General Resources in Criminal Justice
Teaching Criminal Justice
Simulations and Gaming
Discussion Groups in Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Resources (Jon Harrison, Michigan State University Libraries).
A table of contents with links to 78 websites related to criminal justice, ranging from specific topics to listservs and periodicals. Item #12 is an annotated list of links to comprehensive criminal justice sites. This site provides a rich collection of resources.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/index.htm

Criminal Justice Mega-Sites: The Best Links on the Web (Tom O’Connor, Austin Peay State University).
A comprehensive site with links to criminal justice professors’ websites, special topics, data and facts, police resources, legal and law-related resources and libraries, corrections and prison-related resources, publishers, journals, discussion lists, and professional organizations.
http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/linklist.htm

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Journal of Criminal Justice Education (Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences).
Articles cover post-secondary education in criminal justice, criminology, and related areas. Subscribers have access to the electronic version of current and archived issues.
http://www.acjs.org/pubs/167_669_2917.cfm

Teaching Criminal Justice (Criminal Justice Education, Dr. Philip Reichel, University of Northern Colorado).
Provides links to videos and web-based classroom activities relevant to criminal justice and criminology, plus other links to more general sites on developing web-based teaching materials, teaching strategies, and classroom ethics.
http://www.cjed.com/instruct.htm

“Teaching Criminal Justice in Liberal Arts Education: A Sociologist’s Confessions,” Mathieu Deflem. ACJS Today, Newsletter of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 22 (2): 1, 3-5, 2002.
http://www.cas.sc.edu/socy/faculty/deflem/zteachCJ.htm

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“Model Prison: Simulation in a Corrections Class,” Janice Rienerth, Appalachian State University. Sociation Today, Vol.3, No.1, Spring 2005.
This article discusses the theoretical basis for using a simulation project to enhance learning, and then provides a full description of using a model prison simulation project in a corrections class, including student presentations, evaluation, and results. Includes a PowerPoint slide presentation as an example of this simulation in use.
http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v31/jan.htm

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On-line Criminal Justice Discussion Groups and E-Journals (Cecil Greek, Florida State University).
Contains links to criminal justice mailing list indices and a comprehensive set of annotated links to individual listservs relevant to criminal justice. Also includes links to chat rooms and e-journals in criminology, policing, law, and corrections.
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/cjl-listserv.php

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See also General Social Science Resources for additional discipline-specific materials.