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Government information
- U.S. Dept. of Justice--click on its agencies, including
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)--crime and
justice statistics
- Drug Enforcement Admin. (DEA)--Congressional
testimony, media releases, demand reduction, & trends & statistics
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)--most-wanted
lists, overview, history, employment opportunities, major investigations, Congressional
affairs, public affairs, law enforcement support; and Uniform Crime Reports
- Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP)
- Violence Against Women Office (VAWO)
- Justice Information Center--U.S. National Criminal
Justice Reference Service--corrections, courts, crime prevention, criminal justice
statistics, drugs, drug policy, gangs, international resources, juvenile justice, law enforcement, research
& evaluation, & victims
- Justice statistics
- U.S. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug
Information (NCADI)--U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA)
- National Drug Control
Policy --Office of National Drug Control Policy, White House Web Server--goals and
objectives, drug facts and stats, performance measures of effectiveness, policy papers,
drug abuse treatment and prevention, other resources; includes latest National Drug Control Strategy
- U.S. Office of Government Ethics
- Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics--Univ.
at Albany for the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics--characteristics of the criminal
justice systems, public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice-related topics, nature
and distribution of known offenses, characteristics and distribution of persons arrested,
judicial processing of defendants, and persons under correctional supervision
- Uniform Crime Reports, 1995 to present--Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)--provides data (down to county level and towns over 10,000)
on known includes offenses and arrests for murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary,
larceny, auto theft, and arson and arrests for forgery, fraud, embezzlement, vandalism,
weapons violations, sex offenses, drug and alcohol abuse violations, gambling, vagrancy,
curfew violations, and runaways; requires Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view in Portable
Document Format (PDF). See also Uniform
Crime Reports, 1990-1995--Patrick Yott, Univ. of Virginia.
Interest-group
and other political sites
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Human Rights Watch--includes
Shielded from Justice : Police
Brutality and Accountability in the United States, which examines common obstacles to
accountability for police abuse in fourteen large cities representing most regions of the
nation
- The Libertarian Party's Legislative
Program--Violence, Crime, and Drugs
- NORML--National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws
- National Rifle Association--includes Institute for Legislative Action News.
Educational
and informational sites
- Active Most Wanted and Criminal
Investigations--Gunny Ragg--links to most wanted sites
- Criminal Justice Issues--Mennonite
Central Committee
- Criminal Justice Links--Cecil
Greek, Florida State Univ.--juvenile delinquency; drug and alcohol info; prisons & the
death penalty; obscenity, censorship & the Communications Decency Act; & related
topics
- National Archive of Criminal
Justice Data--Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)--browsing and downloading access to most of 500
data collections relating to criminal justice
- The Sentencing Project--a national
leader in developing alternative sentencing programs and in the reform of criminal justice
policy. Includes policy report summaries and publications; briefing/fact sheets (with
statistics about prisons and prisoners); and current related news articles
- Violence and
the Public Schools--Hal Burbach (Curry School of Education)--the problem of violence
in the public schools
- Violence Prevention and Criminal
Justice--Education Center Develpoment--topics by keyword or search
Indexes
- Open Directory Project (Netscape): Crime Prevention
Domestic Violence
Issues: Crime and Justice Issues: Family Violence
Top: News: Current Events:
Crime and Violence
- Project Vote Smart Issues: Crime
Illegal Drugs
- Yahoo! Crime: crime prevention
criminal justice domestic
violence juvenile crime organized crime violence U.S.
War on Drugs
- Yahoo! Crime: Death
Penalty: Opposing
Views
Supporting
Views
- See also links about death penalty.
- See also links about gangs.
- See also links about juvenile crime and drug use.
