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Department of Homeland Security | Department of Justice | Department of State | White House Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Charged with protecting the national transportation system to ensure freedom of movement and commerce, the TSA site Research Center provides very brief statistics on recent security screening, security fees, laws, and regulations, and recent speeches and
testimony.
The Coast Guard protects the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests in the nation's ports and waterways, alond
the coast, on international waterways, or in any maritime region, as required, to support national security. Included in their
responsibilities are fisheries enforcement, migrant interdiction, and drug interdiction. Responsible for protecting national borders in order to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the country,
while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. The publications section includes their annual Performance and Accountability Report with program overviews and budget details.
Formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), ICE is the largest investigative arm of the Department
of Homeland Security. It is responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities in the Nation's border and for economic,
transportation, and infrastructure security. The section on international students provides detailed statistics for students studying in the U.S. and other exchange visitors by state, name of institution,
country of origin, and academic discipline. Public information includes fact sheets, speeches, and information on "topics of interest" such as child exploitation, cyber crimes, gangs,
human trafficking, immigration enforcement, and much more.
In addition to protecting the President and other high-level officials, the Secret Services investigates counterfeiting and
other financial crimes including financial institution fraud, identity theft and computer fraud, and computer-based attacks
on the financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure. The Electronic Crimes Task Forces and Working Groups investigate crimes where there is significant economic or community impact, participation of organized criminal groups involving
multiple districts or transnational organizations, or use of schemes involving new technology. The ATF is responsible for enforcing federal criminal laws and regulating the firearms and explosives industries. Their publications section has useful links to resources on firearms safety and regulation, arson and explosives publications, and IRS and ATF
rulings concerning each of these areas. The statistics section provides reports and statistics for each of the four areas.
The BJA provides leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local,
state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. Their overall goals include crime prevention especially
for violent crime and drug abuse, and improving the functioning of the criminal justice system. The publications section includes documents in text and PDF formats on topics such as communities, corrections, counter-terrorism, courts,
crime prevention, defense, drugs and alcohol, guns, hate crimes, law enforcement, prosecutions, tribal and native american
issues, youth, and gangs.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Justice and its mission
is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation
of justice systems at all levels of government. This site contains summary findings, BJS publications, selected statistics,
and related sites on a range of topics including but not limited to, crime and victimization, law enforcement, prosecution,
criminal offenders, courts and sentencing, and corrections and also allows you to build tables and track trends with BJS data online. For more abreviated information, check out BJS's crime facts at a glance .
The CCDO promotes comprehensive strategies to reduce crime and revitalize communities. CCDO helps communities help themselves,
enabling them to reduce violent and drug crime, strengthen community capacity to increase the quality of life, and promote
long-term community health and resilience.
The Criminal Division develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws except those specifically
assigned to other divisions. The most useful aspect of this Web site is the Alphabetical List of Organizations relating to
criminal matters within the jurisdiction of the Justice Department.
The DEA is the lead federal agency in enforcing narcotics and coltrolled substances laws and regulations. The publications
page includes links to book-length works including Guidelines for a Drug-Free Workforce, Drugs of Abuse, Get it Straight: The Facts about Drugs [for teens], What Americans Need to Know about Marijuana, and others. The Stats & Facts page contains national statistics on DEA arrests, drug seizures, and meth lab incidents; the State Fact Sheets profile the
drug situtation in every state. The site also includes federal trafficking penalties .
The prinicpal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Justice is charged with gathering and reporting facts, locating
witnesses, and compiling evidence in cases involving federal jurisdiction. The Reports & Publications link provides access to online documents on terrorism, Internet issues, white-collar crime, violent crime, law enforcement
services, and crime statistics. The FBI Library site provides access to their online catalog, bibliographies, and various online periodicals. Federal Bureau of Prisons Their mission is to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities.
Their Weekly Population Report, generated every Thursday, gives prison population counts for each federal facility. The Inmate Locator allows users to search by first and last name of inmate. Results returned show the inmate’s age, race, sex, release date,
and facility name.
The NDIC is the nation's principal center for strategic domestic counterdrug intelligence. Important publications include
the National Drug Threat Assessment and the National Metamphetamine Threat Assessment.
This is the “R&D” section, responsible for sponsoring research, developing innovative approaches to improve criminal justice,
and developing new criminal justice techniques. A perusal of their publications section provides an interesting view of these new approaches.
This office administers victim compensation and assistance grant programs. Hundreds of useful publications are available for online viewing covering over 50 broad topics including campus crime, child abuse, crime victims, drunk
driving, elder abuse, gun violence, mental health, military victims, stalking, terrorism, and victims' rights and services. Under the OJP are several useful agencies also listed here under the Department of Justice. The is a component of the Office of Justice programs that provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent
and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. The OJJDP supports states, local communities, and tribal juristiction
in their efforts to develope and implement programs for juveniles. The publications section is searchable by topic and subtopic, and publication series and keyword. The topics section is arranged alphabetically; selection of a topic or subtopic retrieves relevant OJJDP publications, as well as, programs,
funding opportunities, events, and other sources. For basic statistical information on juvenile offending, victimization of
juveniles, and involvement of youth in the juvenile justice system see the OJJDP’s Statistical Briefing Book .
Coordination of legislation and administration of grant programs are the focus of this office. The site is useful for discovering
funding and grant opportunities. The publications section includes OVW press releases, federal laws and legislation, and the
National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women’s recommendations and archives in PDF format.
The NDIC is the nation's principal center for strategic domestic counterdrug intelligence. Important publications include
the National Drug Threat Assessment and the National Metamphetamine Threat Assessment.
An interesting read is the Historical Perspective of the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency. Their Fact Sheets provide background and statistical information.
This is the U.S. bureau of INTERPOL, the International Criminal Police Organization. They do not provide assistance to the
general public, and they are exempt from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. However, their programs page contains links to national and international "Wanted Fugitives" lists. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs This bureau advises the President, Secretary of State, other bureaus in the Department of State, and other departments and
agencies within the U.S. Government on the development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime.
The annual Narcotics Control Reports is a country-by-country report that describes the efforts to attack all aspects of the
international drug trade, chemical control, money laundering and financial crimes.
A component of the Executive Office of the President, the head of this agency is popularly known as the “Drug Czar.” Especially
useful is the chart for Federal Drug Data Sources.
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When we think of crime and justice matters, we probably think initially of the Department of Justice. Actually there are many other agencies under the Department of Homeland Security, State, and the White House that need to be considered as well.
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