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.gov/

World Criminal Justice Library Network
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~wcjlen/WCJ/

World Justice Information Network
http://www.wjin.net

Phoenix Public Library - Database Search (Note: Must have Phoenix Public Library card to use)
https://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/browse/learning-research

Police Executive Research Forum
http://policeforum.org/

National Center for Juvenile Justice
http://www.ncjj.org

Sage Publications
http://www.sagepublications.com

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - Online
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/

Association of State Uniform Crime Reporting Programs, Incorporated
http://www.asucrp.net/

National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fbi/is/ncic.htm

SEARCH - The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
http://www.search.org/

American Prosecutors Research Institute
http://www.ndaa.org/apri/

ASCLD - American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors
http://www.ascld.org

NFSTC - National Forensic Science Technology Center
http://www.nfstc.org

RAND Corporation
http://www.rand.org/publications/electronic/terrorism.html

NCJA - National Criminal Justice Association
http://www.ncja.org/home

Large Arizona City Police Department Statistics

Chandler Police Department - Crime Statistics
https://chandlerpd.com/data/

Gilbert Police Department - Crime Analysis
http://www.gilbertaz.gov/departments/police/crime-analysis

Phoenix Police Department - Crime Statistics and Maps
https://www.phoenix.gov/police/neighborhood-resources/crime-stats-maps

Scottsdale Police Department - Crime Statistics
http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/police/crime-statistics

Tucson Police Department - Statistics
https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/statistics

State Government Agencies of Interest

Arizona Department of Corrections
https://corrections.az.gov/

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections
http://www.azdjc.gov/

Arizona Department of Health Services
http://www.azdhs.gov/index.htm

Arizona Department of Health Services- Statewide prevention needs assessment
http://www.azdhs.gov/bhs/prevention/county_profiles/index.htm

Other National Government Agencies of Interest

Forensic Science Communications
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/lab/forensic-science-communications

OJP - Office of Justice Programs
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov

National Institute of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/

U.S. Office of Government Ethics
http://www.oge.gov/

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/

Bureau of Justice Assistance
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/

U.S. Sentencing Commission
http://www.ussc.gov/

Community Oriented Policing (COPS)
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?Item=118

Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm

Courts

National Center for State Courts
http://www.ncsc.org/

Victims

Office for Victims of Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/

Crime Prevention

National Crime Prevention Counsel
http://www.ncpc.org/

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/

Youth

Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
http://www.jrsa.org/jjec/index.html

Monitoring the Future
http://www.monitoringthefuture.org/

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://wwww.ojjdp.gov/

Governor's Division of Children
http://gocyf.az.gov/

AOC - Juvenile Justice Services Division
https://www.azcourts.gov/jjsd

Guns and Safety

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
http://www.atf.gov/

Project Safe Neighborhoods
https://www.bja.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?Program_Id=74

Center for Disease Control - Injury and Violence
http://www.cdc.gov/InjuryViolenceSafety/

Arizona Department of Health Services
http://www.azdhs.gov/index.htm

Gangs

Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
http://www.great-online.org/

National Youth Gang Center
http://www.iir.com/nygc/

Drugs

Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/

SAMHSA homepage
http://www.samhsa.gov/

SAMHSA Model Programs
http://www.samhsa.gov/programs-campaigns

Motor Vehicle Theft

Arizona Automobile Theft Authority
http://www.aata.state.az.us/

National Insurance Crime Bureau
http://www.nicb.org/

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