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Economics: issues and groups
Education: issues and groups
Government information
- Ask ERIC--Syracuse Univ. for ERIC
Clearinghouse on Information & Technology
- U.S. Dept. of Education
- Education Statistics--White
House Social Statistics Briefing Room (SSBR)
- Education Statistics--Fedstats
/ Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy--links to statistics and information
produced by federal agencies
- Learning - Education and
Training--White House Web Server--Interactive Citizens' Handbook--links to government
resources
- Search ERIC Database--Syracuse Univ.
for ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology--databases cover 1991 through 1996
- The Student Guide: Financial Aid
from the U.S. Department of Education
Organizations
- College and University
Home Pages--Alphabetical Listing--Christina DeMello, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)
- National Education Association (NEA)--covers such
issues as Bilingual Education, Charter Schools, Class Size, Corporate Management of Public Schools, Safe Schools, and Vouchers.
- National Education Reform
Issues--Thomas B. Fordham Foundation--charter schools, curriculum, class size, federal
role, school choice, standards, teachers' unions, and other topics
Indexes
- Open Directory Project (Netscape):
Top: Reference: Education
- Project Vote Smart Issues:
Education
- Yahoo! Education
- See also links about school violence.
- See also links about school vouchers.
- See also links about television violence.
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Employment and labor: issues and groups
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Gangs: issues and groups
Gays in the Military: issues and groups
Genetics and Cloning: issues and groups
Gun control: issues and groups
Health: issues and groups
Government information
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)--"The
Nation's Prevention Agency"--about the CDC, what's new, health information,
travelers' health, publications & products, data & statistics, training &
employment, and funding. Includes CDC National
Prevention Information Network, CDC Home
Travel Information Page, and TIPS:
CDC's Tobacco Information & Prevention Sourcepage
- Consumer Advice--FDA Center for
Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
- FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied
Nutrition--consumer advice, cosmetics, food additives, food labeling and nutrition,
pesticides, women's health, etc.
- Health--White House
Web Server--Interactive Citizens' Handbook--links to government resources
- Health Care Financing Administration--Medicare and
Medicaid
- [Health] Online News--Healthfinder
- HHS: Dept. of Health & Human Services--news &
consumer, policy, & employee information
- HHS Agencies--U.S. Dept. of Health &
Human Services
- Health Statistics--Fedstats /
Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy--links to statistics and information
produced by federal agencies
- Health Statistics--White House
Social Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
- Healthfinder by Topic--a
gateway consumer health information web site--selected online publications, web sites, and
support and self-help groups, as well as government agencies and not-for-profit
organizations that produce reliable health information for the public
- Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services--United
States Dept. of Agriculture
- HHS Pages for Parents
- Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention--National
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) (U.S.)--basic statistics, HIV/AIDS
prevention, conferences, funding opportunities, HIV/AIDS information, media campaigns,
other resources
- HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Data Base--U.S. Bureau of the Census--information on the AIDS pandemic and on HIV
infection in developing countries
- Internet FDA--U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Medicare --Publications--eligibility,
managed care, benefits, parts A & B, glossary, and medical briefs
- The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug
Information (NCADI)
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- Office of Minority Health Resource Center-- U.S.
Dept. of Health and Human Services--includes Initiative
to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities In Health--effort to eliminate by 2010
disparities in health access and outcomes in infant mortality, cancer screening and
management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult
immunizations
- The Office of National Drug Control
Policy--White House Web Server--drug abuse treatment & prevention, domestic law,
and interdiction & international drug trade
- Physical Activity and Health--A
Report of the Surgeon General
- Safety--White House
Web Server--Interactive Citizens' Handbook--links to government resources
- Social Security Admin. Office of Policy--statistics,
including Annual Statistical Supplement
- Surgeon General's Reports [on
Tobacco and Smoking]--history of 1964 report and list of later reports
- USDA Nutrient
Database for Standard Reference--U.S. Dept. of Agriculture--search for nutrient
content of over 5,600 different foods
- USDA Nutrient Values--U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture--for 100 gram portions as well as two common serving sizes; also
includes percent RDA for men and women
- WHO Library and
Information Networks for Knowledge (LINK) Virtual Reference Desk--World Health
