This research guide supports the law enforcement/criminal justice program, which aims to familiarize students with legal, technical and practical aspects of law enforcement procedures.
The site aims to present the text of the General Laws of Massachusetts (those statutes that are considered permanent in nature and applicable throughout the Commonwealth). This is an unofficial version of the code, not guaranteed to be absolutely current.
The Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries provides this page of links to Massachusetts statutes, court rules, forms, case law, and other web resources.
National Web Sites on Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
The following Web sites, from government agencies and non-profit organizations, contain information on criminal justice and law enforcement from a national perspective.
The mission of the Bureau of Justice Statistics 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".
The Criminal Justice Information Services is a division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Division includes responsibility for the National Crime Information Center, Uniform Crime Reporting, the Fingerprint Identification program. the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System and the National Incident-Based Reporting System.
The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.
The FBI's mission is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and services to federal, state and local agencies.
Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute provides access to a vast amount of legal information, including recent and historic U.S. Supreme Court decisions. This page links to key criminal law cases such as Miranda v. Arizona.
The mission of the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data is to facilitate research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources and through the production of original research.
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. Major topics include corrections, courts, crime prevention, drugs, juvenile justice and law enforcement.
The National Institute of Corrections hosts a wealth of information for anyone in criminal corrections, by providing federal, state, and local corrections agencies with training, technical assistance, information services, and policy/program development.
The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program. The goals of the program are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, and drug-related crime and violence.