Organization
Interest-group and other political sites
- ASH - Action on Smoking and Health--fighting for the
rights of nonsmokers
- American Anorexia and Bulimia Association--information
on eating disorders
- American Civil Liberties Union--Issues:
HIV/AIDS
- Americans with Disabilities Act Document
Center--Duncan C. Kinder and the Job Accommodation Network
- FitnessLink--information on fitness and
exercise, and links to other related sites
- Height & Weight Tables--Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co.--choose "Fitness and Exercise" and scroll to the bottom of the
screen
- National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
(NARAL)--"pro-choice" group
- National Abortion Federation--The Voice of
Abortion Providers
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- National Political Index--"Contacting
Political Activist Groups"--Health Care Reform
- National Right to Life Committee--pro-life group
- Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC)--The Five Worst Environmental Threats To Children's Health--the worst
environmental threats to children's health are lead, air pollution, pesticides,
environmental tobacco smoke, and drinking water contamination
- Nursing World--American Nursing
Assoc. Home Page
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- The Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List--Women and
Children First/prolifeinfo.org--links to issues and to organizations that oppose abortion
Indexes
- Health
Care Reform--Grace York, Univ. of Michigan
- Idea Central--Health Policy
- Open Directory Project (Netscape): Issues: Abortion
Issues: Euthanasia Issues: Health Issues: Health:
Conditions and Diseases Issues: Health Policy
- Top: News:
Current Events: Health Care and Medical
- Project Vote Smart Issues: Abortion
AIDS Health Care
- Yahoo!: Abortion Issues
AIDS/HIV Euthanasia
Health Health Care Policy
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Housing and urban development: issues and groups
- About HUD--U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development--press releases, priority, annual report, mission, organization,
programs, more information
- Habitat for Humanity International--organization
dedicated to building houses for families in need
- U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development [HUD's Homes
and Communities Page]--community plans, resources, & ideas; buying, improving,
& renting homes; fair housing laws; doing business with HUD; reports, analyses, &
data on housing & community trends, issues, & programs; HUD's organization &
programs; & FAQs
- REIS (Regional Economic Information
System), 1969-1994--Univ. of Virginia--provides local area economic data for states,
counties, and metropolitan areas--produced by the U.S. Bureau of Economic
Analysis--includes personal income and earning variables, full and part employment
variables, transfer payments variables, and farm income and expenses variables
- USA Counties--U.S. Bureau
of the Census via Government Information Sharing Project--Oregon State Univ.
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Hunger: issues and groups
- America's Second Harvest--domestic
hunger relief organization.
- Bread For the World--A nationwide Christian movement
that seeks justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying the nation's decision makers
- Freedom From Hunger--Promotes self-help
programs build the capacity of individuals and communities to overcome root causes of
poverty, hunger, and malnutrition.
- HungerWeb--The aim
of this site is to help prevent and eradicate hunger by facilitating the free exchange of
ideas and information regarding the causes of, and solutions to, hunger.
- Open Directory Project
(Netscape): Issues: Hunger
- World Hunger--Nando.net
article--U.N. organizes "people power" attack on world hunger
- World Hunger Year--advocates that hunger
and poverty in a world of abundance are unacceptable. Their mission is to support and
promote innovative, long term solutions to hunger through self-reliance, economic justice,
community building and food security
- World Neighbors--A non-profit organization to eliminate
hunger disease and poverty in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Contains information on
their organization, sustainability, Global Environmental Problems, Maps, actual 3rd World
talks, publications, partnerships.
- Yahoo!
Society and Culture: Poverty: Hunger
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Immigration: issues and groups
Juvenile crime and drug use: issues and groups
Juvenile crime
- Gang Resources--U.S. Dept.
of Justice--includes The President's Anti-Gang and Youth Violence Strategy,
statistics, grants, other resources
- Juvenile Crime--American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) fact sheet
- Juvenile Justice--U. S. National Criminal
Justice Reference Service--fact sheets, general resources, corrections, courts,
delinquency prevention, gangs, missing and exploited children, violence and victimization
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention--U.S.
Dept. of Justice
- Open Directory
Project (Netscape): Juvenile Law
Juvenile drug use
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry--Facts
for Families Series. Includes Making Decisions about
Substance Abuse Treatment and Teens: Alcohol and Other
Drugs
- Christian Broadcasting
Network--"Teenage 'Huffing'--Worse Than Cocaine"--inhalant abuse
- U. S. National Institute on
Drug Abuse--"Marijuana Facts"--for teens and parents
- See also links about children.
- See also links about crime and justice.
- See also links about gangs.
- See also links about school choice and vouchers.
- See also links about school prayer.
- See also links about school violence.
- See also links about teenage drinking.
- See also links about television violence.
- See also links about youth pregnancy.
- See also links about youth suicide.
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Militia Movement: issues and groups
Race, national origin, and ethnicity: issues and groups
Recycling: issues and groups
Religion and state: issues and groups
School choice and vouchers: issues and groups
School prayer: issues and groups
School violence: issues and groups
Sexual orientation and family values: issues and groups
Teenage Drinking: issues and groups
Television violence: issues and groups
Term Limits: issues and groups
Water Pollution: issues and groups
- Environment Canada: Fresh
Water - Water Pollution--Water pollution policy and legislation in Canada
- Environmental Contaminants
Encyclopedia--The U.S. National Parks Service provides information on the effects of
thousands of chemical compounds on fish and other aquatic life.
- Environmental
Journalism: Subject Links--acid rain, air pollution, biodiversity, endangered
speciers, nuclear energy, nuclear waste, pesticides, other topics
- EPA's Office of Water--Water programs and
issues at the Environmental Protection Agency.
- NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) --sections
include air/energy, global warming, water, wildlife and fish, parks, toxic chemicals,
nuclear weapons and waste, cities and green living, and legislation
- Storm Water Pollution
Prevention Plans--John Ballou--this guide is intended as a brief summary of the steps
needed to start a storm water pollution prevention plan, not as a manual.
- Water
Pollution--Encarta(r) Concise Encyclopedia Article--Water Pollution, contamination of
water by foreign matter that deteriorates the quality of the water.
- The Water Supply--The Water
Supply Group set out to basically do research on the water supply system, during the
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Welfare and poverty: issues and groups
Government information
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services--U.S.
Dept. of Agriculture
- [The 1998 Green Book: Overview
of Entitlement Programs--] House Ways and Means Committee Prints [via GPO Access]--U.S.
Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means--Program descriptions and historical and
current data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security,
employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with
children, poverty and taxation; to search for documents in the 1998 Green Book,
select "WMCP: 105-7--1998 Green Book" before entering your search
- Hot Topic: Welfare Reform--U.S.
House Democratic Leadership
- Poverty--U.S. Bureau of the
Census--poverty statistics, measurement, thresholds, and The HHS Poverty Guidelines
- Social Security Administration
- Welfare of Children & Families--U.S. Admin.
for Children & Families (ACF)
- White House Social Statistics
Briefing Room (SSBR)--current statistics on crime, demographics, education, and health
Interest-group and other political sites
- National Center for Children in
Poverty
- National Coalition for the Homeless--national advocacy
network of homeless persons, activists, service providers, and others committed to ending
homelessness
- Results--organization working to end hunger
- The Sticky Wicket--Poverty's Home Page
- The Welfare Information Network
Indexes
- Idea Central: Welfare and Families--The
Electronic Policy Network--discussion of family issues, welfare reform, politics and
policy from liberal and progressive authors.
- Open Directory Project (Netscape):
Issues: Poverty
- Open Directory
Project (Netscape): Issues: Welfare and Workfare
- Project Vote
Smart Issues: Welfare, Poverty, & Homelessness
- Yahoo!
Poverty
- Yahoo!
Poverty: Welfare
- Yahoo!
Welfare: Reform
Other sites
- The
Twentieth Century Fund--Welfare Reform--Introduction--designed to substitute facts for
myth in the important public battle over welfare reform.
- Welfare Policy Center--Hudson
Institute--conducts research and provides technical assistance on welfare reform.
- Welfare Reform: An Analysis of the
Issues--The Urban Institute
- Welfare Reform and the General
Welfare--Institute for the Study of Civic Values
- Welfare Reform--The
Claremont Institute
- Welfare Watch--a media monitoring project at
the Annenberg School for Communication
- The World of Welfare--resource guide
created by and for welfare workers
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